Photos by Neil Stoddart.
2017 PokerStars Championship Panama
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2017 PokerStars Championship Panama
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$1,775,100
Entries
366
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 366
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Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
The player under the gun raised to 800 and Jorge Ortega called from early position. Marc-Andre Ladoucer called from the hijack.
The player in the small blind three-bet to 5,000, and the original raiser folded. Action was back on Ortega and he decided to put in a four bet to 13,000. Ladoucer folded.
The small blind went into the tank for about three minutes before deciding to call.
The flop came 
and the small blind quickly checked. Ortega bet 11,000. The small blind thought for about a minute and sighed before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000 |
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Action folded around to Mike McDonald in the cutoff and he raised to 900. Erik Cajelais was in the big blind and decided to defend.
The flop came 
and both players checked to the turn, which was the 
. Cajelais checked again, and McDonald bet 900. Cajelais called.
The river was the 
. Cajelais checked for a third time. McDonald thought for a full minute and bet 2,500. Cajelais folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
4,100
|
4,100 |
|
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32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
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Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Felipe Ramos answers Google's most asked Questions about Brazil.
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
With about 4,000 in the pot, on a board reading 
, Ben Heath checked from the big blind.
Affif Prado was under the gun and bet 1,000. Heath check-raised to 3,200 and Prado thought about it before deciding to call.
The turn was the 
. Heath led out for 1,800 and Prado called.
The river was the 
. Heath checked, and Prado went into the tank before deciding to check back.
Heath tabled 
for top pair with a nine kicker. Prado then tabled 
for a flush and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000 | |
|
16,300
17,700
|
17,700 |
|
|
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Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Jonathan Roy had a raise to 3,500 in front of him in middle position, and Pablo Fernandez made it 8,100 to go in the small blind. Roy called, and Fernandez checked to him when 
flopped. Roy moved all in for 16,075, and Fernandez called after some thought.
Fernandez: 
Roy:
Fernandez was fading jacks and sixes, and neither appeared on the turn (
) or river ().
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
97,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
David Ormsby raised to 1,200 from late position and Eric Wasylenko decided to defend his big blind.
The flop came 
and Wasylenko checked, prompting Ormsby to bet 900. Wasylenko called. The turn was the 
and Wasylenko checked yet again, followed by a bet of 3,000 from Ormsby. Wasylenko check-raised to 9,000 and Ormsby tanked before deciding to call.
The river was the and Wasylenko checked. Ormsby moved all in for 19,200, a tad under the size of the pot. Wasylenko thought it over briefly and announced a call. Ormsby immediately stood up and flipped over 
for an airball, and Wasylenko showed a winning 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
108,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Mark Radoja leads the way approaching the dinner break and has been building a stack right from the start.
Pratyush Buddiga has jumped in late, and Kim McClymont was eliminated in the last level.
Here is a look at some of the stacks around the room:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
134,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
||
|
95,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
|
||
|
95,000
1,400
|
1,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
70,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
55,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
50,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
48,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
43,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
|
||
|
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
37,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
33,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
2,900
|
2,900 |
|
|
||
|
31,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
30,000 | |
|
|
29,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
27,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
17,000
7,700
|
7,700 |
|
||
|
16,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
15,000
1,300
|
1,300 |
|
|
||
|
10,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Erik Cajelais bet 15,000 into a pot of about 24,000 from the small blind with 
on the felt. His opponent in the hijack called, and Cajelais rolled over 
for top set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
61,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
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