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

01-11-2017 14:40 UTC-4

Top Ten Counts Around the Room

MrPaulSeaton

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

On the outer tables, action has been fast and furious. Here are the top chip counts, with a very familiar face now clear at the top.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Colman	635,000 635,000	635,000

Nick Maimone	535,000 5,000	5,000
Aleksei Opalikhin	500,000 112,500	112,500
Pascal Lefrancois	495,000 -45,000	-45,000

Pedro Baptista Martinho Cabeca	492,000 63,500	63,500
Michael Vela	480,000 39,500	39,500

Rex Clinkscales	470,000 41,500	41,500
Fabio Freitas	420,000 271,000	271,000
Barry Greenstein	415,000

Yakov Onuchin	360,000 115,500	115,500

01-11-2017 14:41 UTC-4

Break

mnuwwarah

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

Players are on break for 20 minutes, their first of the day.

Here is some food for thought on your break regarding the 30 second shot clock which was added to some of the high rollers per the request of players.

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

01-11-2017 15:24 UTC-4

One Outer Slays Szerszen

MrPaulSeaton

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

All the chips went int the middle pre-flop, and it was Czeslaw Szerszen at risk for his tournament life with 75,000 chips. He was called by Murad Akhundov, and the Azerbaijani was in need of help if he was going to eliminate Szerszen.

The flop of put Szerszen ahead, and there he stayed on the turn. But the river, a one-outer, sent him packing and gave Akhundov 195,000. Poker can be brutal.

Player	Chips	Progress
Murad Akhundov	195,000 -5,000	-5,000
Czeslaw Szerszen	Busted

01-11-2017 15:27 UTC-4

Cazacu Doubles Through Priolo

MrPaulSeaton

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Marius Cazacu was all-in and at risk preflop with and needed help against Swedish player Mattias Priolo, who had .

Fortunately for the Romanian, he hit an ace on the f flop and he faded a queen across the turn and river to double-up his 67,500 chip-stack. Priolo drops to around the same stack as the man he's just doubled up, sat behind 145,000.

Tags: Marius Cazacu Mattias Priolo

01-11-2017 15:32 UTC-4

Magnus Flushes Ryan

MrPaulSeaton

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Nadezhda Magnus has won a big pot after rivering Andrew Ryan with a flush. She was four-way to a flop, with the preflop bet coming from Magnus in the cut-off for 11,000. On the flop of , Magnus c-bet for 17,500 and that got two calls, before the turn of got checked round.

The river of led to the money going in and when cards were shown, it was Magnus who had the goods as she turned over .

While Magnus is right up near the higher stacks in the room, Andrew Ryan has gone from chip leader on Day 2, to a short-stack on Day 3. Can he turn his tournament around?

Player	Chips	Progress
Nadya Magnus	440,000 239,500	239,500
Andrew Ryan	80,000 -227,500	-227,500

01-11-2017 15:33 UTC-4

Baumann Wins Big

Webjoker

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Mikko Turtiainen raised to 11,000 from the hijack and Gaelle Baumann on the button called. Big blind Erick Brenes Cuadra from Costa Rica called to make it three-way to the flop.

All of them checked on and the hit the turn. Cuadra checked again and Turtiainen bet 19,000. Baumann called, Cuadra folded.

The completed the board and Turtiainen bet 50,000 with 39,000 behind. Baumann called and Turtiainen showed . Baumann had and raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gaelle Baumann	244,500 84,500	84,500

Mikko Turtiainen	39,000 -121,000	-121,000

Tags: Gaelle Baumann Mikko Turtiainen

01-11-2017 15:34 UTC-4

Photos From The Day

ElleSriracha

Photos Courtesy of Neil Stoddart and Carlos Monti from PokerStars.

01-11-2017 15:36 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts at Break

mnuwwarah

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Maimone	621,000 -5,000	-5,000
Daniel Colman	562,000 -73,000	-73,000

Pascal Lefrancois	558,000 63,000	63,000

Cliff Josephy	533,500 -38,500	-38,500

Pedro Baptista Martinho Cabeca	504,500 12,500	12,500
Rex Clinkscales	504,000 34,000	34,000
Barry Greenstein	494,000 79,000	79,000

Adrian Mateos	448,000 267,000	267,000

Jaime Staples	410,000 35,000	35,000

Yakov Onuchin	395,000 35,000	35,000
Mikko Turtiainen	392,000 353,000	353,000
Mike McDonald	392,000 -44,000	-44,000

Erick Brenes Cuadra	384,000 316,000	316,000
Michael Bartholomew	376,000 329,500	329,500
Stig Moen	360,000 155,000	155,000
Fabio Freitas	352,000 -68,000	-68,000
Valentin Messina	350,000
James Juvancic	343,000 -88,500	-88,500
Brock Allison	326,000 74,000	74,000
Jason Mercier	320,000 20,000	20,000

Benjamin Philipps	316,000 -14,000	-14,000
Michael Gentili	315,000 124,000	124,000
Tony Tran	304,000 -154,000	-154,000
Shawn Buchanan	300,000 13,500	13,500

Willliam Batista Arruda	281,500 -78,500	-78,500