$10,300 Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$10,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$5,645,400
Entries
582
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Day 3 of the 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) began with 101 runners from the 582-player field return to action. After four 90-minute levels of play, during which time the money bubble burst, the field was whittled down to the final 43.
Leading the pack with a stack of 1,148,000 is Sweden’s Karl Stark, though poker pro David Peters is hot on his heels with 1,117,000 million. Others still in contention for the $1,081,100 first place prize are Day 2 chip leader Oleg Titov (938,000), Koray Aldemir (757,000), 2017 GPI Player of the Year Adrian Mateos (620,000), Jack Sinclair (598,000), and Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree (389,000).
Also making it through is PokerStars Ambassador and Erik Seidel protégé Maria Konnikova, who is fresh off winning the 2018 PCA National for $84,600. She’ll face an uphill battle as she sits on the short stack with 67,000.
With 87 players getting paid, 14 had to leave empty-handed on Day 3. They included Igor Yaroshevskyy, Andy Philachack, Chris “Big Huni” Hunichen, Joao Simao, and bubble boy Nikita Neliubin, who fell after a marathon hand-for-hand period.
Once the bubble burst – the result of Neliubin’s ace-three failing to overcome Big Slick – the in-the-money finishes came quick and included Darren Rabinowitz (87th - $17,500), Keith Lehr (81st - $17,500), Team PokerStars Pro Victor Ramdin (69th - $19,760), two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Kevin MacPhee (67th - $19,760), Vladimir Troyanovskiy (63rd - $19,760), and the last former PCA champ in the field Harrison Gimbel (56th - $19,760).
Another player to fall was Team PokerStars Pro Barry Greenstein, who was actually the favorite to bust on the bubble. He got his extreme short stack all in preflop with pocket eights only to run into aces. Lucky for him, an eight on the river allowed him to survive and ladder up a bit.
Greenstein fell in the last level of the night when he got his stack all in with pocket kings against Peters’ ace-king. There was side action between Peters and Gleidibe Brito, who held two black sevens, and the flop came down jack-high. Peters wound up turning an ace, won some more chips off Brito, and sent Greenstein to the rail in 47th place for $22,020.
Day 4 of this six-day tournament will get underway at Noon local time on Friday with the plan of playing down to the final 16 players. Once again, the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the action and eliminations straight from the tournament floor, so be sure to join us then.
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Richard Kirsch | United States | 400,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Christian Rudolph | Germany | 390,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Michael Kamran | United States | 126,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Gabriella Boza | Hungary | 97,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Lucas Blanco | Spain | 478,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Michael Farrow | Canada | 691,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Sharman Olshan | United States | 193,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Michael Stashin | United States | 646,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Adalfer Morales Gamarra | Colombia | 432,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Keith Nassetta | United States | 414,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | 161,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Oliver Weis | Germany | 101,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Daniel Coupal | Canada | 285,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Oleg Titov | Russia | 938,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Ivan Zhechev | Bulgaria | 221,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Andriy Lyubovetskiy | Ukraine | 127,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Gleidibe Brito | Brazil | 418,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Liv Boeree | United Kingdom | 389,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Jason Stemmler | Canada | 158,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Florian Maurer | Austria | 166,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Aaron Olshan | United States | 114,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Bryan Ponce Zerna | Ecuador | 234,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Jean Ateba | Norway | 481,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Patryk Poterek | Poland | 340,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Uladzimir Anoshka | Belarus | 269,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Marco Gagliano Alves | Brazil | 275,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Shawn Buchanan | Canada | 299,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Timothey Miles | United States | 138,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Christian Banz | Germany | 621,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | 598,000 |
| 5 | 4 | Aleksandr Milyaev | Russia | 221,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Lachezar Plamenov Petkov | Bulgaria | 130,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Karl Stark | Sweden | 1,148,000 |
| 5 | 7 | Bartosz Stasiewicz | Poland | 802,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Jonathan West | United States | 765,000 |
| 6 | 1 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 620,000 |
| 6 | 2 | Calum Deas | United Kingdom | 260,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Phillip Corion | United Kingdom | 459,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Koray Aldemir | Germany | 757,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Helio Chreem | Brazil | 188,000 |
| 6 | 6 | David Peters | United States | 1,117,000 |
| 6 | 7 | Maria Lampropulos | Argentina | 758,000 |
| 6 | 8 | Maria Konnikova | United States | 67,000 |
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,148,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
1,117,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
||
|
938,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
802,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
765,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
758,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
757,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
||
|
691,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
646,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
621,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
620,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
|
598,000 | |
|
|
||
|
481,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
478,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
459,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
432,000
-133,000
|
-133,000 |
|
418,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
414,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
400,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
390,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
389,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
||
|
340,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
299,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
||
|
285,000
-197,000
|
-197,000 |
|
|
275,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
The tournament staff just announced the remaining players will play three more hands before bagging and tagging on Day 3. Stay tuned for a list of chip counts along with a recap of today's action.
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
In a feature table hand, Jonathan West raised with 
from under the gun. David Peters calls from the highjack seat, as well as Gleidibe Brito with 
from the cutoff. Liv Boeree calls on the button with 
and Lucas Blanco called from the big blind as well with 
creating a five-way pot heading to the flop.
The flop came down 
and after a check from Blanco, West bet 20,000. Brito was the only caller.
The turn was the 
and West bet 55,000. Brito called once more.
On the river 
, West fired one more time, having finally made top pair. Brito thought for a long time, but eventually decided to call. West showed him the bad news and moved to 800,000 chips by collecting the pot while Brito dropped0 to 437,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000
256,000
|
256,000 |
|
|
437,000
-171,000
|
-171,000 |
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Michael Stashin opened the cutoff for 14,000 and Sharman Olshan called from the small blind. Jack Sinclair in the big blind came along as well.
Olshan checked on 
and Sinclair lead for 17,000. Stashin folded, Olshan called.
Olshan check-called 26,000 on the turn and another 22,000 on the 
river.
Sinclair showed 
and Olshan quietly mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
On the feature table, Barry Greenstein moves all in before the flop for all in for 42,000 holding 
David Peters in cutoff calls with . Gleidibe Brito then three bets to 112,000 with 
on the button. Peters calls.
The flop comes down 
and Peters checks over to Goncalves. Goncalves decides to put out a bet of 65,000 which Peters calls.
The turn is the 
, giving Peters the lead. Peters checks once more. Goncalves puts out a bet of 135,000. Peters calls one more time.
On the 
river, Peters checks one more time. This time Goncalves checks it back. Peters shows down his hand and that's good enough to earn him the entire pot while Greenstein is eliminated from the tournament, collecting $22,020 for his run in the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,182,000
368,000
|
368,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
608,000
-335,000
|
-335,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
We picked up the action on the flop of 
. Bartosz Stasiewicz in the small blind checked as did big blind Maria Lampropulos. Michael Farrow in the hijack bet 18,000 and Michael Kamran called from the button. Stasiewicz over called and Lampropulos called as well, to make it four-handed to the turn.
The hit the turn and Stasiewicz checked again. Lampropulos lead for 75,000 and the two Michaels folded. Stasiewicz called.
Stasiewicz checked on the river and Lampropulos bet 150,000. Stasiewicz tanked for quite a bit before he called with 
. Lampropulos showed and mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
795,000
368,000
|
368,000 |
|
|
740,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Karl Stark opened for 14,000 and Sharman Olshan called in the hijack. Vladimir Shabalin called from the small blind, Maria Konnikova over called from the big blind.
The blinds checked on 
and Stark bet 30,000. Olshan folded but Shabalin check-raised to 80,000 with about 140,000 behind. Konnikova folded and Stark moved in. Shabalin called.
Karl Stark: 
Vladimir Shabalin: 
The on the turn and 
on the river were of no help to Shabalin and he exited the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,050,000
291,000
|
291,000 |
|
Busted |