With approximately 10,000 in the pot and a flop of , Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu bet 7,000 from under the gun and Koray Aldemir, who was to his direct left, made the call.
Both players then checked the turn and the completed the board on the river.
Negreanu dropped in four yellow T25,000 chips for a big bet of 100,000, and Aldemir hit the tank. He burned through a time extension before making the call with the , and it was good as Negreanu flashed the .
Defending champion Jason Koon has just taken his seat. Besides Koon, a small battalion of strong American players and German player Stefan Schillhabel have signed up.
PokerStars Team Pro Daniel Negreanu just entered the tournament room on his little scooter, presumably because he injured one of his legs. Also in attendance, just walking into the tournament room, is French high roller aficionado Jean-Noel Thorel.
Last year, the PCA was branded PokerStars Championship Bahamas, and part of the PokerStars Championship tour. A total of 6 events were held, and all festivals had a leaderboard. The 6 winners of those leaderboards, all got to play a $100,000 freeroll here at the PCA.
Player
Won the Leaderboard at the PokerStars Championship
Koray Aldemir
Barcelona
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Sochi
Daniel Dvoress
Monte Carlo
Nick Petrangelo
Macau
Chris Hunichen
Panama
Bryn Kenney
Bahamas
Yesterday, that winner-take-all event was played out with all 6 players making it. Nick Petrangelo took down the lot, banking $100,000. He just signed up for this $100,000 Super High Roller event, so he's basically freerolling.
The tournament has just gotten underway, with 3 tables running. Several players had taken their seats, while some of the players were still standing in line to get their 250,000 starting stack.
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, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu bet 7,000 from under the gun and Koray Aldemir, who was to his direct left, made the call.
turn and the 
completed the board on the river.
, and it was good as Negreanu flashed the 
.
and called as Kruk bet 2,500.
on the turn before Kisacikoglu checked a third time on the 
river. Kruk bet 7,000 and Kisacikoglu called instantly.
, Kisacikoglu took it down displaying 
.
, Orpen Kisacikoglu bet 10,000 from the hijack and Christopher Kruk called from the cutoff.
for two pair, and it was good as Kruk sent his hand to the muck.
