$5,300 Main Event Day 1c | 2018 Caribbean Poker Party

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Ladines	4,500,000
Gianluca Speranza	4,350,000 50,000	50,000
Barny Boatman	3,500,000 2,150,000	2,150,000

Damian Salas	3,400,000

Darren Elias	3,000,000 100,000	100,000

Ben Yu	3,000,000 2,030,000	2,030,000

Fabrizio Gonzalez	2,850,000 1,010,000	1,010,000
Brian Altman	2,300,000 650,000	650,000

Jeff Fielder	2,150,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Adam Levy	2,025,000 1,025,000	1,025,000

Connor Drinan	2,000,000 1,150,000	1,150,000

Mukul Pahuja	1,900,000 300,000	300,000
Danny Wong	1,850,000

Ryan Riess	1,800,000

Ludovic Geilich	1,750,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

Tomas Jozonis	1,700,000 150,000	150,000
Joe Kuether	1,700,000 850,000	850,000
Jason Wheeler	1,100,000 300,000	300,000

Luc Greenwood	975,000 25,000	25,000
Jake Bazeley	935,000
Elio Fox	900,000

Upeshka De Silva	870,000 430,000	430,000

Bob Bounahra	800,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	725,000

Pablo Fernandez	700,000 200,000	200,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Joshua Ladines

4,500,000

Gianluca Speranza

4,350,000

50,000

Barny Boatman

3,500,000

2,150,000

Damian Salas

3,400,000

Darren Elias

3,000,000

100,000

Ben Yu

3,000,000

2,030,000

Fabrizio Gonzalez

2,850,000

1,010,000

Brian Altman

2,300,000

650,000

Jeff Fielder

2,150,000

1,050,000

Adam Levy

2,025,000

1,025,000

Connor Drinan

2,000,000

1,150,000

Mukul Pahuja

1,900,000

300,000

Danny Wong

1,850,000

Ryan Riess

1,800,000

Ludovic Geilich

1,750,000

1,250,000

Tomas Jozonis

1,700,000

150,000

Joe Kuether

1,700,000

850,000

Jason Wheeler

1,100,000

300,000

Luc Greenwood

975,000

25,000

Jake Bazeley

935,000

Elio Fox

900,000

Upeshka De Silva

870,000

430,000

Bob Bounahra

800,000

Orpen Kisacikoglu

725,000

Pablo Fernandez

700,000

200,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustafa Biz	6,170,000 6,170,000	6,170,000
Barny Boatman	5,715,000 2,215,000	2,215,000

Marcelo Bonanata	5,355,000
Darren Keyes	5,065,000 5,065,000	5,065,000
Dimitar Yosifov	5,000,000 5,000,000	5,000,000
Gianluca Speranza	4,720,000 370,000	370,000
Allan Barnes	4,455,000 4,455,000	4,455,000
Nenad Medic	4,070,000 670,000	670,000

Ralph Wong	4,005,000 4,005,000	4,005,000
Joshua Ladines	3,955,000 545,000	545,000
Michael Sklenicka	3,930,000 3,930,000	3,930,000
Philipp Zukernik	3,890,000 3,890,000	3,890,000
Brandon Mueller	3,885,000 3,885,000	3,885,000
Konstantin Pogodin	3,845,000 3,845,000	3,845,000
Konstantin Fetzer	3,840,000 3,840,000	3,840,000
Tanner Millen	3,775,000 3,775,000	3,775,000
Marcelo Delgrosso	3,755,000 3,755,000	3,755,000
Monika Zukowicz	3,655,000 3,655,000	3,655,000
Jeff Trudeau	3,620,000 320,000	320,000
Fabrizio Gonzalez	3,615,000 765,000	765,000
Darren Elias	3,560,000 560,000	560,000

Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	3,485,000 3,485,000	3,485,000
Adam York	3,380,000 3,380,000	3,380,000
Jonathan Jaffe	3,300,000 500,000	500,000

Damian Salas	3,290,000 110,000	110,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Mustafa Biz

6,170,000

Barny Boatman

5,715,000

2,215,000

Marcelo Bonanata

5,355,000

Darren Keyes

5,065,000

Dimitar Yosifov

5,000,000

Gianluca Speranza

4,720,000

370,000

Allan Barnes

4,455,000

Nenad Medic

4,070,000

670,000

Ralph Wong

4,005,000

Joshua Ladines

3,955,000

545,000

3,930,000

3,890,000

3,885,000

3,845,000

3,840,000

3,775,000

Marcelo Delgrosso

3,755,000

Monika Zukowicz

3,655,000

Jeff Trudeau

3,620,000

320,000

Fabrizio Gonzalez

3,615,000

765,000

Darren Elias

3,560,000

560,000

Demosthenes Kiriopoulos

3,485,000

Adam York

3,380,000

Jonathan Jaffe

3,300,000

500,000

Damian Salas

3,290,000

110,000

All three starting flights are in the books in partypoker 2018 Caribbean Poker Party $5,300 Main Event, and plenty of work is left to be done if the $10 million guarantee is to be reached. After 451 turned up for Day 1c, the total entries has reached 958, just under half of the total needed.

Of those 451 who played the third starting day, about 275 made it through, consistent with the roughly 60 percent who bagged the first two days at Baha Mar Resort here in The Bahamas.

One of the biggest stacks belongs to Barny Boatman. The English veteran, the subject of a recent feature right here on PokerNews, turned his 1 million starting stack into 5,715,000, a monstrous number considering nobody finished north of 5 million in any of the previous days.

Boatman's already put up one big result in 2018 with a seventh-place finish in the $1,500 Millionaire Maker at the WSOP, good for $175,865. He started off with a nice push early but then made a sprint late, going from 3.5 million to his finishing number in the last hour.

However, as hefty as Boatman's stack is, he still trails at least one player in the counts. Turkey's Mustafa Biz has the unofficial lead with 6,170,000. Biz, who already won a $1K event at partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany earlier this year, won a massive pot late with aces over kings late in the day, according to a player at his table. Evidently, both made sets and Biz wound up with the nut flush on the river, where his opponent found a fold.

Darren Keyes (5,065,000), Gianluca Speranza (4,720,000), Joshua Ladines (3,955,000), Jeff Trudeau (3,620,000) and Darren Elias (3,560,000) also had strong Day 1c showings. Speranza finished second in last year's WSOPE Main Event, while Elias looks to add another major title to his record four WPT crowns.

The unique structure of this event still allows plenty of time for entries. That's because not only does a few hours of Day 2 registration remain, but there's actually two different Day 2 options for players to fire on.

Day 2a is the next step for this $10 million guaranteed event, scheduled for a start at noon local time on Tuesday. Players had the option to select their Day 2 if they bagged, and PokerNews will be on hand to cover those who picked Day 2a as blinds head to 10,000/20,000/20,000.

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