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Pascal Lefrancois had what looked like a four-bet of 105,000 in front of him when we reached the table, and Adrian Bussman re-raised him to 240,000. Lefrancois made the call, the flop came 
, and Bussman led out for 185,000. Lefrancois called.
The turn was the 
, both players knuckled, and the 
completed the board. Bussman checked again, Lefrancois slid forward 315,000, and Bussman unhappily folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,536,000
832,000
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832,000 |
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1,205,000
455,000
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455,000 |
Just two teams remain and there’s $32,500 ready and waiting for the winner. See the PokerStars Blog for more details.
Last year started with his joining Team PokerStars Pro. This year Jake Cody starts it on the verge of being a father, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Pascal Lefrancois has been dragged kicking and screaming onto the TV table. Okay, not quite kicking and screaming, but he was certainly getting it quietly out on the disconnected table. Down to the final 22 of the PCA Main Event. Find out more at the PokerStars Blog.
Antonio Pace moved all in for 249,000 in early position, and Dominik Panka called in the cutoff.
Pace: 
Panka: 
Pace's ladies didn't improve as the board ran out 
, and he was eliminated in 23rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,230,000
203,000
|
203,000 |
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Busted | |
Allon Allison raised to 40,000 in the hijack seat, Mike McDonald called in the cutoff, and Jeremy Wray moved all in for 187,000 on the button. Both blinds released, as did Allison, and McDonald made the call.
McDonald: 
Wray: 
It was an unorthodox flip, and the 
changed very little. It was all over when the 
turned, giving McDonald an unbeatable full house, and the completed the board.
Wray is off to collect $60,700 in prize money, while McDonald is up to 3.9 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,900,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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Busted | |
Jude Ainsworth was first to act, and raised to 40,000. The action folded all the way to Jorgen Sandvoll Lindebo, who moved all in for effectively 365,000 in the big blind, and Ainsworth called.
Ainsworth:
Lindebo: 
Ainsworth picked up backdoor straight and flush draws on the 
flop, and the 
on the turn kept the flush draw alive. The river wasn't red though, nor was it paint, and the 
sent the Irishman packing.
He'll earn $60,700 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,120,000
472,000
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472,000 |
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Busted |
The story of the late evening — and the rest of the day, actually — has been Roger Teska and his cup of red drink. PokerStars Blog spent an orbit taking a very close look at Teska, Mike McDonald, Max Silver and the cocktail server for a fascinating episode in the "A Round With…"
Day 4 of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event is in the books, and leading the remaining 20 players is Estonian Madis Muur. Madis Muur pipped Canadian Mike McDonald during the last few hands of the evening, winning a 1.7 million-chip pot off of Roger Teska and bagging 3.515 million.
This is Muur’s first season in the EPT – he qualified for the PCA, London, and Barcelona Main Events. The 27-year-old spends most of his time grinding online cash games, and has earned just over $100,000 in live tournament earnings. He can top that with an 11th-place finish or better in this event.
McDonald, winner of EPT Dortmund in Season 4, is the only remaining EPT champion, and could become the first player to ever capture two titles in the tour’s history.
McDonald was the recipient of a massive double in Level 21, when he four-bet all in for a little over a million chips holding pocket aces. Jason Helder, who flat-called a three-bet shove from Daniel Weinman, called with queens, and Weinman showed 
. McDonald’s aces held up, vaulting him to over two million chips, and he eventually bagged 3.432 million.
Fellow Canadians Pascal Lefrancois (2,401,000) and Shyam Srinivasan (2,129,000) also ended the day on big stacks. Lefrancois eliminated Vladimir Schemelev in Level 21 with pocket kings, rocketing up to over 1.6 million chips, and Srinivasan busted Jorge Ribeiro in Level 22 holding pocket queens, moving above 2.2 million.
Also reaching the penultimate day of play are former November Niner Antoine Saout (2,432,000), UKIPT Dublin winner Max Silver (2,359,000), online legends Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron (1,556,000) and Grayson “gray31” Ramage (571,000), and UKIPT Season 3 Player of the Year Thomas Hall (1,241,000).
Among the players who fell short of Day 5 were Team PokerStars Pros Vanessa Selbst, Angel Guillen, Liv Boeree, Marcel Luske, and PokerStars Team Online member Marc-Andre Ladouceur. Selbst made the deepest run of the bunch, finishing in 42nd place after placing third in the $100,000 Super High Roller. Selbst lost a race in Level 21 with pocket tens against Jennifer Shahade’s 
, and then Shahade hit the rail when she ran pocket jacks into pocket kings.
Boeree looked like she was going to climb back into contention, doubling up through Mark Ioli in Level 20, but a few hands later she lost a 1.2 million-chip flip to Saout and was eliminated.
Other players who failed to survive the day include Loni Harwood, Vladimir Schemelev, Matt Berkey, Matt Stout, Paul Berende, Ismael Bojang, Ty Reiman, and Tim Reilly.
Play will resume on Sunday at noon local time, where the remaining 20 players will battle until an official final table of eight is set. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for up-to-the-minute updates straight from the tournament floor.
