Welcome back to PokerNews' coverage of the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event. The 10th anniversary of this event attracted 987 entries, but just 59 remain here for Day 4. Leading the pack is Patrick Kelly with 1.75 million, but notables Joe Serock (1.32 million), Darren Elias (1.04 million) and Owen Crowe (1 million) are in seven figures and lurking very close.
All 59 remaining players are guaranteed at least $26,000, with the next pay jump to $32,000 coming at 56th place.
Day 4 is scheduled to kick off at 12:00 p.m. EST here in the Bahamas. The plan is to play another five levels, but we'll most likely see play stop if the field gets down to either 24 or 16. Stay tuned right here to PokerNews for all of the action beginning shortly.
PokerStars Team Online member Tatiana Barausova was all in and at risk on the feature table holding . She was dominated by Jonathan Roy's , and the French Canadian held.
Roy is up to 950,000 chips, while Barausova added just her second ever live cash to her poker résumé.
It's been quite a ride for 19-year-old Nicolas Godoy of Argentina. The $10 PokerStars qualifier traveled to the Bahamas with his aunt and uncle to play the 2013 PCA, emerged as the Day 2 chip leader, and established himself as a force in the tournament. Unfortunately for Godoy, his inspiring run has just come to an end.
It happened on a flop when Godoy checked and Michael Lipman bet 45,000. Godoy responded by check-raising to 115,000, and then called off for 250,000 or so when Lipman moved all in.
Lipman:
Godoy:
Lipman didn't have much, but it was out in front of Godoy's open-ended straight draw. "High cards, high cards," Lipman pleaded. The dealer obliged with the on the turn.
The river wasn't a high card, but it was still safe. "That's what I'm talking about," Lipman shouted as he did a victory lap around the area. On the other end of the table, a dejected Godoy gathered his things and made his way to the payout desk. Not a bad payday off a $10 investment.
Meanwhile, Mazin Khoury was eliminated at an outer table.
Darren Elias opened to 25,000 from the cutoff, Greg Mueller three-bet jammed for 213,000 on the button, and Ryan Fair re-raised from the big blind. Elias folded.
Mueller:
Fair:
Fair held as the board ran out , eliminating Mueller. Fair now has 1.3 million chips.
The 2001 World Series of Poker Main Event champion has fallen.
We arrived at the table to see Carlos Mortensen three-bet his stack all in holding . He was called by the of Maxim Panyak.
The flop brought giving Panyak additional outs to take the lead by making Broadway with a queen. The was exactly what fell on the turn and Mortensen's run at the 2013 PCA Main Event came to an end. The meaningless completed the board and Mortensen quickly exited the tournament area.
Darren Elias and Michael Malm were heads up in a three-bet pot with the board reading . Elias led out from the small blind for what looked like 80,000, and Malm moved all in for effectively 524,000. Elias snap-called.
Elias:
Malm:
The turn and river came , , doubling Elias to 1.2 million chips. Malm sunk down to around 195,000.
From the hijack seat, Darren Elias raised to 33,000 to kick off the action. Griffin Benger moved all in on the button for 154,000, then action moved over to Patrick Kelly in the big blind. Kelly thought about it for a little bit, then made the call. Elias was back up and took a minute before grabbing much more than 154,000. He cocked back some chips and fired out a reraise to 325,000. Kelly didn't take long to make the call.
Kelly and Elias were still in action on the flop with Benger all in and looking on. Kelly was first and checked. Elias put forward a bet of 250,000, but he was met with a raise all in from Kelly. Elias had a bit over 600,000 behind and went into the tank. Eventually, he gave it up, and Kelly won the side pot.
Kelly revealed the for a flopped set of fives. Benger held the for top pair, top kicker, but was behind.
The turn was the , and the river was the . Benger made two pair, but two pair doesn't beat a set and he was eliminated from play. With that pot, Kelly jumped back into the lead with 2.315 million in chips.
Players around the table shot their hands into the muck until action hit Eugene Katchalov on the button. Katchalov open-shipped all in for his last roughly 305,000. Owen Crowe, who was recently moved to Katchalov's table, quickly flat called from the small blind. The big blind folded and the hands were tabled.
Katchalov:
Crowe:
Katchalov was in dire shape and it got even worse when Crowe flopped a full house. The flop left Katchlov looking for running sixes to stay alive. The turned and sealed Katchlov's fate as our 29th place finisher. The meaningless completed the board and Crowe was able to drag in a pot that boosts his stack to about 2.48 million.
George Clyde-Smith opened to 40,000 from the hijack seat, Joe Serock three-bet jammed for 370,000 from the big blind, and Clyde-Smith called.
Clyde-Smith:
Serock:
Serock had his bag on and was wandering away from the table as the flop fell . He took a few more steps towards the door as the turned, and stopped briefly to shake a few hands, including Clyde-Smith's, when the completed the board.
Serock, who had two million chips at one point today, was eliminated, while Clyde-Smith now has 1.4 million.
Dimitar Danchev opened to 40,000 from under the gun plus one. Ryan Fair called from the hijack and Patrick Kelly peeked at his cards from the cutoff. Kelly three-bet to 202,000, only to see Danchev come right back over the top for 460,000 after about 90 seconds. Fair threw his hand away and Kelly flat called.
The two saw fall and Danchev continued for 360,000. Kelly then announced that he was all in. Danchev was in utter agony and mulled over the decision for more than three minutes. Eventually he called and learned he was well ahead.
Danchev:
Kelly:
The turn was the and the river the , ensuring that Danchev's kings held. He will now be the chip leader going into Day 5 with around 4.1 million in chips.