Day 4 Table Draw PokerStars Championship Panama
Day 4 of the PokerStars Championship Panama Main Event gets underway in a little over an hour. Just 30 players remain, all guaranteed $12,480 at this point, but all have their eyes on the first-place prize of $293,860. That prize won't be distributed for three more days, though, today the plan is to play down to 16 or 4 levels of 90 minutes each.
It's James Salmon from the United States starting with the lead, bringing 1,020,000 in chips to the table. He has a very healthy lead over the rest of the field, his nearest competitor is Robin Luca Wozniczek from Germany who'll start the day with 658,000.
Shortest stack coming in is Samuel Gagnon from Canada who bagged 93,000 last night. Tito Ortiz, the UFC Hall of Famer and PokerStars Friend is still in as well, though short with 117,000.
Play gets underway at noon, with blinds at 4,000/8,000 and a 1,000 ante. PokerNews will once again be your one-stop shp for all the updates from the PokerStars Championship Panama Main Event!
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Robin Wozniczek | Germany | 658,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Jessica Perez Borrego | Panama | 342,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Vasyl Vertianov | Ukraine | 586,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 569,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Tito Ortiz | USA | 117,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Pablo Gordillo | Spain | 188,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Alberto Meran Matias | Dominican Republic | 378,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Mark Radoja | Canada | 177,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Roman Pavliuk | Ukraine | 355,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Harpreet Gill | Canada | 320,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Luis Mata | Venezuela | 310,000 |
| 2 | 5 | JC Alvarado | Mexico | 642,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Denis Timofeev | Russia | 520,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Vincent Allevato | Canada | 596,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Aleks Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 180,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | 506,000 |
| 3 | 3 | James Salmon | USA | 1,020,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Alexandre Viard | France | 200,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Jonathan Abdellatif | Belgium | 513,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Pedro Pollino | Venezuela | 108,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Kenneth Smaron | USA | 471,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Samuel Gagnon | Canada | 93,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Jason Koon | USA | 347,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Michael Lech | USA | 537,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Anthony Diotte | Canada | 295,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Caufman Talley | USA | 159,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Andres Carrillo | Colombia | 145,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Fabrice De Benedictis | Switzerland | 158,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Jason Wheeler | Mexico | 184,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Arunas Sapitavicius | Lithuania | 316,000 |