Action folded around to Daniel Colman on the button and he raised to 1,200.
PokerStars Online Qualifier, Jan Rusnak, three-bet to 3,000 from the small blind. Colman called.
The flop came , and both players checked.
The turn was the . Both players checked for a second time.
The river was the . Rusnak led out for 2,600.
Colman went into the tank, staring down his opponent. He grabbed a blue 5,000 chip and twirled it around in his hand for a moment before tossing it in the middle, indicating a call.
Rusnak tabled for top pair, top kicker. Colman mucked his hand.
Canada's Ema Zajmovic raised to 1,100 from the cutoff and Mitchell Towner, who this past summer won a bracelet in the WSOP Monster Stack event, three-bet to 3,500 from the small blind.
Zajmovic made the call and then called a bet of 3,000 on the flop.
Both players proceeded to check both the turn and river, and Towner tabled the for a pair of kings. It was a winner as Zajmovic simply sent her hand to the muck.
Zajmovic dropped to 45,000 after the hand while Towner has built his stack up to 42,000.
PokerStars EPT Vienna champion was all in from the small blind on a flop of . His neighbor, big blind Marius Moczygemba, called after some time in the tank.
Aslan Tcechoev from Russia asked how much it was and eventually squeezed to 35,000 from late position. Stanislav Miroshkin on the button folded and action was back on Moczygemba. Khoroshenin, in the meantime, was already shaking his head and was getting up from the table. As Moczygemba folded, Khoroshenin was already on his way to the exit.
Tcechoev showed for the nuts and the dealer turned over Khoroshenin's for the inferior flush to make things official.
The remaining 159 players are on their 75-minute dinner break. When action resumes, blinds will be at 300 and 600 with a 100 ante. Two more levels are on the schedule for the day.
Here is a glimpse of the tailgate party today where players shared who they are rooting for and what they are going to be doing for the Super Bowl.
Daniel Colman busted in third place in the $100,000 Super High Roller for $759,660 just before the dinner break. He bought straight into the Main Event and we just caught our first hand with him. Or at least the tail end of it...
On a flop of , Daniel Colman (under the gun) got it in against the player on the button. Colman had and was up against .
The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Colman received a couple thousand in chips while crushing someone's dream.
With 11,000 already in the pot from unknown preflop action, Sameer Aljanedi bet 5,000 from the small blind and Daniel Colman called from the cutoff.
Both players then checked the turn, and Aljanedi checked for a second time on the river. Colman took the opportunity to bet 13,000, and Aljanedi thought long and hard before flashing the and laying down his hand. Colman declined to show his holdings.
Cristian-Andrei Folescu, Philipp Krummenacher and the player on the button got their stacks in the middle before the flop, with the button having the most chips and Krummenacher sitting on the shortest stack.
Folescu:
Krummenacher:
Opponent:
The flop came , with Folescu remaining in the lead with a pair of queens.
The turn was the and the river was the , sending Krummenacher to the rail and giving Folescu the entire pot. The button was left with 15,000 chips.
After a player in middle position opened for 1,500, Denis Sisanbaev three-bet jammed his 8,200 short stack from the hijack and Chun Wong flatted from the cutoff. The button and blinds all folded, as did the original raiser, and it was off to the races.
Wong:
Sisanbaev:
Sisanbaev needed to hold to keep his 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas Main Event hopes alive, and that's just what he did after the board ran out . With that, Sisanbaev doubled to 19,500 while Wong dropped to 30,000.
Ben Heath has fired his last bet in the PokerStars Championships Bahamas Main Event after crashing out in the penultimate level here on Day 1a.
Pre-flop, Heath was the only caller from the cut-off and he and the big blind went to the flop heads-up. The flop fell and Heath made it 1,200 to go, the big blind calling. The turn of saw Heath weigh up his options after being checked to again. He decided to move all-in for his final 5,300, spinning it elegantly into the middle. He was quickly called, however, and his reaction ,"Rats", was brief but accurate to his hopes.
Heath held , so had three outs, but was well behind his opponent's and in massive trouble. The river of confirmed his exit, and he made his way from the poker tables after wishing his opponents the best of luck.
, and both players checked. 
. Both players checked for a second time. 
. Rusnak led out for 2,600. 
for top pair, top kicker. Colman mucked his hand.
flop. 
for a pair of kings. It was a winner as Zajmovic simply sent her hand to the muck.
. His neighbor, big blind Marius Moczygemba, called after some time in the tank.
for the nuts and the dealer turned over Khoroshenin's 
for the inferior flush to make things official.
, Daniel Colman (under the gun) got it in against the player on the button. Colman had 
. 
on the turn and 
on the river were blanks and Colman received a couple thousand in chips while crushing someone's dream.
river. Colman took the opportunity to bet 13,000, and Aljanedi thought long and hard before flashing the 
, with Folescu remaining in the lead with a pair of queens. 
. With that, Sisanbaev doubled to 19,500 while Wong dropped to 30,000.
