2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

$25,750 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

Final Results
Winner
Luc Greenwood
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$779,268
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,750
Prize Pool
$3,895,500
Entries
159
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Stephen Chidwick and His Ladies Beat Up Orpen Kisacikoglu

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante
Orpen Kisacikoglu
Orpen Kisacikoglu

Orpen Kisacikoglu got his stack of 13,000 all in preflop and found himself at risk and behind Stephen Chidwick.

Chidwick: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Kisacikoglu: {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}

Kisacikoglu was in desperate need of an eight, but he was left wanting as the board ran out {5-Spades}{4-Spades}{j-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{2-Hearts}.

"Good luck," Kisacikoglu offered before exiting the tournament floor.

Player Chips Progress
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Stephen Chidwick
75,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Orpen Kisacikoglu
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Orpen KisacikogluStephen Chidwick

Colman Spoils a Rubdown

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante
Daniel Colman
Daniel Colman

A three-way pot gave us a chip leader in the $25,750 High Roller going into the break here at the PokerStars Championship Bahamas.

On a flop of {2-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{2-Spades}, Daniel Colman made it 3,600 to see a turn card. Noah Scwartz and Jonathan Jaffe both called behind. The turn card was the {7-Spades}, and Colman sensationally moved all-in!

"I can't even enjoy my massage!" said Schwartz. "How much is the shove?"

While the dealer counted it out, Schwartz did the same, announcing "44,675, OK." The dealer corrected him "It's 45,675."

"I'm Jewish, that's the same," said Schwartz with a laugh, before agonising to a fold. Jaffe made the call, however, and showed {4-Spades}{6-Spades} for the flush draw. Colman turned over {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} and that won the hand after the {8-Diamonds} river gave him a monster stack of almost double his starting 50,000.

"See you in the next one." said Jaffe. Schwartz confirmed after Felipe Ramos called it that he'd folded {A-Spades}{K-Spades}.

"True story." he said. All we know for sure in that hand is that Colman has 91,000 and the chip lead in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Colman
91,000
41,000
41,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Noah Schwartz
40,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
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Jonathan Jaffe
Busted
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Daniel ColmanFelipe RamosJonathan JaffeNoah Schwartz

Welcome to the PokerStars Championship Bahamas $25,750 High Roller!

Atlantis Resort, home of the PokerStars Championship Bahamas
Atlantis Resort, home of the PokerStars Championship Bahamas

We're back in the Atlantis Resort for the kick-off of the highly anticipated $25,750 High Roller this morning. After a strong turn out of 69 entries in the Single Day $50,000 High Roller tournament earlier in the week, players such as PokerStars Team Pros Daniel Negreanu and Jake Cody are just two of the names we expect to see taking part in the action.

With just 32 players remaining in the $5,300 Main Event, plenty of poker High Rollers will surely be taking each other on in this event, which takes place starting today and running until a winner is crowned on Saturday.

So many players are here in the Bahamas who have a strong record on the island, including former Super High Roller winner Steve O'Dwyer and $50,000 Single Day High Roller winner Bryn Kenney, who will surely be going for back-to-back bragging rights. $100,000 Super High Roller champion from this season's PokerStars Championship in the Bahamas Jason Koon and $25,750 PLO winner Isaac Haxton will both have the chance to go for a second High Roller here in the sun too!

Action kicks off at 11.00am local time (5.00pm CET) in the Atlantis Imperial Ballroom, with hour-long levels from the start and a 50,000 starting stack. PokerNews.com will be around the tables for shuffle up and deal and bring you live updates from the first bet to the last call.

Tags: Bryn KenneyDaniel NegreanuIsaac HaxtonJake CodyJason KoonSteve O'Dwyer