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

01-10-2016 19:25 UTC-4

Menard Has Tons of Heart

Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

After Salman Behbehani raised from the cutoff, Jeremy Menard three-bet jammed for 29,200 from the button. Action folded back to Behbehani, who called, and Menard discovered the bad news.

Menard:
Behbehani:

Menard had major kicker issues, but he got some help when the flop delivered him a flush draw. The turn didn't complete it, but the river did. An excited Menard sat back down and stacked the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Salman Behbehani	66,000
Jeremy Menard	63,000	31,800

Tags: Salman Behbehani Jeremy Menard

01-10-2016 19:23 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Michele Saccani	352,000	352,000
Phillip McAllister	321,000	-49,000
Steve O'Dwyer	320,000	4,000
Renaud Desferet	291,000	218,200
Taylor Paur	274,000	59,000
Franco Spitale	256,000	202,400
Boyuan Qu	252,000	12,000
David Eldridge	238,000	96,300
Ian O'hara	127,000	-15,000

Various Chip Counts from Around the Room

Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Siarhei Melianiuk	375,000	5,000
Leonardo Pires	300,000	75,000
Christopher Mcnamara	265,000	200,500
Ronald Lauzon	250,000	15,000
Brandon Crawford	240,000	181,700
Marc David Foggin	240,000	181,900
Boyuan Qu	240,000	15,000
Taylor Paur	215,000	91,000
Mike Watson	200,000	113,000
Asher Conniff	200,000	120,300
Jani Sointula	200,000	158,000
Robert Kokoska	195,000	159,300
Helio Chreem	190,000	111,700
Alexander Lynskey	180,000	-40,000
JJ Liu	175,000	110,000
Nicholas Grippo	150,000	128,600
Andrey Zaichenko	150,000	-2,000
Sam Greenwood	140,000
Ari Engel	140,000	62,500
Anton Astapau	120,000	-40,000
Mukul Pahuja	115,000	-5,000
Tony Gregg	110,000	42,000
Jeff Rossiter	100,000	15,000
Sean Winter	100,000	-3,500
Toby Lewis	100,000	-24,000

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01-10-2016 19:20 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Little	205,000	90,000
Talal Shakerchi	164,000	91,000
Sam Greenwood	140,000	-24,000
Stephen Chidwick	108,300	55,500
Sean Winter	103,500	42,700
Benjamin Pollak	101,200	77,500
Michael Rocco	87,000	38,600
Jeff Gross	85,000	25,000
Jeremy Ausmus	69,000	9,000
Fedor Holz	56,700	-43,300

What a Flop for Cal

Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Greece's Panagiotis Pantazis opened for 3,500 from the cutoff and action folded to Calvin Anderson in the big blind. He opted to three-bet to 8,300, and Pantazis thought for a bit before four-betting all in for what looked to be 60,000. Anderson snap-called.

Pantazis:
Anderson:

It was a flip, but not when the flop smacked Anderson right in the face by giving him Broadway! The turn left Pantazis looking for an ace on the river just to chop, but it wasn't in the cards as the paired the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Anderson	215,000
Panagiotis Pantazis	Busted

Tags: Calvin Anderson Panagiotis Pantazis

01-10-2016 18:55 UTC-4

Melianiuk on the Rise

Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

With around 90,000 in the pot and a board reading , Siarhei Melianiuk bet 33,000 from the big blind and Andrew Ryan, who was in the cutoff, hit the tank before making the call.

Melianiuk tabled the for top pair.

"Nice hand," Ryan offered before sending his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Siarhei Melianiuk	370,000	70,000
Andrew Ryan	155,000	-60,000

Tags: Andrew Ryan Siarhei Melianiuk

01-10-2016 18:55 UTC-4

Turn Around

Brentharrington

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Vladimir Troyanovskiy stood up from his chair and began to collect his things, before hitting the rail. He had gotten all in preflop with pocket kings against aces.

The flop was , which prompted Troyanovskiy to leave his seat and head out, but the came on the turn and made him turn around and sit back down. The river was the and that sealed the double up for Troyanovskiy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	142,000	31,000

01-10-2016 18:50 UTC-4

PokerNews Podcast Episode #352: Recapping the PCA Main Event Opening Days

donpeters

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Remko Rinkema and Donnie Peters discuss the first two starting flights of the 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event.

Don't forget, you can call the show and leave a voicemail at 774-77-PNPOD.

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Tags: Donnie Peters Remko Rinkema

01-10-2016 18:49 UTC-4

O'Dwyer Loses One To Robinson

donpeters

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

From middle position, Steve O'Dwyer raised to 3,600. David Robinson called out of the big blind, and the dealer spread the flop. Robinson checked, O'Dwyer bet 4,800, and Robinson called.