$5,300 Main Event Day 2 | 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonardo Pires	524,000 104,000	104,000
Agshin Rasulov	467,000 425,100	425,100
Franco Spitale	432,300 70,300	70,300

Steve O'Dwyer	430,900 20,900	20,900

Siarhei Melianiuk	428,900 46,900	46,900
Sampson Simmons	421,400 121,400	121,400
Phillip McAllister	420,600 2,600	2,600

Dorian Rios	379,900 370,500	370,500
Ami Barer	353,000 63,000	63,000

Georgios Zisimopoulos	343,900 75,100	75,100
Paul Gooley	339,000 265,600	265,600
Fabian Chauriye	337,400 10,600	10,600
Wu Huinan	325,000 63,500	63,500
Joao Vieira	317,900 27,900	27,900

William Foxen	306,400 31,400	31,400
Ramin Hajiyev	305,500 187,500	187,500
Mike Watson	298,800 98,800	98,800

Tony Gregg	272,300 142,100	142,100

Jonathan Crute	267,200 196,900	196,900
Christopher Mcnamara	265,500 28,500	28,500
Mukul Pahuja	263,900 148,900	148,900
Fabian Ortiz	262,500 12,500	12,500
Neeraj Madhvani	259,900 119,900	119,900
Boyuan Qu	259,300 1,700	1,700
Marc David Foggin	258,100 66,900	66,900

Player

Chips

Progress

Leonardo Pires

524,000

104,000

Agshin Rasulov

467,000

425,100

Franco Spitale

432,300

70,300

Steve O'Dwyer

430,900

20,900

Siarhei Melianiuk

428,900

46,900

Sampson Simmons

421,400

121,400

Phillip McAllister

420,600

2,600

Dorian Rios

379,900

370,500

Ami Barer

353,000

63,000

Georgios Zisimopoulos

343,900

75,100

Paul Gooley

339,000

265,600

Fabian Chauriye

337,400

10,600

Wu Huinan

325,000

63,500

Joao Vieira

317,900

27,900

William Foxen

306,400

31,400

Ramin Hajiyev

305,500

187,500

Mike Watson

298,800

98,800

Tony Gregg

272,300

142,100

Jonathan Crute

267,200

196,900

Christopher Mcnamara

265,500

28,500

Mukul Pahuja

263,900

148,900

Fabian Ortiz

262,500

12,500

Neeraj Madhvani

259,900

119,900

Boyuan Qu

259,300

1,700

Marc David Foggin

258,100

66,900

Thanks to the 25 players that took advantage of the late registration period, the 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $5,300 Main Event officially attracted 928 entries, which created a $4,500,800 prize pool that will be distributed to the top 135 players. Whoever finishes as the last player standing will walk away with a cool $833,260, along with the title and coveted trophy.

The man best positioned to make a run at the title is Brazil's Leonardo Pires, who finished the Day 2 as chip leader with 524,000. Others who bagged big among the 195 survivors were Franco Spitale (432,300), Sampson Simmons (421,400), Phillip McAllister (420,600), Ami Barer (353,000), and Steve O'Dwyer (430,900), who was less than 24 hours removed from winning the $50,000 Single-Day High Roller.

Day 2 saw nearly 600 players return to action, but over the course of five 90-minute levels hundreds would hit the rail including actress Sasha Barrese, Mustapha Kanit, Bryn Kenney, Dan Colman, Isaac Haxton, Ole Schemion, Ryan Riess, Chris Moorman, Joe McKeehen, and Team PokerStars' Andre Akkari, Daniel Negreanu, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Jaime Staples, and Chris Moneymaker.

Regarding Moneymaker, the 2003 World Series of Poker Champ fell in Level 10 (500/1,000/100) when Thomas Muehloecker put Moneymaker all in on the board. Moneymaker called with the , but it was no good against the that Muehloecker held for two pair and Moneymaker was eliminated.

Another player to exit, albeit it in an unprecedented manner, was Antonio Esfandiari. He was disqualified due to a "breach of etiquette" at the table.

Late on Day 2, Esfandiari admitted to urinating in an undercover container while in the tournament, a decision tied to a prop bet with Bill Perkins that required him to lunge everywhere he went for 48 hours. He said that all of the lunging made it extremely painful to move, but believed he took things too far and that it was a lack of judgement on his behalf. At the time of the disqualification, Esfandiari had about 100,000 in chips.

Among those who survived the night were Jonathan Jaffe (255,400), John Racener (192,200), Kevin MacPhee (182,400), Toby Lewis (160,400), Calvin Anderson (153,900), Fedor Holz (114,500), and Benjamin Pollak (65,900).

Day 3 is set to kick off at 12 p.m. local time on Monday where the remaining players will play five more 90-minute levels. As always the PokerNews Live Reporting team will be on hand to capture all the action, so be sure to join us then. In the meantime, check out this video on Esfandiari's crazy prop bet:

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Brazil's Leonardo Pires Leads the 195 Day 2 Survivors