2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

$5,000 Main Event
Day: 6
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

Hands #67-69: Vela Flops a Set

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Hand #67: Action folded to Michael Vela in the small blind and he limped in with {3-Spades}{3-Clubs}. Big blind Christian Harder checked {K-Clubs}{2-Spades} and the flop came {2-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}. Both checked and the {5-Diamonds} hit the turn. Vela checked again and Harder bet 100,000.

"Really?" Vela said right before he called.

The {2-Hearts} on the river saw Vela check again. Harder bet 350,000 and Vela called, showing the better full house.

Hand #68: Michael Vela on the button raised to 240,000 holding {K-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. Christian Harder called with {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} in the small blind, Aleksei Opalikhin folded his big blind. Both checked on the {J-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} flop, {3-Diamonds} turn and {5-Clubs} river. Harder took down the small pot.

Hand #68: Christian Harder raised to 225,000 with {10-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} on the button. Small blind Aleksei Opalikhin three-bet to 510,000 with {5-Spades}{5-Hearts} out of a 3.7 million stack. As Josephy folded his big blind, action was back on Harder and he four-bet to 985,000. Opalikhin tanked long and hard, sighed several times, and folded.

Hand #69: Christian Harder raised {A-Spades}{J-Hearts} to 240,000 from the cutoff. Big blind Michael Gentili defended with {Q-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}. The flop came {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} and Gentili check-called a bet of 200,000. The {10-Diamonds} on the turn saw Gentili check again, followed by a bet of 365,000 into 980,000 by Harder. Gentili, with a pair, gutshot and flush draw, called again, growing the pot to 1,710,000. The river {9-Clubs} did nothing for either and both players checked to see Harder take it down.

Player Chips Progress
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
9,365,000
710,000
710,000
Aleksei Opalikhin ru
Aleksei Opalikhin
3,760,000
-1,760,000
-1,760,000
Michael Gentili ca
Michael Gentili
3,540,000
560,000
560,000
Michael Vela us
Michael Vela
2,700,000
1,355,000
1,355,000
WPT 1X Winner
Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
1,940,000
-865,000
-865,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Aleksei OpalikhinChristian HarderCliff JosephyMichael VelaMichael Gentili