Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
2017 PokerStars Championship Panama
$10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Championship Panama
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$1,067,000
Entries
110
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Ten Levels of Play
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
The tournament organization just announced that there will be 10 levels of play today. The last level today will be 800/1,600 with a 200-ante, the first level on Day 2 will be 1,000/2,000 with a 300-ante. An 80-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 6, around 6:50 PM.
Damian Salas Has It
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Jiachen Gong was in the cutoff and raised to 800. Damian Salas was on the button and called, as did Troy Quenneville in the big blind.
The flop came 
and Quenneville checked from the big blind. Gong bet 900 and Salas called while Quenneville quickly folded.
The turn was the 
. Gong bet 2,600 this time and Salas called again.
The river was the 
. Gong checked and Salas opted to check back.
Gong tabled 
for two pair, aces and kings. Salas showed 
for trip aces and scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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51,000 | |
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32,000
-18,000
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-18,000 |
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They Keep on Coming!
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Colman's Bluff Fails, Busts
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Dan Colman opened the cutoff for 750 and small blind Kamal Abdel Bittar and big blind Andrei Konopelko both called. The blinds checked on 
and Colman bet 1,100. Bittar called, Konopelko folded.
Bittar bet out 2,050 on the turn and Colman raised to 6,000. Bittar called again. With the 
completing the board, Bittar checked. Colman didn't need much time shoving all in, sliding his 25,050 stack forward in one sweep motion. Bittar called and Colman said "You're good."
Bittar tabled 
, Colman mucked 
.
Adrian Mateos has also busted, but we don't have the details on his hand just yet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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67,150
17,150
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17,150 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Dylan Linde Enters, Bluffs Some Off
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Dylan Linde has entered the field and immediately jumped into action.
With about 2,200 in the pot, on a board reading 
, Martin Finger checked from the big blind. Linde was under the gun and bet 700. Finger called.
The turn was the 
. Finger checked, and Linde bet 2,100 this time. Finger called.
The river was the . Finger checked his option for a third time, but that didn't stop Linde. He bet 3,500 and Finger went into the tank. After about a minute, Finger called.
Linde tabled 
for king high, prompting Finger to show 
for a full house, nines full of fours, sending the pot his way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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40,000
-10,000
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-10,000 |
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Weis Takes a Wise Line
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Isaac Haxton opened the pot with a raise to 800 and the hijack and Erik Seidel in the cutoff both called. Oliver Weis, seated in the small blind, squeezed to 4,000. Haxton folded, the hijack and Seidel both called.
Weis checked on 
and so did the hijack. Seidel took it upon himself to open the betting again, placing 6,625 in the middle. Weis called, the hijack folded.
Weis check-called another 14,000 on the 
turn before they both checked the on the river. Weis showed and Seidel mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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82,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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38,000
-32,000
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-32,000 |
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Jeckeln Full of Jacks
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
On a board reading 
, with about 15,000 in the pot already, Andres Jeckeln checked from the cutoff.
David Lopez Llacer was on the button and bet 11,000. Jeckeln called.
The river was the . Jeckeln checked again, and this time Llacer bet 17,000. Jeckeln went into the tank. After a few minutes another player at the table called the clock. With about ten seconds to go, Jeckeln moved all in for 48,875. Llacer seemed surprised and thought for two minutes before shoveling some chips in the middle, indicating a call.
Jeckeln tabled for a full house, jacks full of fives. Llacer showed for two pair, kings full of fives and paid the bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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98,000
48,000
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48,000 |
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9,000
-41,000
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-41,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Adams Can't Beat a Wheel
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
On a flop of 
we saw Paul Newey (small blind), Timothy Adams (big blind) and Pedro Idrovo (middle position) all check. Newey checked again on the turn and Adams bet 2,400. Idrovo called, Newey folded.
The river 
saw Adams check. Idrovo bet 8,000 and Adams tanked for a bit before he called. Pedro Idrovo showed for the wheel and Adams mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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48,000
-2,000
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-2,000 |
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