Manuel Martinez Solsona opened to 4,500 and a very short-stacked Allon Allison moved all in from one seat over, which the Spaniard quickly called.
Allon Allison: 
Manuel Martinez Solsona: 
There was no help on the board 
and Solsona even rivered a set for good measure.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | -21,800 |
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Busted |
Guilherme Cheveau Paes Campos opened to 4,500 and Marc-Andre Ladouceur three-bet to 13,000. The Brazilian pushed for around 70,000 and the dealer asked Ladouceur if he wanted to have a count, but a rather quick call followed instead.
Guilherme Cheveau Paes Campos: 
Marc-Andre Ladouceur: 
The board came 
and Ladouceur held up with his pocket pair, dealt the final blow with a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 | 109,900 |
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
382,000 | 12,000 |
|
290,000 | 109,600 |
|
260,000 | -30,000 |
|
255,000 | 90,600 |
|
255,000 | 53,000 |
|
240,000 | 130,000 |
|
225,000 | 80,000 |
|
212,000 | 77,000 |
|
165,000 | 130,000 |
|
165,000 | 37,200 |
|
130,000 | 65,400 |
|
61,000 | 11,000 |
|
55,000 | -8,600 |
|
53,000 | 8,900 |
|
36,000 | -43,800 |
|
35,000 | 10,000 |
|
33,000 | -18,900 |
|
30,000 | 11,100 |
Pablo Melogno raised to 4,500 in the cutoff and Martin Zamani shoved the button for 51,000. Zachary Donovan called in the small blind for the last 16,000 and Melogno asked for a count, then called with the biggest stack of the trio.
Zachary Donovan: 
Martin Zamani: 
Pablo Melogno: 
"I am a big favorite," Zamani had joked before the cards were tabled and another player at the table replied, "make it a sweat." Indeed, the flop of brought a gutshot for the two ace-queens. However, the 
turn and river were blanks and Donovan was eliminated, Zamani more than doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | 100,000 |
|
45,000 | -46,200 |
|
Busted |
More big names have been eliminated from the tournament including PokerStars Ambassador Aditya Agarwal.
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A total of 623 unique players showed up for the 2019 $10,300 PCA Main Event and they traveled to the Bahama's from 56 different countries. Unsurprisingly, the United States made up the majority of the field with 189 players. Countries represented at the PCA include Singapore, Luxembourg, Peru, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Chile, and Venezuela.
| Country | Players | % | Country | Players | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 189 | 21.85% | China | 11 | 1.27% |
| Canada | 75 | 8.67% | Ireland | 11 | 1.27% |
| Germany | 46 | 5.32% | Netherlands | 9 | 1.04% |
| UK | 42 | 4.86% | Austria | 8 | 0.92% |
| Brazil | 36 | 4.16% | Romania | 7 | 0.81% |
| France | 32 | 3.70% | Italy | 6 | 0.69% |
| Spain | 21 | 2.43% | Ukraine | 6 | 0.69% |
| Portugal | 16 | 1.85% | Belgium | 5 | 0.58% |
| Russia | 14 | 1.62% | Bulgaria | 5 | 0.58% |
| Argentina | 11 | 1.27% | Other | 73 | 8.44% |
Chipleader Alexander Kharkov opened to 5,000 in early position, Dragos Trofimov three-bet to 22,000 from the small blind, Jacques Der Megreditchian four-bet shoved 92,000 from the big blind and Kharkov went in the tank. He folded after a minute of thought.
Trofimov needed no time to come to a decision and stuck calling chips in within a heartbeat.
Jacques Der Megreditchian: 
Dragos Trofimov:
The dealer fanned out 
to pair up Trofimov and eliminate Der Megreditchian. Kharkov watched it unfold with a sour look on his face and indicated to Trofimov he folded a big hand with a club in it.
"Lucky me!" the Platinum Pass winner laughed and Kharkov could muster a smile as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
505,000 | -55,000 |
|
220,000 | 115,000 |
|
Busted |
A raise to 20,000 was in front of Aleksandr Gofman with the flop showing 
and James Frangoulidis then moved all in for a total of 87,000. Gofman gave it some thought and folded.
"I would have done the same," Noah Schwartz said and Gofman said "I would have called you."
Frangoulis chimed in "you would have called him but not me? Come on," while dragging in the pot.
Further assorted counts can be found below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000 | 165,000 |
|
235,000 | 63,000 |
|
230,000 | 48,000 |
|
230,000 | 57,000 |
|
220,000 | 55,700 |
|
|
210,000 | 105,000 |
|
200,000 | 50,000 |
|
200,000 | 64,700 |
|
168,000 | 73,000 |
|
160,000 | 98,700 |
|
140,000 | -1,400 |
|
135,000 | 15,200 |
|
130,000 | 5,000 |
|
125,000 | 35,500 |
|
110,000 | 47,000 |
|
95,000 | -90,000 |
|
90,000 | 9,800 |
|
80,000 | -41,400 |
|
|
50,000 | -9,100 |
|
35,000 | -8,000 |
Matthias Eibinger raised to 5,500, Manuel Ruivo three-bet to 16,500 from the blinds and Eibinger called. The flop was 
and Ruivo check-called 13,000 from Eibinger. On the turn, Ruivo checked, Eibinger shoved for 45,500, and Ruvio called after the clock got called on him.
Matthias Eibinger: 
Manuel Ruivo: 
Ruivo could only win with a jack but caught the instead and had to fork over a decent part of his stack.
At the same time at another table, Steffen Sontheimer and Diogo Veiga got their stacks in the middle on a 
flop. Veiga was all in for a little over 50,000 and trailing with against Sontheimer's .
The turn and 
river kept the aces second best, scoring Sontheimer a knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | 54,400 |
|
150,000 | 85,100 |
|
50,000 | -15,000 |
|
Busted |
Dragos Trofimov opened to 4,500 from the hijack. Alexander Kharkov, in the big blind, called.
A flop reading 
was dealt. Kharkov bet 5,000. Trofimov called.
The dealer burned and turned the 
. Kharkov continued with another bet of 7,000. Trofimov called again.
The filled up the river. Kharkov threw in 15,000. Trofimov tank-called. Kharkov showed for fours full of jacks and Trofimov sent his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
560,000 | 80,000 |
|
|
105,000 | -75,000 |
