Balakrishna Patur opened to 800 from under the gun and was called by Chino Rheem from the hijack. Eliot Hudon made it 3,000 to go from the button and Patur made the call. Rheem then back-jammed for around 40,000.
Hudon, who started the hand with 22,400, called off his stack after several moments of thinking time before Patur folded.
Eliot Hudon:
Chino Rheem:
Hudon and Rheem nearly got their stacks in the middle in an earlier hand but Hudon exercised some caution after he said he folded ace-king. Now, the Canadian was a favorite for a double-up.
He increased his chances of winning the hand after making a set on the flop and secured the checkmark after the came on the turn. The river completed the board and Hudon hoovered in the chips.
Robert Kuhn opened to 700 from the cutoff before Ignacio Moron made it 2,300 on the button. Matthew Hunt, who started the hand with around 20,000, then four-bet to 5,500 from the small blind. Kuhn folded but Moron reraised to put Hunt all-in and the latter called for his tournament life.
Matthew Hunt:
Ignacio Moron:
Hunt was ahead following the flop and turn. However, Moron paired up on the river to take the lead and bust Hunt.
Also at the table is Matt Berkey, who has just under a starting stack.
Dario Sammartino raised to 500 from early position before Sergio Aido three-bet to 1,800 from middle position. Sammartino called.
Action checked through on the flop.
The turn came the and Sammartino checked. Aido bet 2,200 and Sammartino called.
The was the river and Sammartino checked again. Aido bet 7,500. Sammartino went into the tank before making the call. Aido turned over for the ace high flush to take down the pot as Sammartino mucked.
Meanwhile PokerStars ambassador Lex Veldhuis sat down at the table.
Heads-up to the flop, Ryan Riess checked and Ren Lin bet 4,500 on the button. As Riess was in a brief tank, Lin joked "don't slow play aces". A few seconds later, Riess jammed for 13,300 and Lin snap-called.
"Beach time," Philipp Gruissem instantly remarked before the cards were revealed.
Ryan Riess:
Ren Lin:
"Ah, Lady Gaga," Lin now chimed in and was asking for a jack. However, the turn and river only improved Riess as he doubled back above the starting stack.
Mustapha Kanit opened from middle position and was called by Tyler Cornell and Michael Rocco from the button and small blind respectively.
Andriy Lyubovetskiy, in the big blind, three-bet to 3,000. Kanit didn't wait too long before reraising to 8,100. Cornell and Rocco folded before action was back on the Ukranian.
Lyubovetskiy ended up calling which brought in the flop and he check-called for 4,300.
As the flop action took place, Vanessa Kade informed the table that it was also Kanit's birthday.
The turn prompted Lyubovetskiy to check again. Kanit, after a minute or two, slid in enough chips to put his opponent all-in for his tournament life. Lyubovetskiy, who had around 18,000, went into the tank and eventually folded.
"Bluff!" exclaimed Kanit as he exposed his . "I am unbeatable on my birthday," he joked as he raked in the pot.
The PCA Main Event defending champion Chino Rheem has just taken his seat and has found himself on the same table as Chris Brewer, who is on his second bullet already.
In 2019, the last time the PCA took place, Rheem conquered an 865-player strong field and scored the second biggest cash of his career, collecting $1,567,100 for the win.
David Bokor raised to 300 first to act before Corel Theuma three-bet to 1,000 from the button. Chris Brewer reraised to 3,500 from the small blind and only Theuma called.
Brewer, who is no longer rocking a mullet hairdo, continued for 1,700 on the flop and was called.
The turn brought in the which prompted Brewer to fire another 5,500. Theuma, who had Brewer covered, slid out his T-5000 chips which was enough to the high roller all-in. Brewer called off his remaining 20,000 chips but didn't seem too pleased about it.
Chris Brewer:
Corel Theuma:
Brewer's king-high was still ahead but Theuma had a double gutter to the straight as well as a flush draw.
The river completed Theuma's flush draw and Brewer headed off to the registration desk.
It's another beautiful day in The Bahamas and the action from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) continues with Day 1b of the $10,300 PCA Main Event, which kicks off at 12 p.m. ET inside the fantastic Baha Mar Resort.
Like yesterday, the plan is to play eight 60-minute levels with a 20-minute player break scheduled upon the completion of every two levels.
Those who opt to pay the five-figure buy-in will receive a 30,000 starting stack and will need to have chips in front of them upon the completion of the day to make it through to the next stage.
Each player is permitted two entries per flight/day and late registration closes upon the completion of Level 10 on Day 2.
Day 1b Schedule
LEVEL
DURATION
SMALL BLIND
BIG BLIND
BIG BLIND ANTE
1
60 min
100
100
100
2
60 min
100
200
200
20 minute break
3
60 min
100
300
300
4
60 min
200
400
400
20 minute break
5
60 min
200
500
500
6
60 min
300
600
600
20 minute break
7
60 min
400
800
800
8
60 min
500
1,000
1,000
Day 1a Recap
Over the course of the first starting flight, 166 entries were recorded with just 80 of those bagging and tagging a stack for Wednesday's Day 2.
Among the Day 1a field were a number of PokerStars ambassadors such as Parker Talbot, Alejandro Lococo and Lex Veldhuis. However, neither player survived the first leg of the tournament.
Andre Akkari and Sam Grafton also donned the PokerStars patch and had a more fruitful session on the felt. Both players had chips in front of them when Day 1a wrapped up and will pilot over stacks of 136,900 and 53,400 to Day 2 respectively.
When the dust settled from the first starting flight, Portugal's Andre Marques was confirmed as the Day 1a chip leader after ending the day with a stack of 197,500. Maximilian Silz (182,200) and Alberto Meran (155,900) also bagged six-figure stacks and round out the top three chip counts.
Other notable names who advanced to Day 2 from yesterday include Yuri Dzivielevski (130,900), Chance Kornuth (127,000) and Steve O'Dwyer (104,800).
As always, be sure to keep it locked in with PokerNews to keep up with all the action from the PCA.