Ivan Luca Leads PCA $100,000 Super High Roller Final Table, Daniel Negreanu Still In
Ivan Luca will start the Final Table of the PokerStars Championship Bahamas $100,000 Super High Roller with the chip lead. The Argentinian high roller regular starts just ahead of Justin Bonomo with PokerStars Team Pro Daniel Negreanu not far behind.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan Luca | Argentina | 2,760,000 | 55 |
| 2 | Isaac Haxton | United States | 1,095,000 | 22 |
| 3 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 695,000 | 14 |
| 4 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 1,485,000 | 30 |
| 5 | Cary Katz | United States | 855,000 | 17 |
| 6 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 2,415,000 | 48 |
| 7 | Justin Bonomo | United States | 2,695,000 | 54 |
The second day of the Super High Roller started with 33 players having survived Day 1. With Bill Perkins and Cary Katz as new sign-ups, the total amount of entries had gotten up to 48. That made for a slightly smaller field compared to last year, but still a massive $4,737,600 to be divided over seven players cashing.
Super High Roller regular Adrian Mateos was the first to hit the rail, not much later followed by Stefan Schillhabel. As Steffen Sontheimer, Koray Aldemir, and Rainer Kempe hit the rail as well; no German would even come close to the money in this Super High Roller, a unique phenomenon these days.
Another player to bust out early was Scott Seiver. Seiver had started the chip leader with a massive 804,000 in chips but was gone before the first level up was heard. He lost a bit to David Peters before getting it all in with queens to the kings of Ivan Luca. Seiver didn't find any help on the flop, turn, or river and departed as one of the first on Day 2.
As other regulars like Timothy Adams, Dan Shak, Nick Petrangelo, and Steve O'Dwyer all bit the dust as well, the tournament got closer to the money stage.
Kevin Hart, who had been at the feature table throughout most of the day, made a run for the money but ended up short and busted in 14th place. He got it in with king-queen against queens and ace-ten.
"I'm Kevin Hart, and I need the King of Hearts!" he shouted as his life depended on it.
To no avail, the kings all stayed in the deck, and Christopher Kruk won the hand with his queens. Despite tripling there, Kruk wouldn't make it to the money as he was still short and busted with ace-nine to the nines of Isaac Haxton.
As Stephen Chidwick busted in 10th place, the final 9 took their seats at the last table in the massive tv set. Still, two players would need to go before players would cash. Mustapha Kanit busted soon, getting it in with fives against the sevens of Justin Bonomo.
That left eight players, all from the Americas. The bubble would take quite some time to burst. Cary Katz was short for the longest time, but nobody found the right cards to finish him off. As Katz made an impressive comeback, Erik Seidel got shorter and shorter. Down to just 14 big blinds, the man with the most experience shoved with pocket nines. Katz woke up with tens, and as the board came no higher than an eight, Seidel hit the rail.
Play resumed for another level, but no players ran out of chips, so all seven players return to action on Day 3 on Monday. Cards will be pitched again at 3:30 pm local time with blinds at 25,000 and 50,000 - ante 5,000.
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,492,340 |
| 2 | $1,077,800 |
| 3 | $686,960 |
| 4 | $521,140 |
| 5 | $402,700 |
| 6 | $307,940 |
| 7 | $248,720 |
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and he took down the blinds and antes.
in the hijack and Ivan Luca called with the 
in the cutoff. The 
flop saw Bonomo check and Luca bet 135,000. Bonomo called and then both players checked the 
turn. When the 
paired the board on the river, Bonomo bet 350,000 and Luca called to win the pot.
in early position and Luca three-bet to 215,000 with the 
in the hijack. Action folded back to Negreanu and he let it go.
UTG+2 and he stole the blinds and antes.
and Negreanu defended the big blind with the 
. Negreanu then checked the 
flop and called when Luca bet 70,000. The 
river, Negreanu bet 75,000 and Luca folded.
and Cary Katz called from the button with the 
.
in the cutoff. Everyone folded including Luca.
in the big blind. He moved all in and Katz released his small pocket pair.
and Bonomo called from the small blind with the 
, Luca folded, and Bonomo called.
in the small blind. Justin Bonomo called with 
and bet 45,000 into 165,000. Bonomo raised to 175,000. Negreanu called to see the pot grow to 515,000.
on the river wasn't the spade Negreanu was looking for but it did give him top pair and the best hand. Negreanu bet 180,000. 
river sent him packing.
and Koon hit the rail in 16th place.
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