$5,000 Main Event Day 1b | 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

01-09-2017 22:33 UTC-5

Riess the Beast Ships a Double

Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

2013 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Ryan Riess moved all in for 8,900 and action folded all the way around to Dan Høidahl, who opted to call from the big blind.

Riess:
Høidahl:

The kicker of Riess had him way out in front, but Høidahl picked up chop outs on the flop. Unfortunately for him, neither the turn nor river helped him, and he sent some chips over to Riess.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Riess	20,000 11,100	11,100

Tags: Ryan Riess Dan Høidahl

01-09-2017 22:38 UTC-5

Florence Allera Done in by 2012 PCA Champ

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Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

France's Florence Allera moved all in for her last 12,000 from early position and action folded to 2012 PCA champ John Dibella in the big blind. He didn't seem excited about it, but he made the call nonetheless.

Allera:
Dibella:

It was a flip, but Allera needed to improve to stay alive. Unfortunately for her, that proved easier said than done as Dibella paired his ace on the flop. Neither the turn nor river helped Allera, and she headed for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Dibella	62,000 62,000	62,000

Florence Allera	Busted

Tags: Florence Allera John Dibella

01-09-2017 22:50 UTC-5

Final Six Hands

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Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

The tournament clock has been paused and players are going to play another six hands before bagging their chips for Day 2 tomorrow!

Stay tuned for a full recap and chip counts.

01-09-2017 23:24 UTC-5

Various End-of-Day 1b Chip Counts

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Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
James Juvancic	271,800 271,800	271,800
Andrew Ryan	224,300 6,300	6,300
Jan Kralik	164,900 164,900	164,900
Mattias Priolo	160,800 160,800	160,800
Felipe Ramos	156,800 56,800	56,800

Mariano Martiradonna	151,800 151,800	151,800
Steve Kerr	147,800 12,800	12,800
Erling Voje	140,800 140,800	140,800
Maxim Lakov	137,300
Mohsin Charania	134,600 41,600	41,600

Serge Cantin	131,000 131,000	131,000
Pedro Cabeca	129,200 129,200	129,200
Jean Montury	125,000 125,000	125,000

Antonio Della Sciucca	120,000 20,000	20,000
Justin Ouimette	110,000 110,000	110,000
Sam Chartier	107,700 67,700	67,700
Mukul Pahuja	107,500 62,500	62,500
Pascal Lefrancois	103,200 -45,800	-45,800

Noah Boeken	97,100 74,100	74,100

Vanessa Selbst	88,000 -7,000	-7,000

Maurice Hawkins	81,400 21,400	21,400
Kevin Martin	78,400 30,400	30,400

Aaron Paul	74,700 -20,300	-20,300
Maria Ho	71,100 4,100	4,100
Chris Moneymaker	65,100 49,100	49,100

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01-09-2017 23:31 UTC-5

Breaking Good: Aaron Paul Makes Day 2

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Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

One Hollywood star had a brief but colorful run in the PokerStars Championship Bahamas Main Event on Day 1a, but another had a quieter, more conventionally successful appearance on Day 1b.

A day after Kevin Hart lit up his table with cheerful talk, but only made his chips last a few hours, Breaking Bad and The Path star Aaron Paul bagged 74,700 chips to make it through to Day 2 of the event. Paul, looking the part of a typical grinder as he donned sunglasses, a beanie, and headphones, traded the occasional banter with his opponents but otherwise focused on chip accumulation. Helped in large part by a key pot against Chino Rheem early on, that strategy proved successful.

The pot in question saw the three-time World Poker Tour champ bet out 1,675 on a board of from the big bind and Paul raise to 4,000. Rheem came back with another raise to 10,000, and Paul called to see a river. Rheem moved all in for about 11,000 and Paul snapped it off.

Rheem feared the worst and asked if Paul had fives full, but the actor showed instead. Rheem uttered a few choice words on his way out the door, flashing for a turned straight when the dealer informed him he was obligated to show.

Another celebrity to bag some chips was former NFL star Richard Seymour. The New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders alum has plenty of bling already — he collected three Super Bowl rings in his decorated career — but Seymour is looking for his first piece of poker hardware. He made a nice run in a WPT event last month, finishing 18th, and he's drawing live here after making it through Day 1b with 28,000.

Seymour had to survive with a big fold rather than a big hand. He faced off with American circuit grinder Vincent Moscati with a board of between the two. Seymour checked from middle position and Moscati bet about 13,000. That represented almost all of Seymour's chips, and he decided to fold queens face-up. Moscati showed him aces.

Overall, 470 players showed up for Day 1b to push the two-day total to 699. Registration is still open until the beginning of Day 2 on Tuesday, so there's still time for that number to inch upward. About 260 of the runners on Day 1b made it through.

The player who handed the dealer the heaviest bag was James Juvancic, with 271,800 in chips. Others to bag big included Andrew Ryan (224,300), Jan Kralik (164,900), Mattias Priolo (160,800), and PokerStars Team Pro Felipe Ramos (156,800). Mohsin Charania, Sam Chartier, Mukul Pahuja, Maria Ho, and PokerStars Team Pros Vanessa Selbst and Chris Moneymaker also advanced.

Meanwhile, players who hit the rail during the eight levels of play included Jason Wheeler, Faraz Jaka, Jennifer Tilly, Anthony Zinno, Calvin Anderson, Mike Gorodinsky, and Team PokerStars Pros Liv Boeree and Celina Lin.

Day 2 gets underway at noon local time on Tuesday, so come back to PokerNews for more coverage.

Tags: Aaron Paul Chino Rheem James Juvancic Richard Seymour

$5,000 Main Event

Day 1b Completed