George Petten opened for 250 from middle position and the player in the hijack called. Paul Newey came along from the cutoff, both blinds called, and five players took a flop of .
All players checked, the dealer burned and turned the , and two checks saw Petten bet 550. The player in the hijack folded, as did Newey and the small blind, but PokerStars qualifier Bradley Marsh opted to call from the big.
When the completed the board on the river, Marsh checked for a third time and Petten checked behind. Marsh showed the for a pair of aces, which bested the for Petten, who dropped to 32,500 after the hand. Marsh is up to 32,500.
On a flop of we saw Chad J. Brown check from the small blind. Canadian player Hrair Janian bet 1,100 from middle position on the shorthanded table and Orpen Kisacikoglu called from the button, Brown folded.
Janian bet another 1,500 on the turn and again Kisacikoglu called.
With the pot relatively big already, Janian wasn't backing down on the river. He bet 2,000 and action was on Kisacikoglu. The Turkish high roller thought for a bit before he tossed his cards into the muck. Janian was kind enough to show his before raking in the chips.
Sergio Aido cashed in nine countries last year, including his native Spain, and he's fighting hard to make sure he stays in the hunt early on Day 1a of the PokerStars Championships Bahamas Main Event.
Preflop, Aido was the aggressor as he made it 450 to go from middle position. Dutch player Arjen Hulskotte was one of two players to call. The flop of saw Aido continue for 800, and this time only Hulskotte came long for the ride. On the turn of , however, Aido's chunky bet of 2,200 chips took down the pot and he bounces up to 25,400 after a tricky start. Despite losing the hand, Hulskotte is very stable on 29,500.
The 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event attracted 6,737 players, but in the end it was Qui Nguyen who topped them all to become poker's latest world champion. However, had a coin flip gone differently with 12 players remaining, it could have very well been Wisconsin's Mike Shin who ran over the final table.
On Day 7 of the WSOP Main Event, Vojtech Ruzicka raised to 800,000 from the cutoff and Shin called from the small blind. Nguyen then three-bet to 2.7 million from the big blind, Ruzicka called, and Shin four-bet jammed for 14.1 million. Nguyen tanked for three minutes before making the call, and Ruzicka got out of the way.
Shin:
Nguyen:
Unfortunately for Shin, the board ran out and he was out in 12th place for $427,930. It was far and away the largest score of his career and brought his lifetime earnings up to $571,260, which vaulted him to 13th on Wisconsin's all-time money list.
"A little disappointed because obviously I was so close to it, but like I said before, if you'd have told me at the start of the tournament I'd get 12, I would have been stoked," Shin previously said of his elimination. "I try not to think about it. I don't think it's going to go away though. I think about that hand though, every single day, every single hour. I'm thinking about it at this moment."
Shin's disappointment in missing out on the November Nines seems to have disappeared, and he is more than excited to be having fun in the sun. That's because Shin left frigid Milwaukee, which is in the single digits, and is in action here on Day 1a of the PokerStars Championship Bahamas looking for his first PokerStars-related cash.
A big hand developed between Daniel Koop and the infamous Cliff Josephy, who finished third in the 2016 WSOP Main Event for over $3.4 million before only cashing once since....when he won a $5,200 event at the Five Diamond Classic for $163,250!
The pot began to build preflop when Koop made it 400 from the dealer button, only for Josephy to raise to 1,500 in the small blind. That raise was called by Koop and the pair went heads up to a flop of . Josephy continued for 1,200 and got a quick call. The turn of got a check from each player, but on the river of , Josephy led out for 3,300. Koop couldn't call, and Josephy's win brings him back up to almost starting stack on 29,500.
Despite losing the pot, Koop remains around the top of the pecking order at 46,775.
Several more players have entered the field, including Canada's Mike Watson. Watson took down last year's Main Event for a whopping $728,325 after making a deal heads-up with Anthony Gregg.
Watson walked in with Mike McDonald who also took his seat. McDonald finished runner-up at the PCA in 2014 for $1,064,865 and also came in 8th place for $217,320 in the $100,000 Super High Roller.
Nick Petrangelo was in the cutoff on a board of . His opponent in middle position checked, and Petrangelo bet what looked like a little less than 3,000 into a pot of about 5,000. His opponent flicked a T5,000 chip in and Petrangelo turned over . His opponent had trips though: .
After the hand, it sounded like the player with trips said he was meaning to raise.
Leo Yan Ho Cheng (pictured) and Mike Leah got involved in a big pot with massive repercussions for one of the two popular players.
We joined the action with 9,625 chips in the middle and just Cheng and Leah awaiting the flop of . Cheng was checked to by Leah, with the Canadian out of position, both in middle position. Cheng made it 2,000 and was called. The turn of Cheng made it 3,500 and again Leah called.
The river of saw Cheng checked to by Leah for a third time and he moved all-in for 6,875. Leah called pretty quickly and mucked to Cheng's winning hand of . When asked what he was holding, Leah told the table:
"Ace with a nut flush draw." Leah said, and he drops to 9,400 chips. Cheng is right back into contention after an early dip himself, as he now goes back over starting stack with 33,000.
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, and two checks saw Petten bet 550. The player in the hijack folded, as did Newey and the small blind, but PokerStars qualifier Bradley Marsh opted to call from the big.
completed the board on the river, Marsh checked for a third time and Petten checked behind. Marsh showed the 
for a pair of aces, which bested the 
for Petten, who dropped to 32,500 after the hand. Marsh is up to 32,500.
we saw Chad J. Brown check from the small blind. Canadian player Hrair Janian bet 1,100 from middle position on the shorthanded table and Orpen Kisacikoglu called from the button, Brown folded.
turn and again Kisacikoglu called.
river. He bet 2,000 and action was on Kisacikoglu. The Turkish high roller thought for a bit before he tossed his cards into the muck. Janian was kind enough to show his 
saw Aido continue for 800, and this time only Hulskotte came long for the ride. On the turn of 
, however, Aido's chunky bet of 2,200 chips took down the pot and he bounces up to 25,400 after a tricky start. Despite losing the hand, Hulskotte is very stable on 29,500.
and he was out in 12th place for $427,930. It was far and away the largest score of his career and brought his lifetime earnings up to $571,260, which vaulted him to 13th on Wisconsin's all-time money list.
. Josephy continued for 1,200 and got a quick call. The turn of 
. His opponent had trips though: 
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