2017 PokerStars Championship Panama

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Panama

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$293,860
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$1,775,100
Entries
366
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Davidi Kitai Finally Makes His Move

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Davidi Kitai
Davidi Kitai

After Karim Zerzour limped from the hijack, Davidi Kitai, who has been nursing an extreme short stack for awhile, moved all in for 6,500 from the button. Venezuela's Luis Perez then three-bet to 14,500 from the small blind and Zerzour folded.

"You're ahead," Perez said.

"No," Kitai said with little confidence, though as it turned out he was wrong.

Kitai: {8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Perez: {2-Diamonds}{5-Spades}

Kitai was in fact out in front, and he hit the {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} flop hard by making a flush. Perez was drawing to a chop, which would require two running diamonds bigger than those in Kitai's hand.

The {10-Spades} turn took away any chance of that happening and Kitai more than double after the {4-Hearts} was put out on the river. Kitai then gave Perez a little fist bump as a way of thanking him for the preflop protection.

Meanwhile, Andrew Chen was eliminated from the featured table.

Player Chips Progress
Luis Perez ve
Luis Perez
69,000 -34,300
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
20,000 13,500

Tags: Andrew ChenLuis PerezDavidi Kitai