$10,300 PCA Main Event Jour 2 | 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

2019-01-13 15:57 UTC-4

Allison No More

zedmaster84

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Manuel Martinez Solsona opened to 4,500 and a very short-stacked Allon Allison moved all in from one seat over, which the Spaniard quickly called.

Allon Allison:
Manuel Martinez Solsona:

There was no help on the board and Solsona even rivered a set for good measure.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Manuel Martinez Solsona	55,000 -21,800	-21,800
Allon Allison	Eliminé

Tags: Allon Allison Manuel Martinez Solsona

2019-01-13 15:54 UTC-4

Ladouceur Wins Flip Against Paes Campos

zedmaster84

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Guilherme Cheveau Paes Campos opened to 4,500 and Marc-Andre Ladouceur three-bet to 13,000. The Brazilian pushed for around 70,000 and the dealer asked Ladouceur if he wanted to have a count, but a rather quick call followed instead.

Guilherme Cheveau Paes Campos:
Marc-Andre Ladouceur:

The board came and Ladouceur held up with his pocket pair, dealt the final blow with a straight.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	240,000 109,900	109,900
Guilherme Cheveau Paes Campos	Eliminé

Tags: Guilherme Cheveau Paes Campos Marc Andre Ladouceur

2019-01-13 15:50 UTC-4

Updated Counts

KaleGozer

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Joao Simao	382,000 12,000	12,000

Elliot Smith	290,000 109,600	109,600
Davidi Kitai	260,000 -30,000	-30,000

Franz Ditz	255,000 90,600	90,600
Niall Farrell	255,000 53,000	53,000

Rajesh Vohra	240,000 130,000	130,000

Kenny Hallaert	225,000 80,000	80,000
Dominik Nitsche	212,000 77,000	77,000

Randy Lew	165,000 130,000	130,000

Daniel Strelitz	165,000 37,200	37,200

Anthony Zinno	130,000 65,400	65,400

Maria Lampropulos	61,000 11,000	11,000

Sparrow Cheung	55,000 -8,600	-8,600
Luc Greenwood	53,000 8,900	8,900
Sam Greenwood	36,000 -43,800	-43,800

Ryan Riess	35,000 10,000	10,000

Dan Shak	33,000 -18,900	-18,900
Michael Soyza	30,000 11,100	11,100

2019-01-13 15:41 UTC-4

Zamani More Than Doubles

zedmaster84

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Pablo Melogno raised to 4,500 in the cutoff and Martin Zamani shoved the button for 51,000. Zachary Donovan called in the small blind for the last 16,000 and Melogno asked for a count, then called with the biggest stack of the trio.

Zachary Donovan:
Martin Zamani:
Pablo Melogno:

"I am a big favorite," Zamani had joked before the cards were tabled and another player at the table replied, "make it a sweat." Indeed, the flop of brought a gutshot for the two ace-queens. However, the turn and river were blanks and Donovan was eliminated, Zamani more than doubled.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Martin Zamani	130,000 100,000	100,000
Pablo Melogno	45,000 -46,200	-46,200
Zachary Donovan	Eliminé

Tags: Martin Zamani Pablo Melogno Zachary Donovan

2019-01-13 15:41 UTC-4

More Notables Eliminated

SandraBarbour

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

More big names have been eliminated from the tournament including PokerStars Ambassador Aditya Agarwal.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Aditya Agarwal	Eliminé
Koray Aldemir	Eliminé

Tim Reilly	Eliminé
Steve O'Dwyer	Eliminé

Joao Vieira	Eliminé

Ana Marquez	Eliminé
Daniel Zack	Eliminé

Alex Foxen	Eliminé

Ema Zajmovic	Eliminé

Dietrich Fast	Eliminé

Timothy Adams	Eliminé

Mustapha Kanit	Eliminé
Martin Finger	Eliminé

2019-01-13 15:31 UTC-4

2019 PokerStars Caribbean Main Event Nationalities Breakdown

KaleGozer

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A total of 623 unique players showed up for the 2019 $10,300 PCA Main Event and they traveled to the Bahama's from 56 different countries. Unsurprisingly, the United States made up the majority of the field with 189 players. Countries represented at the PCA include Singapore, Luxembourg, Peru, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Chile, and Venezuela.

Country	Players	%	Country	Players	%
USA	189	21.85%	China	11	1.27%
Canada	75	8.67%	Ireland	11	1.27%
Germany	46	5.32%	Netherlands	9	1.04%
UK	42	4.86%	Austria	8	0.92%
Brazil	36	4.16%	Romania	7	0.81%
France	32	3.70%	Italy	6	0.69%
Spain	21	2.43%	Ukraine	6	0.69%
Portugal	16	1.85%	Belgium	5	0.58%
Russia	14	1.62%	Bulgaria	5	0.58%
Argentina	11	1.27%	Other	73	8.44%

2019-01-13 15:25 UTC-4

"Lucky Me!"

KaleGozer

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Chipleader Alexander Kharkov opened to 5,000 in early position, Dragos Trofimov three-bet to 22,000 from the small blind, Jacques Der Megreditchian four-bet shoved 92,000 from the big blind and Kharkov went in the tank. He folded after a minute of thought.

Trofimov needed no time to come to a decision and stuck calling chips in within a heartbeat.

Jacques Der Megreditchian:
Dragos Trofimov:

The dealer fanned out to pair up Trofimov and eliminate Der Megreditchian. Kharkov watched it unfold with a sour look on his face and indicated to Trofimov he folded a big hand with a club in it.

"Lucky me!" the Platinum Pass winner laughed and Kharkov could muster a smile as well.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alexander Kharkov	505,000 -55,000	-55,000

Dragos Trofimov	220,000 115,000	115,000
Jacques Der Megreditchian	Eliminé

Tags: Alexander Kharkov Dragos Trofimov Jacques Der Megreditchian

2019-01-13 15:22 UTC-4

Frangoulidis Jams Into Gofman

zedmaster84

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A raise to 20,000 was in front of Aleksandr Gofman with the flop showing and James Frangoulidis then moved all in for a total of 87,000. Gofman gave it some thought and folded.

"I would have done the same," Noah Schwartz said and Gofman said "I would have called you."

Frangoulis chimed in "you would have called him but not me? Come on," while dragging in the pot.

Further assorted counts can be found below.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Davidi Kitai	290,000 165,000	165,000

Matthew Wantman	235,000 63,000	63,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	230,000 48,000	48,000

Joao Barbosa	230,000 57,000	57,000

Yang Zhang	220,000 55,700	55,700

Dragos Trofimov	210,000 105,000	105,000
Matt Berkey	200,000 50,000	50,000
Michael Azzaro	200,000 64,700	64,700
Erik Seidel	168,000 73,000	73,000

Noah Schwartz	160,000 98,700	98,700

Luke Marsh	140,000 -1,400	-1,400
Ian Hunter	135,000 15,200	15,200
Bruno Lopes	130,000 5,000	5,000
James Frangoulidis	125,000 35,500	35,500
Ariel Celestino	110,000 47,000	47,000
Aleksandr Gofman	95,000 -90,000	-90,000
Scott Seiver	90,000 9,800	9,800

Jonathan Roy	80,000 -41,400	-41,400
Maria Lampropulos	50,000 -9,100	-9,100

Mike Watson	35,000 -8,000	-8,000

Tags: Aleksandr Gofman James Frangoulidis Noah Schwartz

2019-01-13 15:14 UTC-4

High Rollers Take on the Portuguese

KaleGozer

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Matthias Eibinger raised to 5,500, Manuel Ruivo three-bet to 16,500 from the blinds and Eibinger called. The flop was and Ruivo check-called 13,000 from Eibinger. On the turn, Ruivo checked, Eibinger shoved for 45,500, and Ruvio called after the clock got called on him.

Matthias Eibinger:
Manuel Ruivo:

Ruivo could only win with a jack but caught the instead and had to fork over a decent part of his stack.

At the same time at another table, Steffen Sontheimer and Diogo Veiga got their stacks in the middle on a flop. Veiga was all in for a little over 50,000 and trailing with against Sontheimer's .

The turn and river kept the aces second best, scoring Sontheimer a knockout.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Steffen Sontheimer	170,000 54,400	54,400
Matthias Eibinger	150,000 85,100	85,100
Manuel Ruivo	50,000 -15,000	-15,000
Diogo Veiga	Eliminé

Tags: Diogo Veiga Manuel Ruivo Matthias Eibinger Steffen Sontheimer

2019-01-13 15:13 UTC-4

Kharkov Extends His Lead

SandraBarbour

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Dragos Trofimov opened to 4,500 from the hijack. Alexander Kharkov, in the big blind, called.

A flop reading was dealt. Kharkov bet 5,000. Trofimov called.

The dealer burned and turned the . Kharkov continued with another bet of 7,000. Trofimov called again.

The filled up the river. Kharkov threw in 15,000. Trofimov tank-called. Kharkov showed for fours full of jacks and Trofimov sent his hand to the muck.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alexander Kharkov	560,000 80,000	80,000

Dragos Trofimov	105,000 -75,000	-75,000

Tags: Alexander Kharkov Dragos Trofimov