Govert Metaal was down a bit for the day but just won some back to get back to where he started the day. Action folded to Metaal in the small blind and he limped in. Big blind Justin Ouimette checked and the flop came . Metaal check-called 1,200 before check-calling another 3,300 on the turn. The on the river saw both players check and Metaal showed a winner with .
With just a few minutes until the first scheduled break here on Day 2 of the PokerStars Championship Bahamas, we took in a few hands that may have big implications later.
Lauren Monosson will take no further part in proceedings after her preflop move all-in with was called by Harry Ratchford pocket nines, which survived through a board showing . Ratford now has around 80,000 and looks keen to progress a lot further.
Gleb Tremzin is still involved, although the Russian was very short-stacked when he moved all-in. He had pocket aces, however, and through a board of , they rivered a full house to double him up to 48,000.
Elsewhere, there have been good fortunes for two members of Team PokerStars Pro. Jason Mercier has 148,000 after a superb two levels, while Daniel Negreanu stacks up 83,000 himself, cruising above the average.
The remaining players have gone on a 20-minute break, the first of two they'll take today, with six 75-minute levels scheduled for Day 2. There's no dinner break, either, so we are told that play will conclude around 8.15pm local time (2.15am CET).
We'll be back as soon as the players are back in their seats here in the Bahamas.
Jessica Dawley has busted out of the PokerStars Championship Bahamas Main Event here on Day 2.
Betting to 3,400 preflop from the hijack position, she got one caller to a flop of . Checked to, Dawley continued for 2,800 and again got a call.
On the turn of , Dawley bet 5,300, and her opponent check-called again. However, on the river, her bet of 5,000 was check-raised all-in. Only having around 7,00 let, Dawley called and flipped over her hand of , but her opponent held and had flopped a set. Dawley headed for the door.
Lexy Gavin started the day with about 65,000 chips and lost several small pots here and there to bring her down below the starting stack in this tournament.
After coming back from the first break of the day, Gavin got her chips in the middle with and was called by Sylvain Loosli holding .
The board ran out nine-high and Gavin secured the double to stay alive.
We just caught the showdown portion of an interesting hand, but the winner of the hand was kind enough to fill us in on the details after he was done stacking his newfound chips.
Andjelko Andrejevic, who won the 2015 ACOP High Roller back in 2015 and won a Deepstack Extravaganza event and the WPT Amsterdam in 2016, opened the button for 3,500. Brazilian player Fabio Sousa called from the big blind.
Sousa check-called 4,000 on and check-called another 6,500 on the turn before he checked a third time on the river. Andrejevic bet 18,000 and Sousa shoved for 45,000 or so. Andrejevic was quick to call with his for rivered quads. Sousa just stood there aghast and open mucked his .
. Metaal check-called 1,200 before check-calling another 3,300 on the 
turn. The 
on the river saw both players check and Metaal showed a winner with 
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, facing his opponent's 
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, keeping Staples ahead with two pair, nines and sixes but giving his opponent a flush draw. 
, locking the hand up for Staples with a full house.
was called by Harry Ratchford pocket nines, which survived through a board showing 
. Ratford now has around 80,000 and looks keen to progress a lot further. 
, but her opponent held 
and had flopped a set. Dawley headed for the door.
and was called by Sylvain Loosli holding 
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and check-called another 6,500 on the 
turn before he checked a third time on the 
river. Andrejevic bet 18,000 and Sousa shoved for 45,000 or so. Andrejevic was quick to call with his 
for rivered quads. Sousa just stood there aghast and open mucked his 
