$10,300 PCA Main Event Jour 1a | 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

2023-01-23 19:32 UTC-4

Recent Casualties on Day 1a

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Niveau 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Out of a field of 154 entries, only 115 players remain towards the end of the sixth level. Those who departed recently can be found below.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Chris Oliver	Eliminé
Lawrence Greenberg	Eliminé
Tomas Jozonis	Eliminé
Bruno Lopes	Eliminé
Pascal Hartmann	Eliminé
Zhi Yi Ning	Eliminé
Mikita Badziakouski	Eliminé
Chris Hunichen	Eliminé
Martin Raus	Eliminé
Taylor Paur	Eliminé
Alejandro Lococo	Eliminé
Scott Bohlman	Eliminé
Paul Klann	Eliminé

2023-01-23 19:30 UTC-4

Talbot Short After Tussle With Boianovsky

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Niveau 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Until the heads-up turn of , some 8,000 chips were in the middle and Parker Talbot bet 3,800. Felipe Boianovsky called in the cutoff and the on the river was checked by Talbot, who had less than one-third of the starting stack behind. Boianovsky bet 17,000 and the PokerStars ambassador sigh-folded.

"You never fold those to me," Fabiano Kovalski joked, as both had been battling frequently on the live and especially online poker tables previously.

"Was I playing against you in that hand?" a semi-serious Talbot replied with a dry smile on his face.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Felipe Boianovsky	42,000	7,000
Fabiano Kovalski	26,000	26,000
Parker Talbot	8,000	-22,500

Tags: Fabiano Kovalski Felipe Boianovsky Parker Talbot

2023-01-23 19:26 UTC-4

Nguyen Flips Well Against Jouhkimainen

zedmaster84

Niveau 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The chips went into the middle before the flop as a short-stacked Turbo Nguyen ended up at risk against Joni Jouhkimainen.

Turbo Nguyen:
Joni Jouhkimainen:

The classic flip went to Nguyen as he got there on the runout.

"Now I can actually start playing poker," Nguyen joked. "I told her we gonna do another five hours massage," he said in table chat, referring to the massage therapist.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Turbo Nguyen	22,000	22,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	13,000	1,000

Tags: Joni Jouhkimainen Turbo Nguyen

2023-01-23 19:24 UTC-4

Kim Check Raises River

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Niveau 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There was 4,100 in the pot. Brian Kim was in the small blind against Matas Cimbolas in the big blind.

The board was complete and read . Kim checked and Cimbolas bet 4,200. Kim put in the check-raise to 14,500, putting Cimbolas in the tank. Cimbolas folded and the chips went to Kim.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Brian Kim	59,000	3,000
Matas Cimbolas	22,500	-5,500

Tags: Brian Kim Matas Cimbolas

2023-01-23 19:21 UTC-4

Assorted Counts in the Field

zedmaster84

Niveau 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Pedro Gois Neves	115,000	-2,000
Thomas Muehloecker	70,000
Philip Shing	55,000	-5,000
Kannapong Thanarattrakul	50,000	19,000
Pedro Marques	40,000	40,000
Michael Gathy	35,000	8,000
Lance Steinberg	32,000	-5,000
Dan Smith	29,000	29,000
Anton Astapau	29,000	1,500
Matas Cimbolas	28,000	-6,000
Kayhan Mokri	28,000	28,000

2023-01-23 19:15 UTC-4

Neves Eliminates Badziakouski

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Niveau 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

It was a three-bet pot with Pedro Gois Neves in the small blind against Mikita Badziakouski in the hijack.

The pot was 15,200 heading to the flop of . Neves continued for 3,800 and was called by Badziakouski.

The was the turn and Neves bet 7,600. Badziakouski called.

The river came the and Neves moved all in for 22,700 effective. Badziakouski went deep into the tank, cracking his knuckles. After several minutes, he called for his tournament life. Neves turned over for an overpair, beating Badziakouski's (top pair) and eliminating him from the tournament.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Pedro Gois Neves	117,000	117,000
Mikita Badziakouski	Eliminé

Tags: Mikita Badziakouski Pedro Gois Neves

2023-01-23 19:08 UTC-4

Loeser Chips Up With a Flush

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Niveau 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With 8,700 in the middle to the flop, Manig Loeser checked and then called a bet of 2,600 by Francois Billard. The on the turn was checked by Loeser once more and he called another bet of 4,200 by Billard. Both then checked down the on the river and Loeser flipped over the for the nut flush, which ended up winning the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Manig Loeser	38,000	4,000
Francois Billard	17,500	-8,500

Tags: Francois Billard Manig Loeser

2023-01-23 19:05 UTC-4

Double Knockout for Aube

zedmaster84

Niveau 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ivan Deyra raised to 1,200 and a short-stacked Alexandros Kolonias then pushed all-in for around 5,000. Henrik Brockmann also committed his last 12,000 and change before Sebastien Aube went all-in over the top, forcing out initial raiser Deyra in the process.

Alexandros Kolonias:
Henrik Brockmann:
Sebastien Aube:

The flop left Brockmann on the ropes while Kolonias was alive with the open-ended straight draw. Nothing changed on the turn but the river only improved Aube to a full house.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Sebastien Aube	46,000	14,000
Ivan Deyra	33,000	-2,000
Alexandros Kolonias	Eliminé
Henrik Brockmann	Eliminé

Tags: Alexandros Kolonias Henrik Brockmann Ivan Deyra Sebastien Aube

2023-01-23 19:02 UTC-4

Assorted Counts in the Field

zedmaster84

Niveau 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Pedro Garagnani	95,000	5,000
Bruno Volkmann	62,000	30,000
Erik Seidel	50,000	27,000
Espen Jorstad	40,000	7,000
Vladas Tamasauskas	38,000	12,500
Artur Martirosian	36,000	-9,500
Michael Rocco	20,000	-2,000
Alexandre Reard	17,100	-6,900
Fabian Quoss	15,000	-5,000
Bruno Lopes	13,000	-14,000