A Champion Will Be Crowned on Day 5 of the PSPC
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Poker players from all over the world had this day circled on their calendar for over a year now and it has finally arrived for eight hopefuls remaining. The final day of the $25,000 PokerStars Players Championship is set to begin at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas for the official final table.
This record-breaking event that PokerStars envisioned attracted a total of 1,039 players, making it the largest $25,000 tournament ever. The field has dwindled down to just eight players over the course of the first four days and now one of them will be awarded a whopping $5.1 million for first. Each player is guaranteed at least $509,000 and the top six will walk away with at least $1,000,000.
For the second day in a row, Scott Baumstein will stroll in with the chip lead. Baumstein accumulated 10,725,000 chips after Day 4, never really finding himself at risk of being in trouble. Not far behind him is Platinum Pass winner Marc Rivera with 10,350,000. Rivera is one of two players on the ultimate freeroll, Ramon Colillas being the other player with 8,300,000.
The action will get underway at 1 p.m. with 39:28 remaining in level 32. The blinds will be 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 big blind ante. The levels will continue to be 60-minutes in length until the heads-up portion of the tournament is reached, at which point they will become 30 minutes. There will also be a 20-minute break after every two levels.
The livestream will kick off at the start of play and will be aired starting at 1:30 p.m. on a 30-minute delay. It can be accessed through Twitch or by clicking on the 'Livestream' tab. The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you hand-for-hand coverage in sync with the stream until a winner is crowned.
in the hijack and Julien Martini made it 1,325,000 with 
. Jattin picked up the 
in the small blind and used a couple of time extensions before mucking. 
and shoved all in for 5,250,000. Rivera mucked and Martini thought a bit but opted to call after it folded back to him.
, little to fear for Shakerchi, but the 
brought lots of outs for Martini. The river: 
, busting Shakerchi in sick fashion.
and Farid Jattin shoved all in for 6,200,000 with 
in the cutoff. Scott Baumstein folded 
in the big blind and Martini made a quick call.
to give Jattin a flush draw. The 
on the turn was no help and the 
on the river sent Jattin to the rail in seventh place.
.
under the gun and Marc Rivera called in the small blind with 
. 
and Rivera check-called 600,000. A 
double-paired the board and Martini jammed for 5,275,000. 
which created a side pot.
hit the felt. Colillas bet 425,000 and Martini quickly sent his cards to the muck. The two remaining hands were tabled and Perrault would need runner-runner in order to stay alive. The 
on the river.
.
and Scott Baumstein pushed all in for 6,625,000 with 
to give Martini the lead with a pair of kings. The turn brought the 
to 800,000 on the button and Ramon Colillas called with 
but folded to a three-bet from Julien Martini, who had 
. Colillas bet 1.4 million and Rivera called fairly quickly with his tens up.
on the button and Colillas defended big blind with 
flop. Colillas called with his second pair for 3.7 million. The