2017 PokerStars Championship Panama

Main Event
Day: 1a
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

An Orbit w/ UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante
Tito Ortiz at the PokerStars Championship Bahamas
Tito Ortiz at the PokerStars Championship Bahamas

Back in January, Tito Ortiz retired from his storied MMA career after his first-round finish of Chael Sonnen at Bellator 170. Today, Ortiz is sporting a t-shirt remembering that day with #FinalFight.

Not everyone can go a full round with the MMA legend, but we just did. We spent one orbit observing Ortiz, who was sitting with 43,000 seven handed.

Hand #1 (Button): Paul Newey raised to 400 from middle position and Ortiz called. Lokesh Garg came along from the big blind and three players took a flop of {7-Clubs}{a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}. Both Garg and Newey checked, and that prompted Ortiz to bet 1,000. Only Newey called and the both players checked the {4-Hearts} turn.

When the {J-Hearts} completed the board on the river, action again went check-check and Ortiz tabled the {q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} for a pair of queens. It was no good though as Newey had aces with his {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}.

Hand #2 (Cutoff): Ortiz raised to 300 and Lokesh called from the small blind. Luke Graham came along from the big and it was three-way action to the flop, which came down {2-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}.

Two checks opened the door for Ortiz to continue for 500, and only Lokesh called to see the {K-Spades} turn. Both players checked and then Lokesh check-folded to a bet of 2,000 on the {8-Clubs} river.

Hand #3 (Hijack): A player in early position raised to 400 and Ortiz folded.

Hand #4 (Lojack): Action folded to Ortiz and he released his hand.

Hand #5 (Under the Gun): Ortiz folded.

Hand 6 (Big Blind): The player in the hijack raised to 300, Jose Da Silva Paulo Demeyere called from the small blind, and Ortiz folded from the big.

Hand #7 (Small Blind): Newey raised to 400 from the hijack and Ortiz folded.

Tags: Tito Ortiz