$10,300 Main Event Day 5 | 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-13-2018 15:46 UTC-4

Jean Ateba Eliminated in 14th Place ($55,380)

MrCleverFox

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Jean Ateba opened with a raise to 48,000 from middle position. Action folded around where Michael Farrow reraised to 123,000 from the cutoff. Back on Ateba and he called.

The flop came down and Ateba checked to Farrow who put out a bet of 88,000. Ateba called.

When the came on the turn, Ateba shoved all in for 555,000. Farrow asked for a count and dropped into the tank.

"I feel like you're not bluffing here but..." Farrow said after giving it some thought and tossing in a chip to signify a call. As he did, Ateba let out a heavy sigh.

Ateba:
Farrow:

The board completed with the and that would spell the end of Ateba's tournament. Farrow's trip kings were best and Ateba dropped in 14th place. He will collect $55,380 for his finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Farrow	1,720,000 866,000	866,000
Jean Ateba	Busted

Tags: Jean Ateba Michael Farrow

01-13-2018 15:28 UTC-4

Massive Double for Buchanan

MrCleverFox

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Shawn Buchanan opened from the hijack seat with a raise to 55,000. Adalfer Morales Gamarra was on the button and he three-bet, making it 195,000. Action folded back to Buchanan who thought for a good while before moving all in for 880,000. Gamarra quickly called.

Gamarra:
Buchanan:

Buchanan stayed safe as the board ran out keeping him in the lead the whole way. With that double Buchanan moves over 1.5 million while Gamarra drops back down to one of the shorter stacks left in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Buchanan	1,650,000 931,000	931,000

Adalfer Morales Gamarra	625,000 -925,000	-925,000

Tags: Adalfer Morales Gamarra Shawn Buchanan

01-13-2018 15:08 UTC-4

Florian Maurer Eliminated in 15th Place ($55,380)

MrCleverFox

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Adalfer Morales Gamarra opened with a raise to 58,000 from the hijack seat. Action folded to the button where Florian Maurer moved all in for 705,000 total. Action folded back to Gamarra and he called.

Gamarra:
Maurer:

The flop ws good for Gamara when it came which didn't give him the lead, but added extra outs to a nine. It got better when the came on the turn, adding a jack as an out as well. The river was the and that gave Gamarra the pair he needed.

Maurer exits the tournament in 15th place, collecting $55,380 for his finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adalfer Morales Gamarra	1,550,000 765,000	765,000
Florian Maurer	Busted

Tags: Adalfer Morales Gamarra Florian Maurer

01-13-2018 14:18 UTC-4

Phillip Corion Eliminated in 16th Place ($49,680)

Chad Holloway

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

David Peters opened for 45,000 from early position with the and Jonathan West, who looked down at pocket aces in the cutoff, three-bet to 100,000.

Phillip Corion then picked up the in the big blind and shoved for 365,000.

Peters quickly ditched his hand and West snap-called.

Corion was in desperate need of a jack, but he watched helplessly as the board ran out a jack-less .

With that, the tournament experienced its first loss of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan West	1,900,000 244,000	244,000
Phillip Corion	Busted

Tags: Phillip Corion Jonathan West

01-13-2018 13:48 UTC-4

Aldemir Doubles in Monster Pot

Webjoker

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Koray Aldemir opened under the gun plus one for 44,000. He got called in two spots; Shawn Buchanan on the button and Adalfer Morales Gamarra in the big blind.

Gamarra checked to Aldemir on and the German high roller continued his pre-flop aggression with a bet of 90,000. Buchanan folded, Gamarra called.

The hit the turn and Gamarra checked. Aldemir bet 185,000 with well over a million behind. Gamarra shoved all in just about right away, Aldemir called.

Koray Aldemir:
Adalfer Morales Gamarra:

Aldemir rolled his eyes, at the verge of elimination, he had just one last card where he needed the board to pair to stay alive.

The rolled off on the river and Aldemir doubled. Gamarra was left with just over 400,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Aldemir	2,852,000 1,512,000	1,512,000

Adalfer Morales Gamarra	423,000 -1,493,000	-1,493,000

Tags: Adalfer Morales Gamarra Koray Aldemir Shawn Buchanan

01-13-2018 10:17 UTC-4

Welcome to Day 5 of the 2018 PCA Main Event

Chad Holloway

The 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event continues today as 16 players from a 582-player field return to play down to the final six.

Among those returning are two big names, albeit on opposite ends of the chip spectrum. Starting today as chip leader with a robust 3.105 million is 30-year-old David Peters.

"Everything's going very well, smooth," he said at the end of play last night. "I have a very nice chip-position so I'm able to apply some pressure. I'm feeling great. I'm loving my situation."

Peters has been playing on the live circuit for more than a decade and has amassed well over $18 million in career earnings. That said, he has yet to claim a PokerStars Main Event title. His closest attempt came just over a year ago when he finished third in the EPT13 Prague Main Event.

"I just play hand by hand, just go with the flow, not trying to look into the future, just playing my game," Peters said.

Peters holds a substantial lead over his 15 remaining opponents with a 40 big-blind gap between him and his nearest competitor Maria Lampropulos, the last woman standing, who has 2,313,000.

Sitting as the short stack is three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and 2017 GPI Player of the Year Adrian Mateos, who will be trying to spin up 236,000. Mateos is also the EPT11 Grand Final Main Event champion. Some others sitting in between are German pro Koray Aldemir (1.42 million), Canadian superstar Shawn Buchanan (992,000), and former chip leaders Oleg Titov (488,000) and Jean Ateba (314,000)

Action is slated to get underway at Noon local time with the blinds at 10,000/20,000 with a 2,000 ante. Stay tuned as we bring you all the action and eliminations in the players' quest for the $1,081,100 first-place prize.

PokerStars TV cards-up broadcast starts at 12.30 p.m. local time. The stream is available in a wide number of languages, on desktop and mobile on PokerStars.tv, Facebook, YouTube and Twitch channels.

Here's a look back at the previous winners of this prestigious event:

Year	Entrants	Prize Pool	Champion	Prize
2004	221	$1,657,500	Gus Hansen	$455,780
2005	461	$3,487,200	John Gale	$890,600
2006	724	$5,647,200	Steve Paul-Ambrose	$1,388,600
2007	937	$7,063,842	Ryan Daut	$1,535,255
2008	1,136	$8,562,976	Bertrand Grospellier	$2,000,000
2009	1,347	$12,674,000	Poorya Nazari	$3,000,000
2010	1,529	$14,831,300	Harrison Gimbel	$2,200,000
2011	1,560	$15,132,000	Galen Hall	$2,300,000
2012	1,072	$10,398,400	John Dibella	$1,775,000
2013	987	$9,573,900	Dimitar Danchev	$1,859,000
2014	1,031	$10,070,000	Dominik Panka	$1,423,096
2015	816	$7,915,200	Kevin Schulz	$1,491,580
2016	928	$4,500,800	Mike Watson	$728,325
2017	738	$3,376,712	Christian Harder	$429,664

Tags: David Peters