$1,100 BSOP Bahamas Main Event
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Graydon Kowal Bags Chip Lead After Day 1 of the $1,100 BSOP Bahamas Main Event
After eight levels of play on Day 1 of $1,100 Brazilian Series of Poker(BSOP) Bahamas Main Event at the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, it was Canada's Graydon Kowal that came out on top of the leaderboard with an impressive stack of 266,000.
Close on the leader's heels was Brett Kennedy with 232,000 and Mekhail Mekhail with 192,000 to round out the all-Canadian top three. A field of 102 will return on Monday and they will be joined by the Day 2 registrants.
The day started with roughly 45 players, but that number quickly grew to a total of 258 with the late registration and unlimited reentries open until the end of Level 10 on Day 2. The field has generated a prize pool of $250,260 so far, with more to come on Monday. Players who wish to buy in or reenter tomorrow will start with 30,000 and the blinds will resume at 600/1,200/1,200.
2023 BSOP Bahamas Main Event Top Ten Day 1 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graydon Kowal | Canada | 266,000 | 221 |
| 2 | Brett Kennedy | Canada | 232,000 | 193 |
| 3 | Mekhail Mekhail | Canada | 192,000 | 160 |
| 4 | Elliot Smith | Canada | 184,300 | 153 |
| 5 | Robert Petronio | Canada | 182,000 | 151 |
| 6 | Paul Dewald | United States | 182,000 | 151 |
| 7 | Yannick Cardot | France | 160,700 | 134 |
| 8 | Keith Lehr | United States | 159,900 | 134 |
| 9 | Blaz Zerjav | Slovenia | 152,100 | 127 |
| 10 | Jose Totel | Brazil | 146,100 | 122 |
Many notables joined the field throughout the day and for most, this was their first tournament of the series. Some who fell by the wayside throughout the day included PokerStars Ambassadors Benjamin Spragg and Parker Talbot as well as Michael Dentale and Aliaksandr Shylko.
There were also plenty of familiar faces that found a bag including Maria Konnikova (111,900), Vanessa Kade (76,800), and PokerStars Ambassador Fintan Hand (73,700). Konnikova won the 2018 PCA National Championship for $84,600 and she will look to put her 93 big blinds to work on Day 2 tomorrow.
Hand bagged a healthy stack and much of that came with some flip run good as he picked up queens against the ace-king for his opponent and sent them to the rail early on. Another notable pot was when Shawn Buchanan found pocket nines and moved in against Philipp Gruissem who held ace-ten. The board ran out with a flopped set for Buchanan to score the full double.
Day 2 will resume on Monday, January 23 at 2 p.m. local time. Eight more levels of 60 minutes each are on tap, with the blinds returning in Level 9 at 600/1,200 and a 1,200 big blind ante. Late registration will be remain open until the end of level 10, and the prize pool and payouts will be announced shortly after.
Be sure to come back tomorrow for continued live PokerNews coverage of the 2023 BSOP Main Event and the rest of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure at Baha Mar in Nassau, The Bahamas.
Day 2 Seat Draw (By Table)
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Frederic Robert | Canada | 25,500 | 21 |
| 1 | 2 | Marcel Schwarz | Germany | 32,000 | 27 |
| 1 | 4 | Young Eum | USA | 142,300 | 119 |
| 1 | 6 | Andre Machado | Brazil | 33,000 | 28 |
| 1 | 7 | Gabriel Jansen | Brazil | 25,500 | 21 |
| 1 | 8 | Allan Barnes | Canada | 68,400 | 57 |
| 2 | 1 | Eduardo Lopes | Brazil | 69,000 | 58 |
| 2 | 2 | Paul Dewald | USA | 182,000 | 152 |
| 2 | 3 | Arash Shahi | Canada | 75,300 | 63 |
| 2 | 4 | Lucas Silva Rocha | Brazil | 82,900 | 69 |
| 2 | 5 | Diogo De Melo Cardoso | Brazil | 44,000 | 37 |
| 2 | 6 | Mateusz Moolhuizen | Netherlands | 131,000 | 109 |
| 3 | 2 | Julio de la Rosa | Dominican Republic | 19,300 | 16 |
| 3 | 3 | Vanessa Kade | Canada | 76,800 | 64 |
| 3 | 4 | Katie Lindsay | Canada | 38,300 | 32 |
| 3 | 5 | Jason Wheeler | USA | 85,400 | 71 |
| 3 | 6 | Fabio Muhr | Austria | 106,100 | 88 |
| 3 | 7 | Eric Schaeffer | USA | 87,800 | 73 |
| 4 | 2 | Diego Cuellar | Peru | 106,300 | 89 |
| 4 | 4 | Ludovic Geilich | United Kingdom | 37,000 | 31 |
| 4 | 5 | Brett Kennedy | Canada | 232,700 | 194 |
| 4 | 6 | Olga Iermolcheva | Ukraine | 36,800 | 31 |
| 4 | 7 | Micha Hoedemaker | Netherlands | 94,500 | 79 |
| 4 | 8 | Jessica Teusl | Austria | 45,900 | 38 |
| 5 | 1 | Yannick Cardot | France | 160,700 | 134 |
| 5 | 3 | Rajat Sharma | India | 63,500 | 53 |
| 5 | 4 | Paul Ephremsen | United Kingdom | 76,600 | 64 |
| 5 | 5 | Aurelie Reard | France | 23,700 | 20 |
| 5 | 6 | Tomislav Radisic | Canada | 118,500 | 99 |
| 5 | 8 | Vicente Delgado | Spain | 139,000 | 116 |
| 6 | 1 | Klemens Roiter | Austria | 55,500 | 46 |
| 6 | 2 | Guillermo Sanz | Spain | 56,900 | 47 |
| 6 | 3 | Ricardo Caridade | Portugal | 23,500 | 20 |
| 6 | 5 | Jonathan Little | USA | 54,600 | 46 |
| 6 | 6 | Allan Ribeiro | Brazil | 111,700 | 93 |
| 6 | 8 | Steven Walters | USA | 20,000 | 17 |
| 7 | 1 | Shawn Buchanan | Canada | 93,700 | 78 |
| 7 | 2 | Patrick Stacey | Canada | 31,600 | 26 |
| 7 | 3 | Davide Lamorte | Italy | 56,100 | 47 |
| 7 | 4 | Franco Spitale | Argentina | 36,700 | 31 |
| 7 | 5 | Lindsay Kido | USA | 26,400 | 22 |
| 7 | 8 | Sebastian Toro Henao | Colombia | 33,600 | 28 |
| 8 | 1 | Blake Anderson | USA | 87,600 | 73 |
| 8 | 2 | Felipe Boianovsky | Brazil | 54,200 | 45 |
| 8 | 3 | Christopher Day | United Kingdom | 83,500 | 70 |
| 8 | 5 | Martin Johnstone | United Kingdom | 80,800 | 67 |
| 8 | 6 | Renato Minicuci | Italy | 41,600 | 35 |
| 8 | 7 | Luc Lafontaine | Canada | 95,900 | 80 |
| 9 | 1 | Fabiano Kovalski | Brazil | 42,200 | 35 |
| 9 | 4 | Jolan Mancini | USA | 43,300 | 36 |
| 9 | 5 | Kelvin Kerber | Brazil | 106,700 | 89 |
| 9 | 6 | Julian Pineda Lozano | Mexico | 64,800 | 54 |
| 9 | 7 | Ana Marquez | Spain | 35,400 | 30 |
| 9 | 8 | Ricardo Mateo | USA | 67,600 | 56 |
| 10 | 1 | Matthew Hunt | USA | 57,400 | 48 |
| 10 | 2 | Mekhail Mekhail | Canada | 192,000 | 160 |
| 10 | 4 | Maximiliano Castagnini | Argentina | 71,700 | 60 |
| 10 | 5 | Andrei Spataru | Romania | 69,800 | 58 |
| 10 | 6 | Evgenii Tsatskin | Canada | 73,600 | 61 |
| 10 | 7 | Noel Datta | Canada | 47,000 | 39 |
| 11 | 1 | Philipp Gruissem | Germany | 56,100 | 47 |
| 11 | 2 | Jose Totel | Brazil | 146,100 | 122 |
| 11 | 3 | Ethan Yau | USA | 61,300 | 51 |
| 11 | 4 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 50,900 | 42 |
| 11 | 6 | Blaz Zerjav | Slovenia | 152,100 | 127 |
| 11 | 7 | Nenad Dukic | Croatia | 80,000 | 67 |
| 12 | 1 | Johan Schumacher | Belgium | 67,600 | 56 |
| 12 | 4 | Jeffery Gagnon | Canada | 131,600 | 110 |
| 12 | 5 | Amauri Grutka | Brazil | 54,800 | 46 |
| 12 | 6 | Ricardo Nakamura | Brazil | 44,500 | 37 |
| 12 | 7 | Bela Toth | Hungary | 10,200 | 9 |
| 12 | 8 | Francisco Caballo Pena | USA | 23,300 | 19 |
| 13 | 1 | Steven Fandozzi | USA | 73,900 | 62 |
| 13 | 3 | Daniel De Sousa Custodio | Brazil | 59,500 | 50 |
| 13 | 4 | Eladio Alarcon | Canada | 89,400 | 75 |
| 13 | 5 | Stewart Chantler | USA | 140,500 | 117 |
| 13 | 6 | Lukas Chiciak | Canada | 16,500 | 14 |
| 13 | 7 | Joseph Drory | USA | 59,600 | 50 |
| 14 | 1 | Iliodoros Kamatakis | Greece | 109,000 | 91 |
| 14 | 3 | Graydon Kowal | Canada | 266,000 | 222 |
| 14 | 4 | Sean Jackson | Canada | 112,000 | 93 |
| 14 | 5 | Lewis Spencer | United Kingdom | 79,000 | 66 |
| 14 | 6 | Leandro Ruy | Brazil | 26,700 | 22 |
| 14 | 7 | Elliot Smith | Canada | 184,300 | 154 |
| 15 | 2 | Luc Greenwood | Canada | 38,600 | 32 |
| 15 | 4 | Robert Petronio | Canada | 182,000 | 152 |
| 15 | 5 | Luis Pinho De Faria | Portugal | 62,500 | 52 |
| 15 | 6 | Jeffrey Snook | Canada | 49,800 | 42 |
| 15 | 7 | Joshua Berry | Canada | 82,600 | 69 |
| 15 | 8 | Jun Choi | Brazil | 29,200 | 24 |
| 16 | 1 | Maria Konnikova | USA | 111,900 | 93 |
| 16 | 3 | Donald Lloyd | Canada | 24,800 | 21 |
| 16 | 4 | David "Chino" Rheem | USA | 87,500 | 73 |
| 16 | 6 | Fintan Hand | Ireland | 73,700 | 61 |
| 16 | 7 | Michio Kawasaki | Japan | 46,400 | 39 |
| 16 | 8 | Ehsan Amiri | Australia | 46,200 | 39 |
| 17 | 1 | Shiva Dudani | USA | 50,900 | 42 |
| 17 | 2 | Vladimir Vasilyev | USA | 50,000 | 42 |
| 17 | 3 | Keith Lehr | USA | 159,900 | 133 |
| 17 | 5 | Andrew Chen | Canada | 141,100 | 118 |
| 17 | 6 | Adrian State | Romania | 88,000 | 73 |
| 17 | 8 | Fady Habashi | Canada | 13,700 | 11 |
Day 1 Chip Counts (complet)
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266,000 | |||
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232,700 | |||
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192,000 | |||
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184,300 | 300 | ||
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182,000 | 43,000 | ||
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182,000 | 182,000 | ||
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160,700 | |||
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159,900 | 400 | |||
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152,100 | 29,100 | ||
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146,100 | 116,100 | ||
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142,300 | 142,300 | ||
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141,100 | 100 | ||
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140,500 | 98,200 | ||
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139,000 | 139,000 | ||
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131,600 | 131,600 | ||
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131,000 | 68,000 | ||
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118,500 | 118,500 | ||
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112,000 | 112,000 | ||
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111,900 | |||
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111,700 | 111,700 | ||
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109,000 | -41,000 | ||
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106,700 | 106,700 | ||
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106,300 | 106,300 | ||
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106,100 | 106,100 | ||
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95,900 | 71,500 |
A Few Assorted End-of-Night Chip Counts
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266,000 | 41,000 | ||
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232,700 | 76,700 | ||
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192,000 | 81,000 | ||
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184,000 | |||
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160,700 | 30,700 | ||
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159,500 | 78,000 | |||
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141,000 | 73,000 | ||
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111,900 | -6,600 | ||
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45,900 | -10,100 | ||
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38,300 | 27,300 |
Hoedemaker Sends Shylko to the Rail
Aliaksandr Shylko got his last 60,000 into the middle and Micha Hoedemaker was the one to put him at risk.
Aliaksandr Shylko: 
Micha Hoedemaker: 
The board ran out 
and the aces held to eliminate Shylko from the tournament at the end of the night.
Day 1 has come to an end and players are now bagging their chips. Stay tuned to PokerNews for chip counts and a full recap.
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100,000 | |||
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Eliminat |
Four Hands Remaining
The tournament director just announced that there will be four more hands until the end of Day 1.
De La Rosa Scores Double Up Before End of Day
Philipp Gruissem opened to 2,000 from early position and Michio Kawasaki next to act made the call. Julio de la Rosa slid in 13,800 from middle position, leaving himself roughly 2,500 behind.
It folded back around to Gruissem, who raised to 45,000 and Kawasaki mistakenly rolled over 
to signal a fold, not realizing De La Rosa had chips left. De La Rosa quickly called for his last few chips and the cards were on their backs.
Julio de la Rosa: 
Philipp Gruissem: 
With Kawasaki folding ace-jack face up the odds were not looking great for De La Rosa to stay alive. The board however ran out 
, and the turned ace scored the full double up for De La Rosa close to the end of Day 1.
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42,000 | 3,000 | ||
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35,000 | 35,000 | ||
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35,000 | 18,000 |
Johnstone Busts Dentale
The PokerNews team picked up the action as time was called over on Table 1.
Action was heads up with a growing pot and 
on the board and Martin Johnstone had bet 15,000. Michael Dentale was deep in the tank and time had been called.
After some discussion over what constituted a reasonable amount of time, the 30-second clock started and Dentale went all in for his last 27,000. Johnstone called quickly and turned over 
. Dentale had 
.
The river was an and Johnstone secured the elimination with aces and tens.
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97,000 | 97,000 | ||
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Eliminat |
"It's Not an Angle, I'm Just Stupid"
Benjamin Spragg raised to 2,200 from under the gun at a lively Table 1.
"In my big blind?" Maria Konnikova said.
Spragg has been making a habit of raising in Konnikova's big blind, and this hand was no exception.
Action folded around and Konnikova tossed in the chips to call.
The flop was 
and Konnikova checked. Spragg tossed out 3,000 and Konnikova check-raised to 12,000. Spragg tossed out a total of 7,000 to call and everyone was confused.
"It's 12,000," the dealer said.
Spragg shook his head and corrected the issue.
"It's not an angle, I'm just stupid. I promise."
The turn was 
and Konnikova continued for 23,000. Spragg went into the tank for a few minutes before he gave up the pot. Konnikova allowed him to choose one of her cards to show, and it was the 
.
Elsewhere in the room, Ethan "Rampage" Yau has taken his seat.
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118,500 | 45,000 | ||
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43,500 | -14,000 | ||
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30,000 | 30,000 |