2010 PCA Main Event Day 3 | 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-08-2010 16:16 UTC-4

Levi Rebuilding

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On a turned board showing {8-Diamonds}

, Nicolas Levi got his final 62,500 chips into the pot. He was called down by an opponent with {Q-Spades}

, and Levi was one card away from a double up with {K-Diamonds}

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The river was a safe {4-Clubs}

, and that secures a much-needed double for the fedora-donning Frenchman. He's back up to 180,000 after a very shaky start to his day.

Tags: Nicolas Levi

01-08-2010 16:29 UTC-4

Bentley with Pressure On Feldman

donpeters

From early position, Wayne Bentley raised to 15,000. The cutoff seat called before Peter Feldman called on the button. Amanda Baker was in the big blind and called as well.

The flop came down {J-Spades}

and Baker checked. Bentley fired 50,000 and only Feldman came along for the ride down fourth street.

The turn was the {10-Diamonds}

and right away Bentley moved all in. Feldman had 174,500 left and tanked for a few minutes. Eventually, he mucked his hand allowing Bentley to scoop the pot. Bentley's up to 560,000 now.

Tags: "Nordberg"Amanda Baker Peter Feldman Wayne Bentley

01-08-2010 16:32 UTC-4

Baking a Tasty Stack o' Chips

donpeters

From the button, Jens Kyllönen raised to 11,500. Amanda Baker was in the small blind and made the call. Robert Mizrachi was in the big blind and reraised to 51,000. Kyllönen took a minute and then folded. Baker took a minute as well, but she wasn't going to fold. Baker checked the stack of Mizrachi, who had about 275,000 left, and then she announced that she was all in. Mizrachi mucked his hand and Baker raked in the chips.

Kyllönen dropped to 360,000 after folding preflop, Mizrachi's on the aforementioned 275,000 and Baker is cruising with 640,000.

Tags: Amanda Baker Jens Kyllönen Robert Mizrachi

01-08-2010 16:32 UTC-4

Break

donpeters

The players are on a 15-minute break.

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

01-08-2010 16:44 UTC-4

Back in Action

donpeters

The cards are back in the air.

01-08-2010 16:49 UTC-4

Party Time

[user66118]

Despite being stuck in the confines of the Imperial Ballroom from sunup to sundown, it's not all work here at the PCA. The night before the Main Event kicked off, PokerStars hosted a grand welcome party for the players. Gloria Balding had a VIP pass and her trusty microphone, and she was able to shoot the breeze with a few players over the course of the evening. Check it out:

01-08-2010 16:53 UTC-4

Koral Making Waves

[user66118]

We missed the action that led to the all in, but we walked up to see an unknown player pushing his final 100,000 chips into the pot before he flop. Tom Koral instantly called with {A-Diamonds}

, and his opponent sheepishly showed up {K-Clubs}

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The board ran out {J-Spades}

, and that was safe and sound for Koral. After notching that knockout, he's all the way up to 460,000.

Tags: Tom Koral

01-08-2010 17:15 UTC-4

Bentley Going in Reverse

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Robert Mizrachi opened with a preflop raise, and Wayne Bentley made the call in the next seat over. The two men went heads up the rest of the way, and Mizrachi followed up his raise with a bet on the {8-Spades}

flop. Bentley quickly called, and the turn brought the {Q-Hearts}

. Mizrachi checked with a withdrawn look, and Bentley took the opportunity to make a bet of 24,500. Mizrachi quickly check-raised to 95,000 straight, and that was enough to win him the pot as Bentley sent his cards back to the dealer.

Mizrachi is up to 340,000 after that nice little pot.

Tags: Robert Mizrachi

01-08-2010 17:18 UTC-4

Seed Sprouting

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A shrug from Huckleberry as he sees he's racing

First into the pot, Huck Seed came in with a raise to 47,000. It's a curious play that left him with just 18,000 chips behind. Action passed to a player in middle position who moved all in over the top, and Seed quickly committed his remainder, now all in and at risk. Cards up, gents:

Seed: {K-Spades}