2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

$5,000 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$429,664
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,376,712
Entries
738
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Ladies and Gentlemen... It's Time! The Main Event Starts Today!

Day 1 a of the inaugural PokerStars Championship Bahamas awaits, players from all over the world will flock to the Grand Ballroom of the Atlantis Resort here on Paradise Island to play one of the biggest events of the year this morning.

Last year, Mike Watson won the event after striking a deal with Anthony Gregg who finished runner-up after finishing in that very same spot back in 2009 as well. Watson took home $728,325, a smaller prize than in recent years with the buy-in halved to $5,000.

Play begins at 11 AM sharp (in about two hours) with a total of eight levels on the schedule for the first day of play. The players all start with a stack of 30,000, worth 300 big blinds as the first level will be 50/100 with no ante. Levels, as always, will be 75 minutes long on the first two days of play, only to grow to 90 minutes long the following days.

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LevelDurationSmall BlindBig BlindAnte
175 minutes50100-
275 minutes75150-
 20-minute break   
375 minutes10020025
475 minutes15030050
 20-minute break   
575 minutes20040050
675 minutes25050075
 75-minute dinner break   
775 minutes300600100
875 minutes400800100