Michael Rocco opened for 5,000 in the cutoff, and Sergio Aido made it 17,000 in the small blind. Rocco called, seeing flop. Both players checked. Aido bet 25,000 on the turn, and Rocco stayed sticky. The river made the board even scarier, and Aido tanked awhile before deciding to check. Rocco checked immediately, and Aido turned over for an airball that he decided not to bluff with on the end. Rocco took it down with .
The official numbers are out. The PokerStars Championship Panama $10,300 High Roller drew 110 entries (84 unique+ 26 re-entries). That has created a $1,067,000 prize pool that will be distributed to the top 15 players as follows.
After the player in the cutoff raised to 4,500, Sam Greenwood three-bet to 14,500 from the button. Pedro Idrovo flatted from the small blind, the original raiser called, and then all three players checked the flop.
After the dealer burned and turned the , Idrovo led out for 17,000 and only Greenwood called to see the river, which put four spades out on the board.
Idrovo checked and Greenwood fired out what looked to be 60,000. It did the trick as Idrovo quickly released.
Michael Rocco and Sergio Aido butted heads again, this time with Rocco on the button and Aido in the big blind. They built up a huge pot by the river, which looked to be around 120,000. The board read , and Aido had checked to Rocco.
"All in," Rocco announced after some thought.
No sooner were the words out of his mouth than Aido dropped in calling chips. Rocco showed for a whiffed combo draw, and Aido had for queens full on the river. Rocco send the Spaniard 39,000.
Patrick Serda and Steve O'Dwyer must have gotten in quite the preflop raising war, as there was a pile of chips in front of the players, who were in the blinds. O'Dwyer checked a flop and called 37,000 from Serda. Both checked the turn and a completed the board. O'Dwyer checked after some thought. Serda counted down his own stack and asked to see O'Dwyer's. After a couple of minutes, he pounded the table with a fist.
O'Dwyer showed for ace-high, but it was good, as Serda slid his cards into the muck. He then muttered something about shoving the river after sucking in a deep breath and exhaling.
Benjamin Pollak raised all in for approximately 40,000 and Aleks Dimitrov called him from the button. Mark Radoja then three-bet all in over the top for around 160,000 from the big blind and Dimitrov called that too.
Dimitrov:
Radoja:
Pollak:
It wasn't a bad spot for Pollak as both his opponents shared cards, but in the end it didn't amount to anything as the board ran out a bone dry .
Patrick Serda was all in from the button when we got to his table for 62,200. The board was , and Stephen Chidwick was thinking things over from under the gun. The pot only contained around 40,000, and Chidwick went deep into the tank. Serda told the dealer he wanted to clock Chidwick, and the one-minute countdown began in short order. With eight seconds left of his hand being live, Chidwick flicked in a chip to call.
Chidwick:
Serda:
Chidwick was in about as bad of shape as possible, and the river did not bring him his lone out.
With 35,000 or so in the pot and a board reading , Koray Aldemir checked from middle position and Sergio Aido bet 14,000 from the hijack. Aldemir responded by check-raising all in for 62,300 and Aido snap-called.
Aido:
Aldemir:
Aldemir went with his heart and straight draws, and much to the dismay of Aido, both came in when the spiked on the river.
flop. Both players checked. Aido bet 25,000 on the 
turn, and Rocco stayed sticky. The 
river made the board even scarier, and Aido tanked awhile before deciding to check. Rocco checked immediately, and Aido turned over 
for an airball that he decided not to bluff with on the end. Rocco took it down with 
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flop.
, Idrovo led out for 17,000 and only Greenwood called to see the 
river, which put four spades out on the board.
, and Aido had checked to Rocco. 
for a whiffed combo draw, and Aido had 
for queens full on the river. Rocco send the Spaniard 39,000.
turn and a 
completed the board. O'Dwyer checked after some thought. Serda counted down his own stack and asked to see O'Dwyer's. After a couple of minutes, he pounded the table with a fist. 
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