2010 PCA Main Event Day 5 | 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-10-2010 13:49 UTC-4

Phew, That Was Exhausting

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There was only 14:25 left in the current level when play began, and that time has come and gone. The staff has decided that now is a good time to take the first break of the day, so they've sent the players off for 15 minutes. There is still one hand in progress though, and we'll let you know what comes of that.

01-10-2010 13:47 UTC-4

Kenny Nguyen Eliminated in 24th Place ($75,000)

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First in from the hijack seat, Kenny Nguyen moved all in for his last little 159,000 chips. Ryan D'Angelo quickly called on the button, and Nguyen would be heads up (and dominated) for his tournament survival.

Showdown
Nguyen: {Q-Clubs}

D'Angelo:

The board would not save the at-risk player as it came {A-Diamonds}

. Everyone makes two pair, but D'Angelo's flush gets the best of that board.

With that, Kenny Nguyen becomes our first elimination of the day. He'll stop by the payout desk and grab a check for $75,000 on his way out the door, and now he has the rest of the day to spend on the beach.

01-10-2010 13:40 UTC-4

Zamani Takes the First One

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Ryan D'Angelo opened to 95,000 from the hijack seat, and Benjamin Zamani made the call in the small blind. The two men went heads up to a flop of {9-Diamonds}

, and the action went check-check.

Fourth street brought the {K-Hearts}

and another check from Zamani. D'Angelo fired out 160,000 chips, and his opponent came along with the call. The {K-Hearts}

filled out the board, and Zamani knocked the table again. D'Angelo checked behind, and Zamani grimaced. He tabled {K-Clubs}

for the trip kings, and that was plenty good enough to drag the pot.

D'Angelo - 7,230,000
Zamani - 2,250,000

01-10-2010 13:29 UTC-4

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Let's play some poker, shall we? Day 5 is a go!

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 4,000

01-10-2010 12:34 UTC-4

PCA's Penultimate Day

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We're back inside the Imperial Ballroom for the penultimate day of the 2010 PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure!

Yesterday's play saw the field trimmed to the final 24 players, but that's still 16 too many to fit at one television table. This Day 5 figures to be an intense one as the field will be reduced down to the final eight, each with a shot at walking away with the inaugural NAPT title and $2.2 million in nonconsecutive unmarked bills.

Day 4 belonged to Ryan D'Angelo, oppressing his opponents with relentless aggression and working his stack up to a towering 7.483 million chips by night's end. That puts him more than 2 million chips in front of his nearest rival. There's still two full days of poker left to be played though, and perennial performers like John Duthie, Barry Shulman, and Robert Mizrachi will be doing their best to make things tough for D'Angelo.

We're about a half hour away from the scheduled starting time, and most of the room is eerily empty and devoid of activity. The only sounds are coming from the construction crew on the far end of the room as they assemble the final pieces of the EPTLive featured table arena. Soon enough, the final 24 will begin to trickle into their seats and unbag their chips for the push to the final table.

Sit tight; we'll be back with the shuffle up and deal.

01-10-2010 12:33 UTC-4

Table Draw

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Table 1
Seat 1: Benjamin Zamani - 1,905,000
Seat 2: Jimmie Guinther - 932,000
Seat 3: Kenny Nguyen - 242,000
Seat 4: Harrison Gimbel - 1,803,000
Seat 5: Bo Schultz - 720,000
Seat 6: Ryan D'Angelo - 7,483,000
Seat 7: Matthew Haugen - 1,161,000
Seat 8: Wayne Bentley - 2,878,000

Table 2
Seat 1: Tamas Lendvai - 662,000
Seat 2: Luc Greenwood - 1,528,000
Seat 3: Barry Shulman - 2,433,000
Seat 4: Richard Toth - 488,000
Seat 5: Dimitri Hefter - 1,350,000
Seat 6: Aage Floenes Ravn - 2,282,000
Seat 7: Jeff Madsen - 896,000
Seat 8: James Tolbert - 2,016,000

Table 3
Seat 1: Tommy Koral - 2,438,000
Seat 2: Praz Bansi - 542,000
Seat 3: Ty Reiman - 1,796,000
Seat 4: Robert Mizrachi - 1,823,000
Seat 5: Darren Keyes - 1,614,000
Seat 6: Gijs Verheijen - 882,000
Seat 7: Zachary Goldberg - 2,195,000
Seat 8: John Duthie - 5,304,000