The inaugural PokerStars Championship Bahamas is building toward its peak. Thursday's schedule features 15 different events running inside the Imperial Ballroom at the Atlantis Resort, making it the series' busiest day yet.
The $5,000 Main Event is down to 32 players from the starting field of 768, with Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier sitting in second place and seeking his fourth PokerStars title. Live coverage of Day 4 is available on the PokerStars Blog, and the PokerStars TV broadcast is streaming in a variety of languages across multiple media channels.
Most of the other events in the ballroom carry relatively modest buy-ins today, but one of them does not. The $25,750 High Roller began at 11:00 this morning, the last of the $25k no-limit hold'em events on the nine-day schedule.
As of the time of writing, 61 players have already joined, and three of them have exercised their single re-entry option. That number will continue to swell this afternoon, with late registration and re-enty available all day long.
The early turnout includes both halves of the dynamic duo from Team PokerStars Pro Brazil, Felipe Ramos and Andre Akkari. The $100,000 Super High Roller Champion, Jason Koon, is also in the field, as are a number of other high-rolling regulars like Steve O'Dwyer, Dan Colman, Charlie Carrel, Isaac Haxton, and Justin Bonomo.
This event is scheduled for three days, and it features 50,000-chip starting stacks and 60-minute levels for the duration. Day 1 will conclude at the end of Level 10, and registration remains open until the Day 2 restart Friday at noon. Live coverage is available on the PokerNews.
Team PokerStars Pro Felipe Ramos
RACKING UP THE POINTS
PokerStars has announced a Championship leaderboard competition in cooperation with the Global Poker Index. The PokerStars Championship Bahamas GPI TLB allows players to accrue points from all events held here this week. Whoever earns the most points will be rewarded with a seat to next year's event, as well as an entry into an exclusive sit-n-go against other Championship TLB winners. The final will take place at the 2018 PokerStars Championship Bahamas, and the winner will be crowned Player of the Year and collect the $100,000 winner-take-all prize.
All 2017 PokerStars Championship Leaderboard winners will be eligible to receive a PokerStars Championship Bahamas VIP Package which includes:
▪ PokerStars Championship Bahamas Main Event buy-in
▪ Accommodation in a suite at the Cove
▪ Airport transfers
▪ Room folio
Bryn Kenney's two victories give him the lead in The Bahamas race at the moment, and it's going to be hard to catch him at this point. Click here to see the current leaderboard.
NINE DAYS OF ACTION
PokerStars Championship Bahamas, which runs through January 14 at the sun-drenched Atlantis Resort in Nassau, is the first event of the all new PokerStars Championship tour. Poker players from around the world have been qualifying for as little as $10 at PokerStars.com. The event has an action-packed schedule of nearly 100 tournaments, cash games, and non-poker activities, and attracts thousands of international players who will dust off the holiday cobwebs to play in the nine-day Bahamas poker extravaganza.
KEY EVENTS
- $100,000 Super High Roller (January 6-8, 2017)
- $2,200 PokerStars National Championship (January 7-9, 2017)
- $5,000 PokerStars Championship Main Event (January 8-14, 2017)
- $50,000 NL Hold'em Single Day Single Re-Entry
- $25,750 PL Omaha Single Re-Entry
- $220 PokerStars Open (January 10-12, 2017)
- $25,750 High Roller (January 12-14, 2017)
- $440 PokerStars Cup (January 12-14, 2017)
POKERSTARS TV MAIN EVENT BROADCAST
The ever popular PokerStars TV returns to The Bahamas with a five-day broadcast schedule, bringing viewers the action from the PokerStars Championship Bahamas Main Event right through the event's conclusion. The webcast is available in a wide number of languages, both on desktop and mobile on PokerStars.tv, YouTube, Facebook and Twitch. For cards-up finals, please ensure you do not post ANY action until it has appeared on the live stream. No live streaming is allowed - on any channel (including Facebook, Periscope etc) - from any tournament.
