Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas
$5,000 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,376,712
Entries
738
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
David Peters opened under the gun and Olivier Busquet in the hijack was the sole caller. Peters checked on 
and Busquet bet 2,000. Peters called.
Both players checked the 
on the turn before the 
completed the board. Peters checked again and after about a second or two, Busquet checked behind.
Peters showed 
for quads and Busquet silently mucked.
"Unbelievable trap," table mate Andrey Zaichennko said with a smile.
"I'm just glad I checked back pocket aces there," Busquet said with an even bigger smile.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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54,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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21,825
-12,175
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-12,175 |
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Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Vojtech Ruzicka became one of the most well-known players ever to emerge from the Czech Republic following his appearance at the 2016 WSOP final table. He may well make more headlines here in the Bahamas but it won't be in the 2016 PokerStars Championships Main Event. We caught up with him as he made his way from the cardroom.
"I busted when I three-bet shoved with 
and was called by a player with pocket kings," Ruzicka told us. "He'd opened to 1,100, so it was a pretty standard spot. I'm looking forward to coming back tomorrow to play the $50,000 tournament, though."
That $50,000 one-day event is sure to be populated by plenty of big names, with all of the luminaries you've already seen in action today having a free day to take part before Day 2 or another of the many side events here in the Bahamas.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Mike Leah got off to a terrible start here on Day 1a, but he has really rallied in the sessions that have followed and is almost back to starting stack.
Leah's latest hand saw him bet 1,000 preflop and he was called in one spot. The flop of 
saw him c-bet 1,300 and he took another one to see his stack grow to around 27,000. It's a great comeback and when we checked how many he went down to, the ever-accurate Leah revealed that it was 5,600 he dropped to very early on.
"It was never less than 5,000." Leah said with a grin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,100
19,900
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19,900 |
|
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Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Igor Kurganov opened for 1,200 under the gun and was met by a three-bet to 2,900 from Daniel Koop, who was next to act. Action folded back to Kurganov, and he called to see the 
flop.
Action went check-check and then Kurganov checked for a second time on the 
turn. Koop bet 4,000, Kurganov woke up with a check-raise to 13,500, and Koop thought for a few moments before releasing his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000
25,225
|
25,225 |
|
57,000 | |
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Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
On a board reading 
, with about 5,000 in the pot, Olivier Busquet led out for 4,000 from middle position.
Gaelle Baumann was in late position and went into the tank. After about a minute, Baumann called.
The river was the 
. Busquet checked, and Baumann quickly checked back.
Busquet tabled 
for king high, and Baumann turned over 
for ace high, sending the pot her way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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74,000
22,000
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22,000 |
|
||
|
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8,000
-13,825
|
-13,825 |
|
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Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Last year, Mike Watson topped a field of 928 players to win the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for $728,325. Watson was no doubt looking to also win the first PokerStars Bahamas Championship Main Event title, but his hopes of doing so were just dashed by fellow Canadian and PokerStars Qualifier Richard Proudfoot.
Watson's elimination hand escaped us, but he was kind enough to tell us about it after the fact while Proudfoot filled in some details.
As they told it, Watson got the last of his chips, of which there weren't too many, in on a 
flop holding the 
against the of Proudfoot.
Watson had a Royal Flush draw, but he bricked it as neither the turn nor river brought a helpful card.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Olivier Busquet was sitting on one of the outer tables and was kind enough to tell us what had happened for him to get there. He had gotten it in before the flop with pocket tens against the pocket queens of Jessica Dawley. No ten on the flop, turn or river and Busquet was done for before the dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
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Busted | |
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Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Pouliot Serge opened for 1,100 and got a call from the player in the hijack before Ben Heath on the button squeezed to 4,400. Both blinds folded, Serge called, the third player folded.
The flop came 
and Serge checked. Heath bet 2,700 and Serge was quick to call.
With the on the turn it was Serge checking again. Heath shoved all in by betting 15,000 as Serge had just 11,625 left. Serge called instantly with the 
and had Heath drawing dead as the Brit showed 
. The river devaluated Serge's hand a little bit but that all didn't change the fact that Heath was parting ways with a big portion of his chips. Serge up to almost 40,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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13,400
-6,600
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-6,600 |
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Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Bill Brindise was fairly short-stacked, and the board had already been dealt, showing 
. He was face with a big decision, too, as his opponent had slid forward 6,500 chips.
"Sixty-five for a busted nut flush draw?" asked Brindise. "OK, I call." he announced, and tossed in a 5k chip towards the cost of that call. His opponent turned over 
and revealed the exact hand Brindise called out of the air. Brindise won a big pot and is back up to 33,000. If he had called that wrong, he would have been extremely short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
33,000 |