Dinner Break
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Players are on break for 80 minutes.
2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$25,000 PCA High Roller
Day: 2
Speranza Puts on the Bubble Pressure
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Gianluca Speranza opened to 14,000 in early position and Dario Sammartino flat-called in the cutoff. The flop came 
and Speranza continued for 16,000 which Sammartino called.
The turn was the 
and Speranza counted out another bet of 45,000. Sammartino still called and the 
completed the board. Speranza shipped all in and Sammartino was forced to fold with just under 300,000 remaining in his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,235,000 | 151,000 |
|
285,000 | 120,000 |
Cortes Survives Elimination
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The action folded to Ben Heath in the small blind who announced all in and Jesus Cortes had a decision to make for his stack of 162,500. After two time extensions, Cortes made the call and was in a dominating position.
Jesus Cortes: 
Ben Heath: 
The board ran out 
to give Heath a sweat with a flush draw on the turn, but Cortes held on to double through on the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
483,000 | -174,000 |
|
331,000 | 56,000 |
Celestino Hits the River
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
In what appeared to be a limped pot, Lucas Reeves bet 6,000 on an 
flop and got called by both blinds. Everyone checked the 
and the 
arrived on the river. Ariel Celestino led out for 13,000, Dario Sammartino called and Reeves called and tabled 
.
It was no good, however, as Celestino had hit the river with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 | 31,000 |
|
126,000 | -65,000 |
Final 24 Redraw
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Seat | Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Muehloecker | Chin Wei Lim | Mike Watson |
| 2 | Sam Greenwood | Lucas Reeves | Dominik Nitsche |
| 3 | Preben Stokkan | Martin Zamani | Shyngis Satubayev |
| 4 | Kelvin Kerber | James Romero | Max Silver |
| 5 | Nick Petrangelo | Gianluca Speranza | Bartlomiej Machon |
| 6 | Markus Durnegger | Rob Hollink | Davidi Kitai |
| 7 | Tom-Aksel Bedell | Ariel Celestino | Ben Heath |
| 8 | Sean Winter | Dario Sammartino | Jesus Cortes |
Huge Pot Ensues on the Bubble
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The action folded to Thomas Boivin on the button who just limped in. Ben Heath shipped all in for 217,000 in the small blind and Preben Stokkan asked for a count in the big blind. Stokkan made the call and Boivin re-shoved all in for 284,500, which Stokkan called.
Ben Heath: 
Preben Stokkan: 
Thomas Boivin:
Three big hands appeared but it was Boivin who held a distinct advantage with his pocket aces. However, a sick run out of 
gave Heath a straight for the main pot, and Stokkan a set of queens for the side pot. Boivin had his aces cracked and was sent to the rail.
The final 24 players are conducting a quick redraw before the stone money bubble resumes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
657,000 | 452,000 |
|
247,000 | -226,000 |
|
Busted |
Kerber Flops a Set to Eliminate Melogno
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Pablo Melogno opened to 12,500 from under the gun and Kelvin Kerber three-bet to 38,000 in the cutoff. The action came back to Melogno who shoved all in for around 80,000. Kerber made a quick call and the cards were tabled.
Kelvin Kerber: 
Pablo Melogno: 
Melogno held a sizeable preflop advantage but the 
flop gave Kerber a set of sevens and the lead. The turn was the 
and the river was the to send Melogno to the rail.
With just 25 players remaining, the hand-for-hand process has begun for the next two eliminations.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
592,000 | 62,000 |
|
Busted |
Bedell Rips on Watson
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Mike Watson raised on the button and called a small three-bet to 28,000 from Tom-Aksel Bedell in the small blind. Both checked the flop for a board of 
and Bedell simply jammed to force a quick fold from the Canadian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000 | 40,000 |
|
107,000 | -48,500 |
Photos: PCA $25,000 High Roller Day 2
Photos by Neil Stoddart.
Aldemir Takes a Beat for Stacks
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Koray Aldemir got his stack of about 90,000 in preflop with 
and was leading the 
held by Kelvin Kerber. However, a six appeared on the turn to doom Aldemir.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
530,000 | 164,500 |
|
Busted |