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

2017-01-11 17:58 UTC-4

Tarmakov Doubles Through Cordoba

Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

After an open to 15,000 in the hijack, Kliment Tarmakov made it 40,000 to go in the cutoff. Rodrigo Cordoba occupied the next seat and raised the price of poker further to 100,000. The opener followed the blinds into the muck, but Tarmakov shoved for 176,000 and got an immediate call.

Tarmakov:
Cordoba:

It was a great spot for Tarmakov, and the unexciting board of meant he doubled up.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Rodrigo Cordoba	530,000 -85,000	-85,000
Kliment Tarmakov	283,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Kliment Tarmakov Rodrigo Cordoba

2017-01-11 17:59 UTC-4

Luc Greenwood Eliminated

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Luc Greenwood is no more, he has just been knocked out of the tournament by his neighbor Scott Stewart. We just caught the tail end of the hand as Greenwood in the cutoff had bet 50,000 with 61,000 behind on a board of . Stewart on the button plummeted some 25,000-chips in the middle to put Greenwood all in.

Greenwood tanked for quite some time before Mike McDonald called the clock. As the floor announced to Greenwood he had a minute to make his decision, he called.

Stewart showed for a straight and Greenwood mucked. The floor informed the dealer that cards had to be shown after an all in and call, but couldn't retrieve them. Greenwood said he had queen-ten before leaving the tournament are.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Luc Greenwood	Eliminado

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2017-01-11 18:10 UTC-4

Mateos Has Got Bills

Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Michael Bills raised preflop from the hijack and Adrian Mateos called from the cutoff. After the button and blinds all folded, the flop came down and Bills led out for 15,000. Mateos raised, Bills shipped, and Mateos called.

Mateos:
Bills:

Mateos took the lead with two pair on the flop, and he held it after the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Adrian Mateos	525,000 77,000	77,000

Michael Bills	Eliminado

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2017-01-11 18:15 UTC-4

The Chainsaw Runs Out of Gas

Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

2012 PCA champ John Dibella raised to 17,000 and Allen Kessler, who had been nursing a short stack, three-bet all in for 43,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Dibella and he made a quick call.

Kessler:
Dibella:

"This is like the best hand I've had all day," claimed Kessler, who needed to improve to stay alive.

Unfortunately for him, and the many Chainsaw fans around the world, that didn't happen as the board ran out .

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
John Dibella	800,000 100,000	100,000

Allen Kessler	Eliminado

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2017-01-11 18:17 UTC-4

Mossa Doubles Through Gorey

Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Nick Mossa has doubled his short-stack back up through Ronan Gorey, after getting it in extremely good. Mossa was committed for 50,000 with pocket queens and was up against Gorey's .

The board of saw Mossa get back into the game.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ronan Gorey	215,000 35,000	35,000
Nick Mossa	108,000 -67,000	-67,000

2017-01-11 18:20 UTC-4

Rex Clinkscales Over Half a Million

Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

With about 20,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Rex Clinkscales checked from the small blind.

Aleksei Opalikhin was in the big blind and bet 6,000. Clinkscales thought for a moment and check-raised to 18,000. Opalikhin called.

The turn was the . Clinkscales led out for 35,000 and Opalikhin tossed his cards into the muck.

Clinkscales bagged his chips at the end of Day 2 last night and quickly hopped into a side event. By the end of the night he was the eventual winner, securing himself a PokerStars spade trophy.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Rex Clinkscales	560,000 230,000	230,000
Aleksei Opalikhin	75,000 -43,000	-43,000

Tags: Rex Clinkscales

2017-01-11 18:21 UTC-4

Gomez is Gone

Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Diego Gomez moved all in for his remaining 20,000 chips and was quickly called by Patrick Stacey.

Stacey:
Gomez:

The board ran out and Gomez was sent to the rail, sending the pot Stacey's way.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Patrick Stacey	210,000 -51,000	-51,000
Diego Gomez	Eliminado

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2017-01-11 18:21 UTC-4

Buddiga Doubles Tran, Doubles Through Baumann

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

On a board of we saw Pratyush Buddiga with a bet of 30,000 in front of him from the big blind. Tony Tran, in the hijack, shoved for 100,000 total. Buddiga wasn't thrilled but did call with his . Tran tabled and doubled after the hit the river.

The next hand, Gaelle Baumann raised to 14,000 from the button. Buddiga shoved for 25,000 from the small blind and Baumann called after the big blind folded. Baumann called with and was ahead of Buddiga's . The board, however, would favor Buddiga as it came .

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Gaelle Baumann	283,000 -27,000	-27,000

Pratyush Buddiga	64,000 -11,000	-11,000

Tags: Tony Tran Gaelle Baumann Pratyush Buddiga

2017-01-11 18:22 UTC-4

Valentin Messina Flushes to Stay Alive

Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Up at the feature table, Smit Trivedi raised to 13,000 and Barry Greenstein called from the cutoff. Valentin Messina then three-bet all in for 65,000 from the button, both blinds folded, and Trivedi moved all in over the top, which inspired Greenstein to get out of the way.

Trivedi:
Messina:

It was a flip, and Messina picked up more outs on the flop. The turn gave Messina the ace-high flush, and that meant Trivedi needed the on the river to stay alive. It didn't happen though as the appeared instead.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Smit Trivedi	323,000 -103,000	-103,000
Valentin Messina	160,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Valentin Messina Smit Trivedi

2017-01-11 18:23 UTC-4

Cliff Josephy Puts the Pressure on Nadezhda Magnus

Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Action folded around to Cliff Josephy on the button who made it 15,000 to go. Nadezhda Magnus was in the big blind and decided to defend.

The flop came and Magnus checked. Josephy wasted no time and bet 30,000. Magnus called.

The turn was the . Magnus checked again. Josephy bet 30,000 again. Magnus went into the tank and thought about it for a minute before releasing her hand. Josphy tossed his hand over to her and she picked one card to look at before sending it into the muck.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Cliff Josephy	590,000 24,000	24,000

Nadya Magnus	340,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Cliff Josephy Nadezhda Magnus