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Poker.com Championship
Well, the first 17 events of the inaugural Poker.com Championship's has provided us with some outstanding poker performances and with 11 events remaining, there is still opportunity for anyone to claim the title of overall champion.

Currently the Championship there are only a few hundred points separating the top of the leaderboard, but if players THEleetay and GopherFace were to continue their good form, a handy lead could be established going into the Main Event.

Here is the how the Top 5 are shaping up:
1 THEleetay 2036.5
2 GopherFace 1997
3 sakana 1796.5
4 lennie10 1774
5 Mada1970 1762.5

At the end of the Main Event an overall Poker.com Champion will be crowned and win the opportunity to represent the site in Atlantic City and Melbourne, Australia at the WPT and Aussie Millions tournaments.

So, if you think you have what it takes to be the Poker.com Champion, then you can't afford to miss the final 11 guaranteed tournaments still offering championship points.

Events are:
#18 - 17-July @ 18:00 - Pot-Limit Omaha - $5 Buy-in
#19 - 18-July @ 16:00 -No-Limit Holdem - $10 Buy-in
#20 - 19-July @ 18:00 - Pot-Limit Hold'em - $5 Buy-in
#21 - 20-July @ 18:00 - No-Limit Hold'em Short handed 6/table - $10 Buy-in
#22 - 21-July @ 18:00 - No-Limit Hold'em - $5 Buy-in
#23 - 22-July @ 15:00 - Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship - $10 Buy-in
#24 - 23-July @ 12:00 - Intercontinental Championship - $25 Buy-in
#25 - 24-July @ 18:00 - No-Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys - $5 Buy-in
#26 - 25-July @ 18:00 - No-Limit Hold'em - $5 Buy-in
#28 - 27-July @ 18:00 - Limit Hold'em - Short handed 6/table - $5 Buy-in
#30 - 29-July @ 15:00 - Championship Main Event $20,000 Guaranteed - $250 Buy-in

Championship Events summary:

Event # 12 Pot-Limit Holdem
146 Entrants / Duration: 3:42 hrs / 4 hands played HU
WhoCares68 leads by $140K
- WhoCares68 Posted Small Blind $20K
- demarco144 Posted Big Blind $40K
- WhoCares68 Raised to $80K
- demarco144 Raised to $240K
- WhoCares68 All In for $35,9098
- demarco144 All In for $50,902
- Flop: 9d,Qh,9s Turn: Jd River: 6d
WhoCares68 - 3c,Ah Vs demarco144 - 4s,Kh
WhoCares68 Wins with: Pair of Nines

Event # 13 Seniors No-Limit Holdem 45+
50 Entrants / Duration: 2:32 hrs / 9 hands played HU
Due to a prior split pot both players had $108,948 in chips
- any2willdo23 Posted Small Blind $2K
- FOURDEAD36 Posted Big Blind $4K
- any2willdo23 Raised to $14K
- FOURDEAD36 All In for $104,848
- any2willdo23 Calls $94,848
- Flop: Ah,2c,3s Turn: Tc River: 3d
FOURDEAD36 - Kh,9c Vs any2willdo23 - 9h,Ad
any2willdo23 Wins with: Two Pair, Aces and Threes

Event 14 No-Limit Hold'em - Short Handed
209 Entrants / Duration: 3:41 hrs / 15 hands played HU
Both players had $210,740 in chips
- AusFlex Posted Small Blind $20K
- abuntana Posted Big Blind $40K
- AusFlex Calls $20K
- abuntana Checks
- Flop: Kd,4c,Qh (Both hit pairs)
- abuntana Checks
- AusFlex Bets $60K
- abuntana All In for $170740
- AusFlex Calls $110740
- Turn 4s River Jc
abuntana - 2s,Qs Vs AusFlex - 2c,Kc
AusFlex Wins with: Two Pair, Kings and Fours

Event #15 No-Limit Hold'em
155 Entrants / Duration: 3:35 hrs / 28 hands played HU
- wildduece32 leads by $155K
- wildduece32 Posted Small Blind $20K
- BudeaYabba Posted Big Blind $40K
- wildduece32 All In for $452361
- BudeaYabba All In for $262639
- Flop: 4h,3s,Qh Turn: Th River: Qd
wildduece32 - Ad,Jd Vs BudeaYabba - Ac,7d
wildduece32 Wins with: Pair of Queens

Event #16 Pot-Limit Omaha
97 Entrants / Duration: 2:59 hrs / 8 hands played HU
Muzza1 had a $40K chip lead over Mada1970 (Top 5 on leaderboard)
- muzza1 Posted Small Blind $4K
- Mada1970 Posted Big Blind $8K
- muzza1 Calls $4K
- Mada1970 Raised to $24K
- muzza1 Calls $16K
- Flop: 5d,7s,4d
- Mada1970 Bets $48K
- muzza1 Raised to $96K
- Mada1970 All In for $8368
- Turn: 5c River: 3c
muzza1 - Ts,5s,Ks,7c Vs Mada1970 - Kc,2s,5h,Kh
muzza1 Wins with: Full House, Fives over Sevens

Event #17 Poker.com American
102 Entrants / Duration: 3:37 hrs / 4 hands played HU
Both players had $126,280
- bookiedoug Posted Small Blind $10000.00
- AusFlex Posted Big Blind $20000.00
- bookiedoug Calls $10000.00
- AusFlex All In for $116280.00
- bookiedoug Calls $116280.00
- Flop: Jc,2d,Kh Turn: 8c River: 6h
AusFlex - Qd,As Vs bookiedoug - Ad,Kd
bookiedoug Wins with: Pair of Kings

Poker.com Regulars
Congratulations to LoneWoLF87 who's outstanding effort in the $20,000 Weekly Freeroll has earned himself $4,000 in free cash.

$10,000 Guaranteed
This week's tourney was the biggest ever with 125 entrants, but since it's guaranteed for nearly 200 players there is still plenty of free cash up for grabs.

Congratulations to ichibantwo on his terrific performance to claim first place and $3,000.

Good Luck at the tables

Liam @ Poker.com