Titov Leads, Heroes Fall, and Ha Wins a Platinum Pass on Day 2 of the PCA Main Event
Day 2 of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event has come to a close and after five more levels of play it's Oleg Titov who is leading the way. Titov bagged up 493,000 over the course of the day and eliminated serveral players, including the likes of Bryn Kenney who fell just before the last break of the night. Titov would be looking for his biggest cash ever in the PCA Main Event, with his previously recorded all-time high being $51,111 two years ago at the EPT Barcelona.
There were 341 players to begin the day, but at it's close, 101 players remained, leaving them just a few spots shy of the money bubble. The bubble is very likely to break early on Day 3. Plenty of heroes and fan favorites fell today, including the likes of Maurice Hawkins, Connor Drinan, Christopher Kruk, Nick Petrangelo, Mike Wang, Matt Glantz, Steve O'Dwyer, Mike Leah, Mutapha Kanit, Jason Koon, and Bryn Kenney to name a few.
Another one to bow up was defending champion Christian Harder. Harder found himself all in and at risk against two other players holding ace-jack while his opponents were holding pocket nines and pocket queens. Harder was able to pair his jack, but it wasn't enough to earn him the pot and he was eliminated from the tournament in the second level of the day.
One of the other exciting storylines from the day involves Thai Ha, one of the biggest stacks coming out of Day 1. All Main Event Day 2 participants had the chance today to win their own $30,000 Platinum Pass, which includes a $25,000 buy-in to the inaugural 2019 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship, along with accommodation and expenses. It was Ha who was awarded the Pass by winning a blind hand dealt among the players at his table. Ha rivered trip eights to take down the Pass, joining the likes of Friend of PokerStars Maria Konnikova, who received a Pass earlier this week by winning the $1,650 National Championship.
There are still plenty of notables and recognaizable faces returning on Thursday, including Konnikova among others. Konnikova (266,500) late registered this event as she was busy winning the $1,650 National Championship during the first few days of registration. Others returning tomorrow include Adrian Mateos (358,000), David Peters (327,000), Maria Lampropulos (299,500), Koray Aldemir (256,000), Chris Hunichen (166,000), Liv Boeree (96,000), Harrison Gimbel(99,000), Joao Simao (90,500), Ivan Luca (77,000), Barry Greenstein (69,000) and Kevin MacPhee (38,500).
The remaining players return tomorrow at noon at level 14 with blinds of 1,500/3,000 with an ante of 500. PokerNews will be on the floor to cover all the action and updates from Day 3 onwards, so make sure to stay tuned so you don't miss a thing.
. Patro led out for 30,000 and Konnikova instantly called. 
and both players checked to the 
on the river. Patro announced all in and Konnikova asked for a count. Patro held the bigger stack with around 107,000 and Konnikova was left with 87,300 and a decision to make for her tournament life. 
for just queen-high. Konnikova tabled 
and raked in a massive pot in the last few hands of the night.
and that put Kenney in a deep hole. The 
on the turn sealed it and Kenney was left drawing dead. The river was the 
but it didn't matter and Kenney was sent to the rail as Titov moved to nearly 250,000 chips.
on the turn would seal the deal and as it left Sarmiento drawing dead. The river was the 
landed on the turn and both players checked to the 
on the river. With four cards to a straight on the board, Cody pushed forward another bet of 17,500. Olshan quickly announced all in, putting Cody at risk for his remaining 43,000 should he call. After thinking for a brief moment, Cody elected to muck his cards, sending a sizeable pot to Olshan.
and Gambino's pair of queens held up to eliminate both of his opponents and scoop a huge pot.
flop looked safe enough. However, you can anticipate what came on the turn based on the title of this post... the 
, flopping trips but ultimately getting bested.
, and the it was on the still missing Ha.
