2017 PokerStars Championship Panama
The preflop action escaped us, but we do know that Lucas Blanco got his stack of 179,000 all in preflop and was racing against Vincent Allevato.
Allevato:
Blanco:
It was a classic flip and Blanco was looking to hold. That's just what he did too after the board ran out a clean .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Lucas Blanco |
365,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
Vincent Allevato |
170,000
-179,000
|
-179,000 |
Erik Cajelais jammed about 26,000 in from early position, and action folded to Jose Moran Guzman in the small blind. He reshoved and it was heads up.
Guzman:
Cajelais:
Cajelais was live but found no help on the board.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jose Moran Guzman |
111,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Erik Cajelais | Busted | |
|
JC Alvarado just limped from the cutoff and Davidi Kitai did the same from the button. The player in the small blind came along and then Jose Gonzales raised all in for 35,500 from the big. Alvarado made the call while the other two players opted to fold.
Alvarado:
Gonzales:
It was a flip, but Gonzales needed to improve to stay alive. That didn't happen though as the board ended up running out .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
JC Alvarado |
177,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
Jose Gonzales | Busted |
After a preflop raising war, Jonathan Abdellatif was all in for 131,000, and he turned over . Sergey Lebedev waved his hands in frustration and showed . Abdellatif flopped what looked like a lock as hit the felt, but Lebedev turned a prayer's chance with the . The river was an .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Abdellatif |
269,500
149,500
|
149,500 |
Sergey Lebedev |
39,500
-135,500
|
-135,500 |
Byron Kaverman bet 28,000 from middle position on a board of , and Caufman Talley slid in a raise to 75,000 from the big blind. Kaverman thought a bit and mucked, and Talley moved to follow him.
"You're not gonna show the eight?" Kaverman said.
At this, Talley reached into the middle and turned over the .
"Only because you called it," he said.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Caufman Talley |
271,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Byron Kaverman |
122,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
Jose Moran Guzman moved all in for 39,000 and action folded to Jonathan Abdellatif, who called from the big blind.
Guzman:
Abdellatif:
Guzman had the best kicker and it proved to be the difference maker after the board ran out .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Abdellatif |
120,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Jose Moran Guzman |
90,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Sergey Lebedev raised to 9,000 from the hijack and Mark Radoja called from the small blind. Erik Cajelais then three-bet all in from the big blind and Lebedev called off for 79,500. Radoja folded.
Lebedev:
Cajelais:
Cajelais ran smack dab into aces and paid for it after the board ran out an unhelpful .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sergey Lebedev |
175,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
Erik Cajelais |
33,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
Felix Bleiker raised to 10,000 from middle position and Kenny Smaron called from the button. Latvia's Eduards Kudrjavcevs then three-bet all in for right around 100,000 from the small blind, and Bleiker moved all in over the top. Smaron wasted little time in getting out of the way.
Kudrjavcevs:
Bleiker:
It was a flip, but not after the flop came down to pair Bleiker. The turn left Kudrjavcevs looking for a six on the river, but it was not in the cards as the bricked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Felix Bleiker |
265,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
Eduards Kudrjavcevs | Busted |
Denis Timofeev raised to 9,000 from under the gun and Jiachen Gong moved all in for 13,000 from the hijack.
Tito Ortiz was in the big blind and decided to defend. Timofeev called.
The flop came and Ortiz checked. Timofeev bet 15,000 and Ortiz called.
The turn was the . Ortiz checked again, and Timofeev bet 33,000. Ortiz quickly check-raised to 66,000 and Timofeev called.
The river was the and both players checked.
Ortiz tabled for trip fours, Timofeev showed for two pair, jacks and fours, and Gong showed for two pair, sevens and fours.
Gong was unable to improve and was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Denis Timofeev |
562,500
-103,500
|
-103,500 |
Tito Ortiz |
402,500
31,000
|
31,000 |
Jiachen Gong | Busted |