Christophe Larquemin was first to act and raised to 1,000. His neighbor Jason Mercier three-bet to 3,700 and action folded back around to Larquemin who called rather quickly. Larquemin lead out 3,000 himself on the flop and Mercier called.
The hit the turn and Larquemin checked. Mercier bet 4,500 and Larquemin called.
With the pairing the board on the river, Larquemin checked for the second time in a row. Mercier asked to see how much his neighbor had behind and the Frenchman showed his stack of 7,700. Mercier then slid forward 30,000 to put the maximum amount of pressure on his opponent. Larquemin didn't need much time to call, but his hit the muck soon enough as Mercier tabled .
"Player out!" the dealer shouted as Christophe Larquemin got up and left.
We missed the elimination of Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, but Paul Newey was kind enough to fill us in on some details.
As he told it, the 2008 PCA champ shoved all in from the big blind for his last 4,500 after the under-the-gun player had raised. His opponent called and the hands were turned up.
Grospellier:
Opponent:
It looked like it was going to be a chop, but the flop gave Grospellier's opponent a freeroll to running diamonds. Unfortunately for France's all-time money leader, that's exactly what happened when the turn and river came diamond-diamond.
Last year, Mike Watson topped a field of 928 players to win the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for $728,325. Watson was no doubt looking to also win the first PokerStars Bahamas Championship Main Event title, but his hopes of doing so were just dashed by fellow Canadian and PokerStars Qualifier Richard Proudfoot.
Watson's elimination hand escaped us, but he was kind enough to tell us about it after the fact while Proudfoot filled in some details.
As they told it, Watson got the last of his chips, of which there weren't too many, in on a flop holding the against the of Proudfoot.
Watson had a Royal Flush draw, but he bricked it as neither the turn nor river brought a helpful card.
Ivan Luca was down to 2,000 but tripled before he eventually went down anyway. He got lucky hitting a full house with to get back some breathing room, but would fall the next hand.
Luca raised to 4,000 under the gun, leaving himself 2,200 behind. Daniel Colman three-bet to 7,200 from the cutoff and the button and both blinds quickly released. Luca commited his chips just as fast.
Ivan Luca:
Daniel Colman:
The flop already had one table mate say "Oh oh!", and the followed soon after to make things official for Luca. He was out, the on the river did nothing for him.
With two of the final five hands to play, a table stacked with chips took its time to play down to the end in dramatic style.
The penultimate hand of Day 1a saw Jason Mercier (pictured) three-bet pre-flop and get one caller to a flop of . On that flop, the world-famous Floridian bet 5,700 and took the pot down. He took no part in the final hand, so stacked up a whopping 92,700 at the close of play.
In the final hand of the day, Adrian Mateos clashed with Aslan Tcechoev and the latter bet 2,000 preflop and got a call from Mateos and the big blind player. The flop of saw all three players check, but Tcechoev bet 3,500 on the and only Mateos called. The river saw Mateos checked to, and he bet 8,300. Tcechoev folded and Mateos bagged up an impressive stack of 120,900.
Both Mercier and Mateos did well in the final level of the day, but Brad Marsh from Canada sealed up 173,200 chips and that's one of the biggest stacks in the room on a day where 229 players pitched up to play the PokerStars Championship Main Event here in The Bahamas.
Trois Français ont franchi le Jour 1A du Main Event du premier PokerStars Championship de l'histoire. Gaëlle Baumann tient le haut de l'affiche mais c'est James Martyn qui a dominé la journée d'ouverture du PSCBahamas 2017 à 5300$ l'entrée.
La Française a très bien débuté en terminant avec 119 000 jetons... mais la Team Pro Winamax n'est même pas la première tricolore puisque Hugo Boucenna, qualifié online sur PokerStars, a emballé 121 600 jetons. Avec un peu plus de 17 000 jetons, Sylvain Loosli n'a pas connu une journée aussi gratifiante que ses deux compatriotes. Le finaliste du Main Event WSOP 2013 a tout de même passé les 8 niveaux de 75 minutes au programme et fait partie de la centaine de rescapés.
Ils étaient 210 en lice en 2016 sur le Jour 1A de l'ultime édition du PCA remportée par Mike Watson. Ils étaient 229 dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi. Si Martyn s'est bien lancé vers un deep-run, en sortant notamment Andrey Zaichenko, Watson ne fera pas le doublé. L'acteur humoriste Kevin Hart n'a pas non plus franchi l'obstacle.
Parmi les joueurs qui ont monté des jetons, on notera Brad Marsh (173,200), Andre Cooks (160,400), Mikko Turtiainen (155,100), Alan Schein (140,100), Daniel Colman (136,100) et Igor Kurganov (121,000). Nick Petrangelo (104,000), Jason Mercier (92,200) et Cliff Josephy (87,100) n'ont pas à se plaindre alors que Mike “Timex” McDonald (54,600) a obtenu la mention passable. Bertrand Grospellier a lui sauté avec contre à tapis préflop !
Qualifié en remportant un tournoi de charité, Morris Dadoun, 84 ans, a lui aussi obtenu son ticket pour le Jour 2. Après avoir refusé de vendre son ticket, Dadoun a commencé idéalement en prenant des jetons David Peters. Il s'est ensuite offert quelques jolis coups contre Daniel Negreanu. Soutenu par sa femme dans le rail, Dadoun a terminé avec 112 800 jetons alors que Peters et Negreanu ont respectivement ensaché 29,300 et 58,200.
Just jumped in main event dealt Tens 4 way. Flop ATT turn 7 river 4 I get it all in on the river vs... pocket ACES! Sick cooler for the guy.
Le vainqueur du Main Event 2015 Joe McKeehen, le golfeur Sergio Garcia, ou encore Charlie Carrel,ont sauté. Si le runner-up du Super High Roller à 100 000$ a sauté,le vainqueur Jason Koon a emballé 22 900 jetons.
Si Kevin Hart a disparu, Aaron Paul sera présent sur le Jour 1B du Main Event. Chris Moneymaker,Ludovic Geilich, Jason Wheeler ou les membres de la Team Winamax seront en action eux ausi. Eliminés du Main Event, Dan Shak, Christoph Vogelsang, et Paul Newey se rabattront probablement sur le [BHigh Roller à 50000$.[/B]
Le Jour 1B du Main Event débute à 17 heures, heure française.
flop and Mercier called.
hit the turn and Larquemin checked. Mercier bet 4,500 and Larquemin called.
pairing the board on the river, Larquemin checked for the second time in a row. Mercier asked to see how much his neighbor had behind and the Frenchman showed his stack of 7,700. Mercier then slid forward 30,000 to put the maximum amount of pressure on his opponent. Larquemin didn't need much time to call, but his 
hit the muck soon enough as Mercier tabled 
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to get back some breathing room, but would fall the next hand.
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followed soon after to make things official for Luca. He was out, the 
on the river did nothing for him.
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saw all three players check, but Tcechoev bet 3,500 on the 
and only Mateos called. The river 
