$25,500 Single-Day High Roller | 2017 PokerStars Championship Panama

03-15-2017 17:16 UTC-4

Fernandez Finds Lucky Double

Webjoker

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Mike McDonald opened under the gun for 11,000 and small blind Le Fernandez pushed for 115,400. The big blind decided to fold but McDonald called.

Mike McDonald:
Leo Fernandez:

McDonald had the lead but the flop was not good for him by any means. The on the turn and on the river brought no help to McDonald and he doubled Fernandez.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Fernandez	240,800	125,400
Mike McDonald	73,000	-88,000

Tags: Leo Fernandez Mike McDonald

Level: 8

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

03-15-2017 17:07 UTC-4

Eights Not So Great for Timothy Adams

Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Timothy Adams raised, how much we're not sure, and Mike Watson three-bet an unknown amount from the button. What we do know is that Adams responded with a four-bet jam and Watson called off for 102,700 total.

Adams:
Watson:

Watson, who is on his second bullet, needed to improve to stay alive, and he did as the flop paired his king. Neither the turn nor river changed a thing and Watson doubled through Adams.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	210,000	110,000
Timothy Adams	155,000	-87,000

Tags: Timothy Adams Mike Watson

03-15-2017 16:57 UTC-4

David Peters on a Roll

Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

David Peters raised to 8,000 from early position and was met by a three-bet to 25,000 by Dan Colman on the button. Both blinds folded and Peters called to see the flop.

Peters check-called a bet of 22,000 and then action went check-check on both the turn and river.

Peters tabled the and it was good as Colman simply mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	350,000	50,000
Dan Colman	220,000	-30,000

Tags: David Peters Dan Colman

03-15-2017 16:49 UTC-4

Man Down

Webjoker

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Action folded to Timothy Adams in the small blind and he moved in. Big blind Orpen Kisacikoglu had just over 30,000 or so left it seemed, and he snap called.

Orpen Kisacikoglu:
Timothy Adams:

The board ran out and Kisacikoglu sais his goodbyes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Adams	242,000	126,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	Busted

Tags: Orpen Kisacikoglu Timothy Adams

03-15-2017 16:43 UTC-4

Kenney Doubles Once More

Webjoker

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Dario Sammartino raised under the gun to (what appeared to be) 10,000. Bryn Kenney, right next to him, moved in for 43,900 and action folded quickly around to Sammartino. The Italian high roller wasted no time calling.

Dario Sammartino:
Bryn Kenney:

The board ran out and Kenney doubled again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	130,000	-70,000
Bryn Kenney	96,800	46,800

Tags: Bryn Kenney Dario Sammartino

03-15-2017 16:39 UTC-4

Kenney Doubles Through Seidel

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Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Bryn Kenney (cutoff) got his last 20,000 or so chips in with . Big blind Erik Seidel looked him up with but would not make a suckout. The board ran out and Kenney lived to fight another level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryn Kenney	50,000	16,800
Erik Seidel	35,000	-25,000

Tags: Bryn Kenney Erik Seidel

Level: 7

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

03-15-2017 16:36 UTC-4

Sammartino with the Check-Raise

Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

In the last hand of Level 6, Stephen Chidwick raised to 6,000 from the hijack and Koray Aldemir called from the button. Dario Sammartino came along from the big blind and three players saw the flop.

Sammartino checked, Chidwick continued for 8,000, and Aldemir folded. Sammartino then check-raised to 23,000, Chidwick called, and action went check-check on both the turn and river.

Sammartino showed the for a failed flop bluff, and Chidwick was pushed the pot thanks to his . Despite losing that hand, Sammartino is still up from the last time we checked in on him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	280,000	80,000
Dario Sammartino	170,000	-30,000

Tags: Dario Sammartino Stephen Chidwick

03-15-2017 16:31 UTC-4

Tollerene Doubles Through Kenney

Webjoker

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Ben Tollerene (hijack) and Bryn Kenney (button) got their chips in the middle before the flop. Tollerene had the advantage with over Kenney's . The flop, however, made things iffy for Tollerene: . Tollerene needed to fade hearts to survive and did so with the on the turn and on the river. Double up for the online high stakes player.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Tollerene	95,700	51,600
Bryn Kenney	33,200	-66,800

Tags: Bryn Kenney Ben Tollerene