Chipleader en début de Jour 2, Nick Petrangelo a gardé la tête du High Roller 25 750$ du PokerStars Championship Bahamas alors que le field est tombé de 80 à 9 joueurs. L'Américain a emballé 1,9 million à l'Atlantis Resort mais deux joueurs derrière sont aussi très très chauds : Byron Kaverman et Bryn Kenney.
Cinquième du Super High Roller à 100.000$ et troisième du 50.000$, Byron Kaverman est troisième en jetons avec 1,2 million et sera sur la gauche de Petrangelo lors de l'ultime explication. Vainqueur du 50.000$ et d'un 25.000$ imprévu, et 7e du Super High Roller pour un gain cumulé de 1,6 million, Bryn Kenney est aussi toujours là, même s'il sera le shortstack avec 186 000 jetons. Avec presque 11 blindes, l'Américain n'est pas à l'abri d'un comeback dans son resort préféré !
Michael Rocco (1,533,000), Luc Greenwood (1,170,000), Mark Radoja (651,000), Stephen Chidwick (488,000), Nacho Barbero (411,000) et Daniel Negreanu (382,000) complète la finale d'un tournoi dont Igor Kurganov a fait la bulle en 24e position.
Mustapha Kanit et Anton Astapau ont fait l'argent tout comme Timothy Adams, Davidi Kitai, Phil Laak, Sergio Aido ou Sam Greenwood, sorti par son frère Sam.
La partie reprendra avec 16 minutes à jouer dans le niveau 20, samedi à 18 heures. Les 9 derniers survivants se battent pour un premier prix tout juste au dessus des 900 000$. Les finalistes ont assuré un gain de 90,380$.
Sam Greenwood checked from under the gun on a flop, and Michael Rocco bet 60,000. Greenwood made it 160,000, and Rocco called. Greenwood bet 145,000 on the turn, and Rocco again called. On the river, Greenwood thought about two or three minutes and then announced all in. Rocco beat him into the pot and tabled the for quads.
Greenwood showed he'd been coolered: . He sent Rocco 252,000.
Sam Greenwood raised in the cutoff to 30,000 and Timothy Adams jammed on the button for 319,000. Michael Rocco got a count of Greenwood's stack then reshoved, forcing a fold.
Rocco:
Adams:
Adams' chances were slim and got slimmer after an flop. He picked up some equity with the but a river finished things.
Salman Behbehani opened in the cutoff, Byron Kaverman three-bet out of the small blind, and Behbehani jammed for approximately 400,000. Kaverman called with and they were off to the race as Behbehani had .
"This is big," Behbehani said with a deep breath.
The flop of kept him best but added a few cards to fade. Likewise for the turn. The river: , counterfeiting Behbehani.
"The river just so brutal lately," he said with a sigh.
Anton Astapau limped in from early position and Nick Petrangelo raised to 20,000 from the hijack. Action folded back around to Astapau who moved all in for 280,000. Petrangelo quickly called.
Petrangelo:
Astapau:
The flop came , which was pretty safe for Astapau.
The turn was the , but the river was the , giving Petrangelo the lead and sending Astapau home in 16th place.
Bryn Kenney raised to 23,000 on the button and called the shove of Davidi Kitai, who had about 80,000 in the small blind.
Kitai:
Kenney:
Kenney had lives and grabbed a pair as flopped. He still had a ton of cards to fade, but that changed with the turn as he improved to trips. The river gave him a boat to boot.