2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

$5,000 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$429,664
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,376,712
Entries
738
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

"Start of a Great Story"

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Pedro Baptista Martinho Cabeca opened for 8,500 from the cutoff and Francisco Benitez called from the button. Francois Billard, who was short stacked in the big blind, opted to call, and then he moved all in for his last 10,000 when the flop came down {4-Hearts}{8-Spades}{q-Spades}.

Cabeca folded, but Benitez called to put Billard at risk.

Benitez: {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Billard: {5-Clubs}{4-Spades}

Billard was ahead with bottom pair, and it held after the {6-Spades} blanked on the turn followed by the {Q-Hearts} on the river.

"Start of a great story," Billard said with a smile.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
161,000
-27,500
-27,500
Profile photo of Francois Billard ca
Francois Billard
50,000
30,000
30,000

Tags: Francois BillardFrancisco BenitezPedro Baptista Martinho Cabeca