As day 4 of the inaugural PokerStars Championship Panama main event came to a close, Russian Denis Timofeev was the man on top of the chip counts leading the way as the twelve man strong field returns for day 5 and play down to the final table later on tonight (CET).

The man who has gotten the most coverage from media down in Panama is undoubtedly American MMA fighter Tito Ortiz, as he fought and clawed on all the way to Day 4 of the main event where he eventually fell in 22^nd place for a little more than $16,000 in his second only live poker tournament.

Of notable poker names that unfortunately fell on day 4 were Jason Wheeler, JC Alvarado and Jason Koon.

Here is how the final twelve stack up before day 5:

1^st: Denis Timofeev – Russia –                    2,070,000
2^nd: James Salmon – U.S –                            1,612,000
3^rd: Byron Kaverman – U.S –                       1,236,000
4^th: Robin Luca Wozniczek – Germany – 1,194,000
5^th: Kenneth Smaron – U.S –                       1,104,000
6^th: Harpreet Gill – Canada –                      1,080,000
7^th: Jonathan Abdellatif – Belgium –        670,000
8^th: Anthony Diott  – Canada –                   558,000
9^th: Michael Lech             – U.S –                 457,000
10^th: Igor Yaroshevskyy – Ukraine –         422,000
11^th: Vincent Allevato     – Canada –         420,000
12^th: Luis Alejandro Mata – Venezuela – 162,000

Day 5 continues at 6PM CET and can be viewed live on all of PokerStars`media sites: pokerstars.tv, youtube and Twitch

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