$5,000 Main Event Day 3 | 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

01-11-2017 12:42 UTC-5

Greenwood Busts Lemarquand With a Boat

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Action folded around to Erik Lemarquand in the cutoff and he moved all in for his remaining 41,000.

Tony Tran was on the button and called. Luc Greenwood was in the small blind and thought for a moment before asking Tran how much he started the hand with. After about a minute of deliberation, Greenwood moved all in for about 155,000. Tran quickly released his hand.

Greenwood:
Lemarquand:

Lemarquand needed some help but was unable to connect when the flop of came down.

The turn was the and Lemarquand was drawing dead to the on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luc Greenwood	255,000 255,000	255,000
Erik Lemarquand	Busted

Tags: Luc Greenwood Tony Tran Erik Lemarquand

01-11-2017 12:43 UTC-5

Mercier Shoves on England

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Jason Mercier defended his big blind and check-called a bet of 12,000 from Brian England, who was under the gun on an flop. Mercier checked the turn and England bet 16,000. Mercier shoved all in to put England at risk for about 35,000 more, and England wasted no time folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	300,000 18,500	18,500

Brian England	35,000 37,500	37,500

Tags: Brian England Jason Mercier

01-11-2017 12:46 UTC-5

Loosli Speaking, A Cooler

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

With a full board of and around 200,000 in the pot, Sylvain Loosli was faced with a bet of 132,000 from Tony Tran, the last of his chips.

Loosli, a French professional known for finishing fourth in the 2013 WSOP Main Event (an event fellow player in this event Ryan Reiss won), also won a Super High Roller on the EPT just eighteen months ago for his second seven-figure score. Any top four finish here will put him over the $6 million mark in live tournament earnings, but when he called and showed his flush with , he had to hand over those chips to Tran, whose flush was better.

Tran moves up to 458,000, but Loosli has some work with just thirty big blinds to his name.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Tran	458,000 160,000	160,000
Sylvain Loosli	120,000 254,000	254,000

Tags: Sylvain Loosli Tony Tran

01-11-2017 12:46 UTC-5

Francois Billard Eliminated by Raul Martinez

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Francois Billard doubled up a few hands ago and already had his chips in the middle for the second time today. Billard moved all in from late position for 47,000 and Raul Martinez called from the small blind.

Martinez:
Billard:

The flop came , putting Billard ahead with a pair of jacks.

The turn was the and Martinez grabbed the lead back with a pair of aces. The river was the and Billard was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Martinez	240,000 54,000	54,000
Francois Billard	Busted

Tags: Francois Billard Raul Martinez

01-11-2017 12:51 UTC-5

Kornuth Jams the River

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Chance Kornuth bet 8,500 from the button on a flop, and small blind Ami Alibay check-raised to about 20,000. Kornuth called, and the paired the board. After some time, Kornuth asked the dealer why he was looking at him, unaware that his opponent had checked. Kornuth laughed upon being told the situation and then bet 23,500. Alibay called and checked the river. Kornuth shoved all in and Alibay immediately folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ami Alibay	294,000 6,500	6,500
Chance Kornuth	155,000 57,500	57,500

Tags: Ami Alibay Chance Kornuth

01-11-2017 12:59 UTC-5

Cooler Sends James Tian to the Rail

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Chad Holloway

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

James Tian raised to 9,000 under the gun and action folded to Massimo De Mario, who three-bet to 26,500 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Tian, and he thought for a bit before moving all in for right around 125,000. De Mario snap-called.

Tian:
De Mario:

It was a cooler for Tian, and it cost him his tournament life after a king failed to appear on a runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Massimo De Mario	300,000 172,000	172,000
James Tian	Busted

Tags: James Tian Massimo De Mario

01-11-2017 13:00 UTC-5

Loosli Doubles Up Through Greenwood

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Sylvain Loosli was not down for long, and has doubled back into contention after getting some chips off Luc Greenwood.

Loosli was all-in preflop with and was racing for his tournament life, with 135,000 over the line. Greenwood held and the board of gave Loosli a valuable double-up and dropped Greenwood right back down the pecking order.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luc Greenwood	252,000 3,000	3,000
Sylvain Loosli	180,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Luc Greenwood Sylvain Loosli

01-11-2017 13:04 UTC-5

Big Slick Doesn't Do the Trick for Brian England

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Chad Holloway

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Murad Akhundov raised to 10,000 from the hijack and Brian England three-bet all in for 34,000 from the button. After both blinds folded, Akhundov snap-called.

Akhundov:
England:

It was a flip, but England needed to improve to stay alive. Unfortunately for him, that proved easier said than done as the board ran out an unhelpful .

Player	Chips	Progress
Murad Akhundov	200,000 40,000	40,000
Brian England	Busted

Tags: Brian England Murad Akhundov

01-11-2017 13:05 UTC-5

Steve Kerr Headed for the Pool

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Chad Holloway

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Out 119th. A9 suited jam and called by AA #PSCBahamas Main Event. Cash for $7,260
— Steven Kerr (@SkinnySteve)

For my first time playing a PokerStars Event anywhere. I am happy that I cashed the Main Event here in The Bahamas. Now to enjoy Atlantis
— Steven Kerr (@SkinnySteve)

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Kerr	Busted

Tags: Steve Kerr

01-11-2017 13:08 UTC-5

Latz Eliminates Muehlemann

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Thomas Muehlemann shoved all in for 40,500 in middle position. Hendrik Latz called a couple of seats down, and everyone else folded. Latz was in a dominating spot with and Muehlemann needed help with . The didn't bring much for Muehlemann but a turn gave him a chance to chop. It wouldn't be so as a hit the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hendrik Latz	325,000 7,500	7,500
Thomas Muehlemann	Busted

Tags: Hendrik Latz Thomas Muehlemann