$25,000 PCA High Roller
Day 1 Started
2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$25,000 PCA High Roller
Day: 1
Welcome to Day 1 of 2019 PCA $25,000 High Roller
After over a week of action in paradise, it's finally time for the 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure to start winding down, as the last major tournament on the schedule starts today. The $25,000 High Roller, traditionally one of the biggest and best $25Ks in the world, is on the docket starting at 12:30 p.m. local time.
Day 1 of the $25,000 High Roller features 10 levels, each lasting an hour apiece, plus an 80-minute dinner break after the sixth level of play. Players will get 50,000 in their starting stacks and blinds begin at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante, progressing to 800/1,600/1,600.
Each player is allowed one reentry in this event and registration will remain open throughout Day 1 and into the start of Day 2. Furthermore, the 30-second clock will be in use from the stat of play.
While the PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship might be the premier $25K on the schedule this year, this one should still draw a nice field with a sizable prize pool. Last year in this event, Christopher Kruk topped a field of 144 to earn $836,350 in prize money. Others at the final table included Justin Bonomo, Igor Kurganov and Mikita Badziakouski.
Action begins at 12:30 p.m. local time from Atlantis here in The Bahamas, so stay tuned to PokerNews to follow all of the action.
Delayed Start
The tournament has yet to get under way as only seven players are registered at the moment.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Early Runners
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000 | |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Davies Gets a Big Bet Paid
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
With about 3,500 in the pot, Seth Davies bet 3,300 from the button on a board of 
and Isaac Haxton peeled from the big blind. Davies opted to check back the 
river and Haxton showed 
but Davies had a better pair with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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46,300
-3,700
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-3,700 |
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More Early Arrivals
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000 | |
Kurganov Tries an Overbet
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
Seth Davies raised in the cutoff and got action from Isaac Haxton on his left and Igor Kurganov in the big blind. Everyone checked the flop for a board of 
on fourth street. Kurganov fired in 2,400 into 1,800 and Davies kept going to the 
river. Kurganov checked this time and mucked to a bet of 3,300.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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56,000
-4,000
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-4,000 |
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46,500
-3,500
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-3,500 |
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Davies Fires First Reentry
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
Christopher Kennedy appears to have busted Seth Davies, who immediately fired his allotted reentry, as that seat is now filled by Sam Greenwood and Kennedy is stacking about two starting stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
-6,000
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-6,000 |
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Reeves Takes a Three-Way River Pot
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
Max Silver bet 800 into about 2,500 from middle position on a 
flop and Lucas Reeves check-raised to 3,500 out of the small blind. Big blind Sirzat Hissou came along and Silver made it three to the 
, which checked through. On the 
river, Reeves fired 10,500 and earned the pot in short order.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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47,100
-2,900
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-2,900 |
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46,500
-3,500
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-3,500 |
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45,600
-4,400
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-4,400 |