Le Jour 1A du PokerStars Championship Panama à 5000$ l'entrée a rassemblé 103 joueurs et 43 ont franchi l'obstacle. Igor Yaroshevskyy s'est installé en tête du classement provisoire en emballant 219 600 jetons après 8 niveaux de 75 minutes de poker.
Tito Ortiz a volé la lumière au Russe... et cela pourrait continuer puisque l'ancien champion d'Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) a monté 182 000 jetons dans le même temps. 9e combattant introduit au Hall Of Fame de l'UFC, Ortiz est deuxième du chipcount provisoire.
Parmi les joueurs toujours en lice après le Jour 1A, on retrouve Jason Koon (175,500) en troisième position au chipcount. Steve O'Dwyer (117,000), David Peters (116,100), Ryan Riess (77,300), Byron Kaverman (72,000), Daniel Dvoress (59,800), Sergio Aido (54,200), Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez (41,400), Anthony Zinno (16,800) et enfin le joueur WinamaxDavidi Kitai (10,500) seront au Jour 2.
Le nouveau Team Pro PokerStarsIgor Kurganov s'est lui enregistré en fin de journée avant de s'empaler dans les d'un adversaire sur l'ultime main de la journée. Liv Boeree ne s'est pas qualifiée non plus pour le Jour 2. Finaliste du Main Event WSOP 2017, le Belge Kenny Hallaert a d'abord trouvé un de ses deux outs rivière pour faire quinte flush et survivre... avant de rendre les armes plus tard dans la journée.
Un High Roller à 25000$ sur une journée débute ce mercredi au Panama et les éliminés du Jour 1A commeTimothy Adams, Adrian Mateos, Dan Colman, Sam Greenwood, Mike Watson, Justin Bonomo, Stephen Chidwick ou Isaac Haxton devraient être de la partie.
Stephen Chidwick got up from the table and headed for the exit. We asked him for the details of his bust out and he was kind enough to tell us what had happened, despite the fact that it was a failed bluff that had done him in.
A player in early position raised and the button called before Chidwick in the small blind too called. Chidwick, with -suited, checked the rainbow flop. The action checked around and an off suit hit the turn for an all rainbow board. Chidwick and the initial raiser checked again and the button bet 4,000. Chidwick check-raised to 11,000 and the initial raiser folded, the button called.
The river came the and Chidwick shoved for about 20,000. His opponent called with and that meant Chidwick had to pack up and leave.
A short-stacked Liv Boeree was already all in when we got to her table, hammering away on her phone as she awaited her fate with Tito Ortiz in the big blind and Lokesh Garg contesting a side pot. The board read and Ortiz put 15,000 into a 20,000 side pot. Garg called, and the river was a . Ortiz put 30,000 in this time and got a quick call. He flipped into the middle for a boat, and Garg showed for the nuts on the turn.
The PokerStars Team Pro showed and wished everyone good luck.
Right before the break, Kenny Hallaert opened the action with a raise to 1,100. The big blind defended.
The big blind check-called a bet of 1,300 on before checking again on the turn. Hallaert continued with a bet of 3,000 and saw the big blind check-shove. Hallaert called for 11,000 total.
Kenny Hallaert:
Big blind:
Hallaert had just two outs and hit one of them with the on the river!
After doubling with quads earlier today, now a straight flush for Hallaert to see his stack go times two. Unfortunately for Hallaert, he's still under starting stack.
We caught the action from the flop as the big blind checked on and Tito Ortiz (under the gun) bet 2,000. He got called in two spots; the hijack and button wanted to see a turn, the big blind folded.
Ortiz bet another 3,000 on the turn and again both opponents committed as well.
On the river , Ortiz bet a hefty 20,000. This time, both opponents mucked.
A player opened under the gun and got three-bet by Vidmantas Beliauskas on the button, who put in 4,000. Igor Yaroshevskyy called that bet in the small blind, and the opener mucked. Yaroshevskyy checked the flop, and Beliauskas bet 4,000 again. Yaroshevskyy made it 15,000 to go, and his opponent instantly put in 35,000 more. Yaroshevskyy shoved for Beliauskas' last few chips and got a quick call.
Yaroshevskyy showed for top set. Beliauskas let out what sounded like a curse and flung his cards high in the air. One landed on the felt, while the landed stuck between another player's back and his chair. Once it was retrieved, the dealer brought forth the and , and Yaroshevskyy has one of the biggest stacks in the room now.
Nacho Barbero opened the action with a raise to 1,000 from first position. He picked up no fewer than 4 callers and the flop came .
Small blind Dan Colman shoved for 7,725 and big blind Eduards Kudrjavcevs folded. Barbero asked for a count before he called. Swedish PokerStars qualifier Sebastian Hinderoth squeezed allin for a whole lot more and action was back on Barbero soon enough.
Barbero tanked for a bit before he eventually, reluctantly, called.
Dan Colman:
Nacho Barbero:
Sebastian Hinderoth:
The on the turn and on the river were both blanks and both Colman and Barbero got up from the table to make their exit. We're not entirely sure, but it looks like Sebastian Hinderoth is the chip leader. Hinderoth has no recorded cashes on TheHendonmob.com, but that might just change here in Panama this week. He's off to a great start!
With 3,000 in the pot and a flop of , Jose Da Silva Paulo Demeyere checked from the big blind and UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz fired out 4,000 from the under-the-gun position. Martin Kus folded from early position and Demeyere woke up with a check-raise to 11,000.
Ortiz made the call, which left him just 7,550 behind. After the dealer burned and turned the , Demeyere moved all in and Ortiz opted to call off.
Ortiz:
Demeyere:
Demeyere was ahead with two pair, but you can guess what happened by the title of this post. The spiked on the river to give Ortiz a bigger two pair and new life! Demeyere was left with 8,500 after the hand.
Isaac Haxton raised preflop and got a couple of callers, seeing flop. He bet 700 into approximately 2,500, and Davidi Kitai called on the button. Julian Stuer put in a raise out of the big blind, and Haxton committed his remaining chips, around 4,600. Stuer quickly called when Kitai mucked.
Haxton:
Stuer:
Stuer needed a fourth diamond on board and found one in the river after a turn.
It was a short run in the Main Event for Canadian high roller Timothy Adams. He had a bet of 5,000 in front of him in the last hand he played, with on the felt. Lokesh Garg check-raised to 11,500 and Adams responded with an all-in shove for 26,000. Garg called.
Garg:
Adams:
Top two was no good for Adams, and he didn't improve on the river.
-suited, checked the 
rainbow flop. The action checked around and an off suit 
and Chidwick shoved for about 20,000. His opponent called with 
and that meant Chidwick had to pack up and leave.
and Ortiz put 15,000 into a 20,000 side pot. Garg called, and the river was a 
. Ortiz put 30,000 in this time and got a quick call. He flipped 
into the middle for a boat, and Garg showed 
for the nuts on the turn. 
and wished everyone good luck.
before checking again on the 
, Ortiz bet a hefty 20,000. This time, both opponents mucked.
flop, and Beliauskas bet 4,000 again. Yaroshevskyy made it 15,000 to go, and his opponent instantly put in 35,000 more. Yaroshevskyy shoved for Beliauskas' last few chips and got a quick call.
landed on the felt, while the 
and 
.
on the turn and 
spiked on the river to give Ortiz a bigger two pair and new life! Demeyere was left with 8,500 after the hand.
flop. He bet 700 into approximately 2,500, and Davidi Kitai called on the button. Julian Stuer put in a raise out of the big blind, and Haxton committed his remaining chips, around 4,600. Stuer quickly called when Kitai mucked.
on the felt. Lokesh Garg check-raised to 11,500 and Adams responded with an all-in shove for 26,000. Garg called.
river.
