$25,000 PCA High Roller Day 1 | 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-15-2019 00:49 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Markus Durnegger	135,000 29,600	29,600
Sean Winter	85,000 25,800	25,800

Philippe D'Auteuil	70,000 -7,800	-7,800
Ben Heath	58,000 -3,000	-3,000

Rob Hollink	54,000 3,000	3,000

Ben Yu	50,000

Joseph Cheong	46,000 -28,300	-28,300

Aaron Been	35,600 5,000	5,000

Luc Greenwood	34,000 16,700	16,700
Adrian Mateos	33,800 -3,200	-3,200

Sosia Jiang	26,200 -17,100	-17,100
Vojtech Ruzicka	Busted
Steve O'Dwyer	Busted

Robert Mizrachi	Busted

Seth Davies	Busted

Lim Finds a Favorable River

Adam Lamers

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Chin Wei Lim opened to 2,600 from under the gun and Nick Petrangelo stuck in a three-bet to 8,000 out of the small blind. Lim just called to see a flop of . Petrangelo led out for 3,000 and Lim stuck around to see the on the turn.

Petrangelo moved all in and Lim wasted no time in calling for the last of his 18,600 chips. Petrangelo tabled which was ahead of Lim's . The river brought the to give Petrangelo two pair but Lim made a flush and doubled through.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Petrangelo	136,000 -19,000	-19,000

Chin Wei Lim	62,000 41,900	41,900

Tags: Nick Petrangelo Chin Wei Lim

01-15-2019 00:36 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

mnuwwarah

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pardo	145,000 88,000	88,000
Kristina Holst	130,000 46,000	46,000
Jack Salter	105,000 27,000	27,000
Justin Bonomo	90,000 32,000	32,000

Benjamin Pollak	75,000 -18,000	-18,000
Francois Billard	63,000 -11,800	-11,800
Frederic Delval	60,000 51,700	51,700
Dominik Nitsche	59,000 -2,000	-2,000

Koray Aldemir	50,000 29,800	29,800

Scott Seiver	50,000 5,700	5,700

Jean Ferreira	47,000 -12,800	-12,800
Joe McKeehen	44,500 29,500	29,500

Ariel Celestino	40,000 2,900	2,900
Paul Newey	36,000 -25,800	-25,800
Stephen Chidwick	32,200 -5,000	-5,000

Andras Nemeth	Busted
Kinson Cheung	Busted
Sam Grafton	Busted

Matthew Moss	Busted
Oliver Weis	Busted
Artem Kobylynskyi	Busted

01-15-2019 00:31 UTC-4

Seiver Grooving to the Music Only

Adam Lamers

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Dario Sammartino raised it up on the button and Scott Seiver defended from the big blind. The flop came and Seiver checked to Sammartino who continued for 3,800. Seiver called while his head was bopping to the music he was listening to.

The turn brought the and Seiver checked again. Sammartino dropped in a bet of 8,800 and Seiver called again as his shoulder started to sway with his head. The river was the and Seiver checked one more time. Sammartino quickly checked back this time and Seiver turned over . Sammartino tabled for a bigger pair and scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	91,500 -14,000	-14,000

Scott Seiver	44,300 -11,700	-11,700

Tags: Dario Sammartino Scott Seiver

01-15-2019 00:26 UTC-4

Cortes Wins Huge Race With Josephy

mnuwwarah

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Cliff Josephy was exiting his seat when we arrived at the table, having gotten all in for what looked like around 80,000 against neighbor Jesus Cortes and come out on the short end of a huge flip. Josephy had in front of him but Cortes had paired up with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesus Cortes	240,000 166,000	166,000
Cliff Josephy	Busted

Tags: Cliff Josephy Jesus Cortes

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

01-15-2019 00:01 UTC-4

Boeree Finds Call Button Before Break

mnuwwarah

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Dan Shak had moved all in for most of his chips, about 18,000 effective, from the small blind on a completed board of . The pot contained about 70,000 before the jam, and button Liv Boeree was deep, deep in the tank as she used five time banks. Finally, she tossed a couple of chips in.

Shak looked mournfully at his hand then tabled , and Boeree showed for trips to take the pot.

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liv Boeree	106,000 43,200	43,200

Dan Shak	7,000 -43,000	-43,000

Tags: Liv Boeree Dan Shak

01-14-2019 23:59 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

mnuwwarah

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Melogno	220,000 40,000	40,000
Fabiano Kovalski	200,000
Nick Petrangelo	155,000 71,000	71,000

Xixiang Luo	148,000 98,000	98,000
Sam Greenwood	138,000 52,000	52,000

Joao Vieira	107,000 51,600	51,600

Scott Seiver	56,000 -6,200	-6,200

Sylvain Loosli	26,600 26,600	26,600
Preben Stokkan	26,000 -24,000	-24,000
Scott Margereson	21,800 -46,600	-46,600

Ryan Riess	20,800 -15,600	-15,600

Koray Aldemir	20,200 -20,300	-20,300

01-14-2019 23:58 UTC-4

Marques Binks the River

Adam Lamers

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Pedro Marques opened to 2,200 from early position and was called by Andras Nemeth on his left and Sosia Jiang in the big blind. The flop fell and the action checked around to the on the turn.

Jiang checked again and Marques tossed in a bet of 3,200. Nemeth called and Jiang folded. The river was the and Marques went for a larger size of 14,500. Nemeth quickly called and Marques turned over for a full house on the river. Nemeth was displeased with the outcome and his cards hit the muck.