$3,000 PCA Mystery Bounty Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-26-2023 21:22 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Kolev	153,000 75,800	75,800

Punnat Punsri	126,000

Merijn van Rooij	93,500 56,300	56,300
Thomas Boivin	68,500 68,500	68,500

Fabian Gumz	68,000 -17,000	-17,000
Rodrigo Seiji	63,500 33,500	33,500
Fintan Hand	52,000 10,500	10,500

Michael Wang	49,800 12,800	12,800

Chris Moorman	48,000 11,300	11,300

Brek Schutten	45,800

Kevin Rabichow	44,100 14,100	14,100
Loni Harwood	41,700 11,700	11,700

Elio Fox	39,700

Tyler Cornell	33,500 3,500	3,500

Thomas Muehloecker	16,700 -13,300	-13,300

Gumz Busts Hissou

Kirk Brown

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

PokerNews caught the hand as Fabian Gumz moved all in on a turn board of and Sirzat Hissou made the call to put himself at risk.

Sirzat Hissou:
Fabian Gumz:

Gumz was in the lead with his turned two-pair and the river sealed Hissou's fate. The pot was pushed to Gumz as Hissou stood up and headed to the re-entry desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Gumz	85,000 55,000	55,000
Sirzat Hissou	Busted

Tags: Fabian Gumz Sirzat Hissou

01-26-2023 20:59 UTC-4

Veldhuis Puts Bussieres to the Test

Adam Lamers

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Lex Veldhuis and Jonathan Bussieres were heads-up in a three-bet pot with the flop reading . Veldhuis checked to Bussieres who threw in a bet of 3,000 into a pot of around 8,000. Veldhuis check-raised to 7,200 and Bussieres called.

The paired the board on the turn and Veldhuis splashed in a bet of 20,000, putting Bussieres to the test for his remaining stack. Bussieres wasted little time before dispatching his cards and Veldhuis claimed the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lex Veldhuis	50,000 22,800	22,800

Jonathan Bussieres	9,500

Tags: Jonathan Bussieres Lex Veldhuis

01-26-2023 20:46 UTC-4

New Entries at the Break

Adam Lamers

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Philipp Gruissem	30,000 30,000	30,000

Javier Gomez Zapatero	30,000 30,000	30,000
Asher Conniff	30,000 30,000	30,000

Chino Rheem	30,000 30,000	30,000

Adam Hendrix	30,000 30,000	30,000

Chance Kornuth	30,000 30,000	30,000

Pablo Brito Silva	30,000 30,000	30,000
Chris Hunichen	30,000 30,000	30,000

Norbert Szecsi	30,000 30,000	30,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

01-26-2023 19:20 UTC-4

Dinner Break

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The players are going on a 75-minute dinner break and are due back at the table at approximately 7:35 p.m. local time.

01-26-2023 19:19 UTC-4

All In Pre; Both at Risk

Kirk Brown

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Daniel Custodio and Diego Ventura got all the chips in preflop, with both players at risk as they had the same exact count.

Daniel Custodio:
Diego Ventura:

Custodio started off ahead in this classic flip, but the board of proved otherwise as it gave Ventura trip aces on the river to take the pot, eliminating Custodio.

Player	Chips	Progress
Diego Ventura	55,000 55,000	55,000

Daniel Custodio	Busted

01-26-2023 19:15 UTC-4

Plante Nearly Wins with the Worst Hand

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Frank Russo limped in from under the gun which allowed Justin Liberto and Santiago Plante to come along from the blinds. The flop came and the action checked around to the on the turn. Plante finally threw in a bet of 800 and only Russo called.

The river was the and Plante fired out another bet of 800. Russo quickly called and Plante tabled .

"F***!" Russo exclaimed as he shook his hand. He frustratingly threw his cards, which were the , face up on the table. "Oh damn," I almost threw those away," he said, noticing that he had the best hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Santiago Plante	52,100 52,100	52,100
Frank Russo	34,500 -23,500	-23,500

Tags: Frank Russo Justin Liberto Santiago Plante

01-26-2023 19:06 UTC-4

Watch "Poker Bunny's" Erratic Exit from the PCA Main Event

Chad Holloway

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The often erratic Paulina "Poker Bunny" Loeliger had quite the lapse in judgment upon busting on Day 3 of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event.

Upon tanking for a few minutes when facing a wager for her entire stack against Daniel Custodio, a clock was called and she called only to find out that her hand was no good. She didn't simply table her cards and just walk away. Instead, she quickly shoved her cards facedown under the deck in the muck before pushing one card back in her direction, then attempted to push her other card back before the dealer grabbed it.

Loeliger then reached across the table in the direction of the chips in the pot but the dealer again prevented that from happening. What exactly she was trying to accomplish is known only to Loeliger, but it caused a little stir at the table.

PokerNews was there and captured a video of the incident.

01-26-2023 19:01 UTC-4

Seidel Continues to Slip

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Erik Seidel and Jake Schwartz were heads-up in a pot with around 7,500 in the middle. The board read and Seidel check-called a bet of 4,500 from Schwartz.