$5,000 Main Event Dia 3 | 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

2017-01-11 17:23 UTC-4

Mercier is Gored by Gorey

Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

If Jason Mercier was the matador in this hand, imagine Ronan Gorey as the bull, charging for the Team PokerStars Pro.

Mercier, bedecked in red today, has a mood to match his attire after a frustrating hand for the Floridian. He opened preflop to 13,00 and Gorey shoved over the top for 87,000. Mercier was the only one to call it off.

Jason Mercier:
Ronan Gorey:

The flop of kept Mercier ahead, but gave Gorey hope, which was duly delivered upon when the fell on the turn. Mercier had counted out Gorey's payment by the time the river hit the felt. Ouch.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jason Mercier	217,000 -120,000	-120,000

Ronan Gorey	180,000 77,000	77,000

2017-01-11 17:19 UTC-4

Baumann Doubles Through Tarmakov

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Kliment Tarmakov opened things up for 14,000 under the gun, and Gaelle Baumann jammed from two seats over for 112,000. When action got back to Tarmakov, he double-checked his hole cards and called.

Tarmakov:
Baumann:

The flop came uneventful: . Things changed in a big way with a turn, causing someone at the table to whistle at all of Baumann's newfound outs. The river was a , one of those outs, giving Baumann a flush.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Gaelle Baumann	240,000 146,000	146,000

Kliment Tarmakov	163,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Gaelle Baumann Kliment Tarmakov

2017-01-11 17:10 UTC-4

Big Slick Does the Trick for Murad Akhundov

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Murad Akhundov got his last 132,000 all in preflop and found himself flipping against Sylvain Loosli, who if you recall finished fourth in the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event for early $2.8 million.

Loosli:
Akhundov:

Akhundov needed to improve to stay alive, and while he didn't do it on the flop, he did on the turn. The river was a safe card for Akhundov, and he shipped the double.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Murad Akhundov	280,000 142,000	142,000
Sylvain Loosli	220,000 -137,000	-137,000

Tags: Murad Akhundov Sylvain Loosli

2017-01-11 17:04 UTC-4

Chip Counts

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

More counts to follow.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Pascal Lefrancois	950,000 392,000	392,000

Nick Maimone	855,000 -40,000	-40,000
Rodrigo Cordoba	615,000 427,000	427,000
Cliff Josephy	566,000 1,000	1,000

Byron Kaverman	505,000 120,000	120,000

Michael Vela	500,000 -200,000	-200,000

Smit Trivedi	483,000 233,000	233,000
Mike McDonald	465,000 73,000	73,000

Kevin Andriamahefa	462,000 288,500	288,500
Damien Steel	440,500 213,500	213,500
Massimo De Mario	431,000 -254,000	-254,000
Scott Stewart	422,500 198,500	198,500
Barry Greenstein	406,000 -86,000	-86,000

Erick Brenes Cuadra	406,000 22,000	22,000
Brock Allison	398,500 72,500	72,500
Yakov Onuchin	392,000 -3,000	-3,000
Christian Harder	385,000 182,500	182,500
Sylvain Loosli	357,000 177,000	177,000
Michael Gentili	355,000 40,000	40,000
Stein Vegar Rødseth	350,000 285,000	285,000
Mikko Turtiainen	350,000 -42,000	-42,000
Ryan Riess	345,000 -5,000	-5,000

Jason Mercier	337,000 17,000	17,000

Rex Clinkscales	330,000 -174,000	-174,000
Marcin Kapkowski	319,000 240,500	240,500

Leia tudo

Nível: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

2017-01-11 16:36 UTC-4

Take Twenty

mnuwwarah

Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Players on break. We are, too, but you can watch this video, featuring Aaron Paul:

https://www.pokernews.com/video/aaron-paul-answers-2-minutes-of-rapid-fire-questions-10718.htm

2017-01-11 16:35 UTC-4

More for Maimone

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Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Nick Maimone opened to 11,500 first to act, and Mattias Priolo three-bet to 30,000 on the button. Maimone shoved all in, and Priolo called it off for about 125,000.

Priolo:
Maimone:

"Queens again?" someone asked.

Maimone said it was the fourth time today. They flopped well as hit to give him a massive lead, and the turn ended things early in favor of last year's $25K champ here.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Nick Maimone	800,000 125,000	125,000
Mattias Priolo	Eliminado

Tags: Mattias Priolo Nick Maimone

2017-01-11 16:31 UTC-4

Nick Maimone Gets Lucky to Score Double Elimination

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Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Nick Maimone opened for 11,500 from middle position and Vincent Moscati three-bet to 32,000 from the hijack. Pablo Moriz then four-bet all in for around 104,000 from the cutoff, Maimone moved all in over the top, and Moscati called off for around 220,000.

Moscati:
Maimone:
Moriz:

The flop left Maimone calling for a diamond, but the dealer did him one better by putting out the on the turn to give him the lead. Moriz was drawing dead, and Moscati needed a king to stay alive.

The river wasn't what he was looking for and Moriz and Moscati fell in 79th and 78th place respectively.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Nick Maimone	675,000 375,000	375,000
Pablo Mariz	Eliminado

Vincent Moscati	Eliminado

Tags: Pablo Mariz Vincent Moscati

2017-01-11 16:31 UTC-4

De Mario Takes Out Martiradonna

Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

An all-Italian clash emerged at one of the chip leaders' table, with monster stack Massimo De Mario calling the all-in of his countryman, Mariano Martiradonna. Martiradonna had and was live against De Mario's , but he couldn't catch a break on the which saw De Mario win yet another all-in hand. The Italian has one of the biggest stacks amongst the remaining 83 players.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Massimo De Mario	685,000 45,000	45,000
Mariano Martiradonna	Eliminado

Tags: Massimo De Mario

2017-01-11 16:21 UTC-4

Gomez Drops a Chunk to Stacey

Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Diego Gomez was disappointed to say the least after losing a vital all-in and call against Patrick Stacey from the Cayman Islands.

After limping in the small blind, Gomez snap-called Stacey's shove and was ahead of his rival heading to the flop.

Diego Gomez:
Patrick Stacey:

The board of saw Stacey double up to around 245,000, while Gomez dropped to just 85,000. The Spanish player was not shy in remarking on his bad luck, and a flurry of native language rang around the corner of the cardroom while the dealer moved over half of Gomez' chips across to his opponent's stack.