The 2017 edition of PokerStars Championship Bahamas Main Event is coming closer to its end. Its Day 3 has just ended, with only 32 players left out of the starting field of 738 entrants.
Despite the fact there are still three days left until the end of the tournament’s Main Event, we are coming closer to the moment when we are to understand who is to grab the first-place prize of $480,012 and the tournament’s trophy. The competition is fierce and everybody knows that predictions are hard to be made when it comes to poker.
Every one of the players who take part in the competition is aware of the fact that the chips they win today, may be well gone on the next day, but this rule seems not to be working in regards to Nick Maimone. The young US player managed to hold the chip lead for second day in a row, and we are almost sure he has decided to make history.
Only a year ago, the then 28-year-old player managed to win the $25,000 Buy-in High Roller Event which took place in the very same poker room in the week of his 29th birthday. Then, the player scooped the largest live cash in his career, amounting to almost $1 million. In 2017, Maimone is likely to celebrate his birthday getting one step closer to victory.
As mentioned above, the US player finished Day 3 of the competition as a chip leader for a second consecutive day. But he needs to be careful. There might have been only 32 players left, but the rivalry is immensely high, especially considering the fact two of the main rivals of Maimone are members of team PokerStars.
The player who is considered as the hardest for Maimone to overcome is undoubtedly Jason Mercier, who is a member of PokerStars Team Pro, and finished Day 3 with a total of 1.33 million in chips. The member of PokerStars’ Team Online Jaime Staples is still in the game, with a total of 310,000 in chips.
When looking at the top 10 at the Day 3 chip-count table, Nick Maimone is first, holding the lead with 1.75 million in chips, closely followed by Mercier with 1.33 million. The third position is taken by another American player – John Dibella, who has 1.119 million in chips.
Marcin Kapkowski from Poland is fourth, with 1.036 million in chips, and the Canadian Damien Steel is fifth, with 1.029 million. A Portugal – Pedro Baptista Martinho Cabeca – and a Norwegian – Rasmus Glæsel – are sixth and seventh, respectively. There are three more US player at the last three positions of the top 10 participants at the Day 3 chip-count table – Alan Schein, Michael Vela and Ryan Riess.
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Harry Evans
