2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$10,300 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
107
Prize
$1,081,100
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$5,645,400
Entries
582
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000

Premature Celebration for Stashin

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Michael Stashin
Michael Stashin

Aleksandr Milyaev opened for 25,000 from middle position and picked up callers in Daniel Coupal and Christian Banz, who were in the hijack and on the button respectively.

Michael Stashin then three-bet all in for roughly 300,000 from the small blind and Milyaev isolated by moving all in over the top. The other two players folded.

Stashin: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Milyaev: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}

Stashin stood up, informed his rail of the bad spot, and then turned his attention back to the table. The dealer burned and began to put out the flop, which showed a queen in the window. Stashin shot his arms up in the air, but his enthusiasm quickly disappeared by what followed it.

Flop: {6-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

Milyaev maintained the lead by pairing his king. He picked up a flush draw to boot.

The {10-Hearts} turn left Stashin asking the dealer for a jack to chop, but that didn't happen as the unhelpful {8-Spades} bricked on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksandr Milyaev ru
Aleksandr Milyaev
700,000
320,000
320,000
Michael Stashin us
Michael Stashin
Busted

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Peters Flushes Ateba to Retake the Chip Lead

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
David Peters from Day 3 of the Main Event
David Peters from Day 3 of the Main Event

David Peters opened from middle position to 23,000 and was called by Jean Ateba in position.

The flop came down {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and Peters continued out with a bet of 43,000. Ateba called.

On the {A-Clubs} turn, Peters bet once more, making it 85,000. Ateba called again.

The {9-Hearts} came on the river, and Peters bet one more time, this time making it 130,000. Ateba called quickly. Peters showed his {K-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for the flopped nut flush and that allowed him to take down the pot when Ateba mucked.

With that pot, Peters has now moved back into the chip lead with nearly 1,500,000 chips

Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
1,470,000
282,000
282,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Jean Ateba no
Jean Ateba
420,000
-292,000
-292,000

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Boeree Busts Zhechev

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Ivan Zhechev
Ivan Zhechev

Ivan Zhechev raised to 17,000 from the hijack with the {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} and Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree called from the big blind with the {a-Clubs}{5-Spades}.

The {5-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop gave Boeree two pair, and she checked to Zhechev, who bet 15,000. Boeree woke up with a check-raise to 45,000 and Zhechev thought long and hard before making the call.

After the dealer burned and turned the {K-Clubs}, Boeree moved all in and Zhechev hit the tank for two minutes before calling off for 156,000.

Zhechev was looking for either a king or jack on the river to stave off elimination, but it was not meant to be as the {4-Diamonds} bricked on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
611,000
222,000
222,000
Ivan Zhechev bg
Ivan Zhechev
Busted

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Other Half of the Olshan Family Falls Too

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Sharman Olshan (photo from Day 3)
Sharman Olshan (photo from Day 3)

We missed the action before the flop but from what we saw still out on the table, we gathered that Lucas Blanco opened under the gun for 19,000 before Sharman Olshan in the cutoff three-bet to 50,000. When the action got back to Blanco, he pushed. Olshan called.

Lucas Blanco: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}
Sharman Olshan: {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}

The board came an uneventful {6-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{4-Hearts} {7-Spades} {4-Diamonds} and Olshan said her goodbyes. After her son Aaron Olshan departed from the tournament earlier today, now Sharman finds herself on the rail too.

Player Chips Progress
Lucas Blanco es
Lucas Blanco
995,000
325,000
325,000
Sharman Olshan us
Sharman Olshan
Busted

Tags: Lucas BlancoSharman Olshan

Kisacikoglu Doubles

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Orpen Kisacikoglu
Orpen Kisacikoglu

From the hijack, Orpen Kisacikoglu opened for 16,000 and he got called by both Christian Banz (small blind) and Michael Stashin (big blind).

The blinds checked to Kisacikoglu on {Q-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and he bet 19,000. Banz check-raised to 100,000 and Stashin folded. Kisacikoglu moved in for about 40,000 more and Banz called.

Orpen Kisacikoglu: {K-Spades}{Q-Hearts}
Christian Banz: {4-Hearts}{4-Spades}

The {7-Diamonds} on the turn and {J-Diamonds} on the river were no threat for Kisacikoglu and he doubled up.

Banz remarked he put Kisacikoglu on ace-king while Stashin commented multiple times he had {Q-}{J-} and would have seen the river had Banz not check-raised the flop.

Player Chips Progress
Christian Banz de
Christian Banz
720,000
-180,000
-180,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
336,000
142,000
142,000
WSOP 1X Winner

PCA National Champ Maria Konnikova Falls in 42nd Place

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Maria Konnikova
Maria Konnikova

Maria Konnikova, who a few days back rocked the poker world by winning the 2018 PCA National, started today dead last in chips, and unfortunately, she wasn't able to spin it up.

In what would be her final hand, Aleksandr Milyaev raised to 17,000 from the cutoff and Konnikova reraised all in on the button for her last 51,000. Chip leader Karl Stark then four-bet to 100,000 and called when Milyaev moved all in for 247,000.

Stark: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}
Konnikova: {q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Milyaev: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}

Konnikova needed a lot of help, but it never came as the board ran out a lowly {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}. With that, Konnikova hit the rail in 42nd place while Milyaev more than doubled.

Player Chips Progress
Karl Stark se
Karl Stark
1,050,000
-240,000
-240,000
Aleksandr Milyaev ru
Aleksandr Milyaev
580,000
359,000
359,000
Maria Konnikova us
Maria Konnikova
Busted
PokerStars

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Stark and Peters Lead as Day 4 of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event Begins Soon

David Peters
David Peters

Only 43 players remain on Day 4 of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,300 Main Event and it's moving day here on Friday as the field is scheduled to cut down to just 16 players by the end of play this evening. Thursday saw the field get cut down from 101 players, past the bubble at 87 players, down to less than half of the players who began on Day 3.

Leading the way on Day 4 is Karl Stark of Sweeden. Stark bagged up 1,148,000 on Day 3 and he was trailed closely by David Peters, who bagged up 1,117,000 a difference of just 31,000 chips. Stark doesn't have many recorded live cashes to his name, with his biggest being for $67,646 in 2015 but a strong finish could easily change that for him here at the PCA Main Event. A win here at the PCA would represent just another drop in the bucket for Peters though, as he sits 17th on the all-time money list, currently the highest player remaining in the field with Adrian Mateos being the next player on the list at 34th.

With only 43 players left, everyone remaining is guaranteed a payday of at least $22,020 but of course, that's not what they are eyeing. Those who are lucky enough to advance to the final table are guaranteed a payday of at least $92,020 and up for grabs is a first place prize of $1,081,100 as well as the PCA Main Event trophy.

There are still plenty of others recognizable faces among the final 43 including Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree (389,000), Koray Aldemir (757,000), 2017 GPI Player of the Year Adrian Mateos (620,000), Jack Sinclair (598,000), and Day 2 chip leader Oleg Titov (938,000). Also making it into Day 4 is PokerStars Ambassador Maria Konnikova. Konnikova is fresh off winning the 2018 PCA National Championship for $84,600. But despite her success so far, it will be a challenge for her as she sits as the current tournament short stack with just 67,000 chips.

Action is set to begin in just a few hours starting off at level 18 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an ante of 1,000. PokerNews will be here covering all the action right from the floor, so be sure to stay tuned all day.

Tags: Adrian MateosDavid PetersJack SinclairKarl StarkKoray AldemirLiv BoereeOleg TitovPCA 2018PCA Main EventPokerStars Caribbean Adventure