2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$25,000 PokerStars NL Hold'em Players Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$5,100,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$26,455,500
Entries
1,039
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000

Benger Waits for the Turn

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Griffin Benger raised it up to 6,500 from middle position and was called by both of the blinds. The flop came {j-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and everyone opted to check as the {6-Hearts} landed on the turn.

Both of the blinds checked again and Benger took a stab at the pot with a bet of 15,000. The small blind folded but Mario Hofler put up some resistance from the big blind. After counting out a raise, Hofler just decided to call instead.

The {q-Spades} completed the board and Hofler took his time before checking again. Benger tossed in a bet of 25,000 and Hofler went back into the tank for over two minutes, eventually deciding to lay his hand down.

Player Chips Progress
Griffin Benger ca
Griffin Benger
306,000
111,000
111,000

Tags: Griffin BengerMario Hofler

Desilva Finds a Fold

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Upeshka Desilva had put in 32,500 in the small blind and was facing an all-in shove for his remaining 132,000 or so from Jacqueline Burkhart in middle position.

"Pretty strong," he said with a smile, stretching.

"All right, take it," he added moments later, flicking in {j-}{j-}.

Burkhart smiled but didn't show.

Player Chips Progress
Jacqueline Burkhart us
Jacqueline Burkhart
275,000
75,000
75,000
PokerStars
Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
132,000
54,700
54,700
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Jacqueline BurkhartUpeshka Desilva

Boeken Busted by Martini

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Noah Boeken was seen getting up from his seat and had {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts} in front of him. His stack was pushed Julien Martini's way who held {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}.

The board read {8-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} which meant that Martini had flopped two pair while Boeken had a pair of treys and the flush draw. The rest of the board didn't help Boeken as he made his way out of the tournament area while Martini shoots to the top of the chip counts for now.

Player Chips Progress
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
578,000
268,000
268,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Julien MartiniNoah Boeken

Tyson Apostol: Surviving the Poker Landscape

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Before he was eliminated from the PokerStars Players Championship, Platinum Pass winner Tyson Apostol spoke with [Removed:139] about making his way through the #TestingTyson challenge and coming out to the Bahamas for the PSPC.

Tags: PSPCPokerStarsPokerStars Players ChampionshipTyson Apostol

Updated Chip Counts

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Brandon Adams us
Brandon Adams
285,000
60,000
60,000
Stefan Huber ch
Stefan Huber
265,000
84,400
84,400
Bryan Piccioli us
Bryan Piccioli
230,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Jason Somerville us
Jason Somerville
160,000
-46,000
-46,000
Lauren Roberts us
Lauren Roberts
145,000
42,700
42,700
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
105,000
27,000
27,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Alan Schein us
Alan Schein
85,000
-90,000
-90,000
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
84,000
20,300
20,300
Richard Seymour us
Richard Seymour
65,000
-5,000
-5,000
Henry Tran us
Henry Tran
56,000
-6,000
-6,000
Diogo Veiga pt
Diogo Veiga
45,000
9,200
9,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Claas Segebrecht de
Claas Segebrecht
18,000
-42,000
-42,000

All Eliminated Before the Second Break

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The following notable players were eliminated before the second break of the day:

Player Chips Progress
Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten
Busted
Johannes Becker de
Johannes Becker
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Marty Mathis us
Marty Mathis
Busted
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
Paul Vas Nunes gb
Paul Vas Nunes
Busted
Chen An Lin tw
Chen An Lin
Busted
Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
Ignatius Meng sg
Ignatius Meng
Busted
Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
Christian Rudolph de
Christian Rudolph
Busted
Walter Treccarichi it
Walter Treccarichi
Busted
David Yan nz
David Yan
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
Eric Wasserson us
Eric Wasserson
Busted
Matt Salsberg ca
Matt Salsberg
Busted
James Calderaro us
James Calderaro
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Kevin Eyster us
Kevin Eyster
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
Busted
Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
Busted
Ben Keeline us
Ben Keeline
Busted

Agarwal Bows Out

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Aditya Agarwal
Aditya Agarwal

Joining the action on the {8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{6-Spades} flop, Aditya Agarwal got his last 45,000 or so in out of the big blind and was quickly called by Atanas Pavlov in the cutoff.

Aditya Agarwal: {Q-Clubs}{8-Hearts}
Atanas Pavlov: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}

Agarwal was in need of help to stay in contention but ended up drawing to a chop only when the {9-Diamonds} followed on the turn. A blank {A-Diamonds} on the river sealed the fate of the PokerStars ambassador.

Player Chips Progress
Atanas Pavlov bg
Atanas Pavlov
320,000
160,400
160,400
PokerStars
Aditya Agarwal in
Aditya Agarwal
Busted
PokerStars

Tags: Aditya AgarwalAtanas Pavlov

Assorted Counts From Level 13

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
370,000
167,900
167,900
Mario Silvestri us
Mario Silvestri
350,000
259,700
259,700
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
300,000
-60,000
-60,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Sosia Jiang nz
Sosia Jiang
270,000
-35,000
-35,000
Nadya Magnus us
Nadya Magnus
220,000
30,000
30,000
Dylan Linde us
Dylan Linde
220,000
171,600
171,600
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Pavel Plesuv md
Pavel Plesuv
195,000
102,200
102,200
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
130,000
60,000
60,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Goran Mandic hr
Goran Mandic
100,000
27,200
27,200
Michael Kamran us
Michael Kamran
70,000
17,000
17,000
Tomas Jozonis lt
Tomas Jozonis
65,000
-37,600
-37,600
Vincent Moscati us
Vincent Moscati
60,000
28,800
28,800

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

UFC Announcer Bruce Buffer Talks MMA and Poker Connection at PSPC

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Poker and MMA go hand-in-hand, both requiring discipline, competitive drive, precision and discretion. On top of that, the two realms overlap a good deal in terms of demographics, a major reason for the recently announced partnership between PokerStars and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC®).

One person heavily involved in both of these worlds is Bruce Buffer, the veteran voice of the world-famous UFC Octagon. Aware of Buffer’s robust history as a poker player and in light of their recent sponsorship deal, PokerStars invited Buffer to play in the $25K PSPC on a Platinum Pass freeroll.

Buffer obliged and came out to the Bahamas to announce the kick off of the biggest $25K in history, and also to take his shot in it.

UFC-Poker Connection

The renowned MMA cage announcer sat down with PokerNews[Removed:139] before the start of Day 2 and shared some of his thoughts on the UFC-PokerStars deal and the links between poker and MMA.

“I think it’s a brilliant move and a brilliant partnership for many reasons. The demographic with the UFC with the 18 to 34 crowd which are big in the poker world, they’ll be more embedded into this. We just signed a big deal with ESPN so we’re going to be on more TV sets and more eyeballs than ever, so the timing is perfect.”

As a longtime poker player in the Los Angeles and Las Vegas areas, Buffer is atuned to the parallels between the worlds he fluctuates between.

“There are a lot of mental similarities between fighting and poker: when to be offensive, when to be defensive, when to go in for the knockout - which means you’re either going to get knocked out or you’re going to knock out your opponent, whether it’s for the chips on the table or you knock ‘em out in the Octagon.

“In business and in life, poker is a parable to many things,” he continued. “I truly believe that and I’ve been a very passionate lover and player of poker for many years.”

For someone as passionate about poker as Buffer is, the chance to play in the PSPC was an exciting one.

Though he got through Day 1 with a healthy stack, he wasn’t as fortunate here on Day 2 as he busted in the third level of the day. You can watch the interview with Buffer from just before the start of Day 2 below:

Tags: Bruce Buffer