Punta Cana Poker Classic 2017 US

Day 1A of the 2017 Punta Cana Poker Classic is on the books. The first flight of the event registered 233 entries but at the end of the day only 93 would remain. Lucas Smith finished on top of the counts with a 191,000 stack while reigning champion, Eduards Kudrjavcevs  finished with 140,000 chips.

Big names such as Chris Hunichen , Damian Salas, Francis Cruz , Bolivar Palacios , Jeff Gross , Chris Oliver , Alberto Meran , Julio Belluscio , Horacio Castillo were among the players who showed up for the first day of action. 

 Eduards Kudrjavcevs 140.000
 Brian England 109.000
 Ricardo Arciero 106.900
 Chris Oliver 96.000
 Felipe Morbiducci 62.700
 Guido Ruffini 50.000
 José María Cardona 48.000
 Fernando Cabezón 45.000
 Sergio Díaz 34.900

The surviving players will come back this Friday for Day 2 of the Main Event. Day 1B will start at 16:00 where we will meet the second batch of players that will fight for the title.

The organization has announced that only four more hands will be played before bagging and tagging. Don’t go away and meet the first batch of players that will return next Friday for Day 2.

Horacio Castillo has been eliminated from the tournament. Castillo shoved his last 14,000 chips with ace-queen and his rval called with pocket kings. The board didn’t help the Argentinian who will try again tomorrow.

Jeff Gross has been eliminated from the Main Event. He was trying to double his stack but failed to do so. He will have the chance to try again tomorrow.

The Dominican Republic has lost two of its own. Alberto Meran and Francis Cruz have been eliminated from the 2017 Punta Cana Poker Classic Main Event. Both of them will have another chance tomorrow at 16:00 .

The board showed a K 5 Q and Damian Salas announced his all-in for 15,000 chips and the player on the big blind called.

Salas: A 3
BB: K 3

Turn: 2
River: 5

Martin Scasso raised to 2,300 and Chris Oliver re-raised to 7,700. The action came back to Scasso who called.

The flop was an A 9 3 where Chris c-bet 4,700 and Martin folded. Before mucking his hand, Chris showed an A.

Eduards  Kudrjavcevs has a huge stack. In his second bullet, the Latvian player has a 120,000 stack. The young European changed his strategy and wants the lead of Day 1A.

The board was 10 8 6 and Chris Hunichen was all-in with pocket A A. His rival had a 10 8 for two pairs. The turn was a 9 and the river a 2 to eliminate Big Huni.

The Argentinian player Julio Belluscio is out from the Main Event. He was looking for a good spot but he crashed while trying it.

Bolivar Palacios has been eliminated from the Main Event. The Panamanian player was trying to double his stack but couldn’t survive tha attacks from his rivals.

The board showed a 9 3 K A and Francis Cruz checked from the big blind. Ron Morandini bet 9,400 and Cruz called.

The turn was a 10 and Morandini bet 20,000 to win the pot.

The flop was J 3 2 and Mikel Roman checked from the BB. The player under the gun also checked but the player in middle position bet 3,500, Bartolo Belluscio called but Mikel re-raised to 12,800 and took the pot down.

The player on early position raised to 1,800, called by the player in middle position and Chris Hunichen on the CO.

The flop was Q Q 8 and the player in middle position bet 2,500. Both his rivals called and a J showed up in the turn. The three of them checked and the river was a 5.

The action came to «Big Huni» who bet 8,000 to take down the pot.

Canadian player Francois Lincourt announced his all-in for 23,000 points and the BB called.

Francois: Q Q
BB: K K

Board: 9 7 8 7 9

After seven levels of registration, Day 1A of the 2017 Punta Cana Poker Classic registered 223 entries. Only 149 players remain trying to win a seat into Day 2 of this magnificent event.

The board was 3 7 7 4 3 with 10,000 chips in the middle. The player in middle position bet 9,500 and Guido Ruffini announced his all-in for 28,000 chips. The player in MP called.

Ruffini: 7 8
MP: mucked

Roberto Bianchi , Carlos Sobenes and Francis Cruz lost all of his chips. However the only one of them to re-enter was the Dominican.

The board showed an A 8 5 5 3 with 26,000 chips in the middle. Damian Salas shoved his last 25,000 chips and the player on the big blind called.

Salas showed a 7 5 to win the pot and eliminate his rival.

Guido Ruffini raised to 1,300 from middle position, called by Jorge de Oliveira and the player on the CO. The flop was a K J 3 and Ruffini bet 2,200 chips to win the pot.