Yesterday's first flight attracted a field of 356 entries, of which 135 players advanced to Day 2 already. Late in level three, the screens show 363 entries with half a dozen re-entries and 335 players currently remain.
Calvin Anderson was eliminated on Day 1a and his media ID also showed up once more for Day 1b, he won't be returning to the Main Event tables at the 2019 PCA.
Warren Sheaves had won a Platinum Pass for the trip to the Bahamas after coming up with a chess and poker game combo, and cashed for $35,000. Sheaves invested some of the winnings to enter the $10,300 Main Event and started Day 1b next to Leo Margets.
Just now, Sheaves bet the 
river for 6,500. His sole remaining opponent Rodrigo Marques Carmo eventually folded.
At the same time one table over, Vinny Pahuja battled with Chris Furbert and bet the 
turn for 3,500 when checked to him. Furbert called and checked again the 
on the river. Pahuja now bet 5,500 and Furbert reluctantly called.
"Just the queen, straight is good," Pahuja said and flashed the 
. Furbert didn't have a straight, but 
for two pair was good enough to win the pot.
On the 
flop, Scott Stewart checked and called a bet of 1,400 by Maurice Costigan before the 
turn and river were checked down. Costigan showed 
and that won the pot.
Right after, the next big blind was on the move and that happened to be Davidi Kitai. Barry Greenstein said "good to see you go" with a grin on the face, and Kitai headed to a new table with a decent stack of 48,000.
Joining the action on the 
turn, Calvin Anderson bet 2,200 and was called by Jorge Abilio Martinez in the cutoff. The rolled off on the river and Anderson now bet 3,800.
Martinez was deep in the think tank and eventually called to see Anderson turn over 
. Martinez had that beat with 
and sent Anderson to around half the starting stack.
ESPN NBA Analyst Paul Pierce sat down with [Removed:139] at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure to chat about the $25k PokerStars Players Championship, poker in the NBA, and much more.
The board read 
and Sosia Jang was first to act. She bet 900, Mike Vesia raised to 4,200 on the button, and Jiang called. The board double-paired on the 
river and Jiang check-folded to a 13,000 bet after two minutes of thought.
According to the PokerStars blog tea, Fabiano Kovalski knocked out an opponent at the end of the previous level with 
on a board of 
and got it in against 
for two pair to boost his stack early on.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
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