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Andrew Lichtenberger (Day 1a) Triples
Andrew Lichtenberger open-jammed for 11,800 on the button, Sam Grafton called in the small blind, and Ravi Raghavan grabbed a handful of blue T5,000 chips, three-betting to 52,000 from the big blind. Grafton re-shoved for 77,500, and the dealer started pulling the bets in.
Raghavan - who was in the middle of tanking - became confused, and the players requested that the dealer stop so that he could think, but the dealer proceeded. The bets were finally pulled in, and Raghavan returned to the tank. With about 75,000 behind, Raghavan would have to commit a third of his stack. He opted not to, folding, and the hands were opened:
Lichtenberger:
Grafton:
Raghavan winced at the sight of Grafton's hand, announcing that he folded ace-jack.
The board ran out and Lichtenberger more than tripled to 36,000 chips. Grafton chipped up to 105,000, and Raghavan was left shaking his head.
Over at the secondary feature table, Simon Charette opened for 2,200 from the under-the-gun position and received a call from Jeremy Kottler in middle position. Phil Hellmuth, who is playing in his first-ever PCA Main Event, came along from the big blind, and three players took a flop of .
Hellmuth was first to act and wasted little time in leading out for 2,500, only Charette called, and the dealer burned and turned the . This time Hellmuth slowed down with a check, and Charette took the opportunity to bet 4,000.
"Ok, buddy," Hellmuth said before folding. "I'll let you steal another one."
Picking up the action on a board, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi bet 5,000. One opponent in the hand raised all in for 15,800 and another folded before Mirazchi called with . The all-in player revealed , but couldn't hold when the turn and river gave Mizrachi the pot with aces and tens.
Prior to the start of play today, the PokerNews Podcast team sat down with chip leader Ashton Griffin to talk about Montreal, Open-Face Chinese poker, his Day 1 in the PCA Main Event, and more:
Not long ago we told you a bit about comedian Gerry Dee, who was representing PokerStars here at the PCA. Unfortunately, we just saw a dejected Dee make a hasty exit from the tournament floor. A quick check of his seat confirms that he has been eliminated from the tournament.
While we didn't catch his bust, we will leave you with the following commercial Dee did for PokerStars:
We found 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe Cada heads up in a pot where the board read . Cada's opponent checked to him and the PokerStars Team Pro fired out 10,000.
Cada's opponent went into the tank for about a minute before finally tossing out a call. Cada rolled over for rivered trips and his opponent flung his cards away. Cada is now boasting a stack of about 75,000.
David Peters got his short stack all in preflop holding and was racing against the of Daniel Dvoress. The flop was kind to Peters as it failed to help Dvoress, and the did the same. The river ended up blanking and Peters received a much-needed double, though he is still short with about half the chip average.
Despite losing that hand, Dvoress has still had a prosperous Level 10.
One of the events on the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure schedule is Event No. 10, the PokerStars Zoom Challenge. This event has a buy-in of $1,000+25, but has a very fun, unique format to it.
Like all other events, all a player needs to do is head down to the registration room, buy in and receive his or her ticket. From there, you take that ticket to the PokerStars Player Lounge here at the PCA. In the player lounge, you will receive a Zoom Mobile Device to play with.
Each player begins with 20,000 in chips and will be playing on the mobile device against random opponents, but not those who signed up for the event. Each player goes through a 12-minute session where they try to run up their 20,000 to the highest amount possible. At the end of the event, all players will be ranked according to how many chips they build up.
The event boasts a $50,000 guarantee, but just person the start of Day 2 in the Main Event, only one person had signed up. That's one heck of an overlay, and one you should get your hands on!
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and Lichtenberger more than tripled to 36,000 chips. Grafton chipped up to 105,000, and Raghavan was left shaking his head.
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. This time Hellmuth slowed down with a check, and Charette took the opportunity to bet 4,000.
board, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi bet 5,000. One opponent in the hand raised all in for 15,800 and another folded before Mirazchi called with 
. The all-in player revealed 
, but couldn't hold when the 
flop was kind to Peters as it failed to help Dvoress, and the 
did the same. The river ended up blanking and Peters received a much-needed double, though he is still short with about half the chip average.
