Before the Main Event kicked off, Jeff Gross took some time to chat with [Removed:139] about the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, and the added boost the festival received from the PokerStars Players Championship.
Paul Fontan Castrillo opened to 3,500 from middle position. Paul Newey, in the big blind, called.
A flop reading 
was dealt. Newey checked. Castrillon bet 3,000. Newey check-called.
The turn brought the 
. Newey checked again. Catrillon fired 6,500. Newey tank-called.
The 
river filled up the board. Newey checked for a third time. Castrillon threw in a bet of 37,500. Newey went deep into the tank before giving up his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
97,000 | 6,100 |
|
19,000 | -16,400 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
468,000 | 118,000 |
|
362,000 | 72,000 |
|
290,000 | 92,100 |
|
270,000 | 3,000 |
|
240,000 | 240,000 |
|
230,000 | -6,100 |
|
195,000 | 30,000 |
|
185,000 | 49,400 |
|
182,000 | 61,900 |
|
180,000 | 10,000 |
|
173,000 | 21,000 |
|
172,000 | 33,800 |
|
170,000 | 98,000 |
|
156,000 | 69,200 |
|
146,000 | 116,000 |
|
135,000 | -17,400 |
|
135,000 | -8,200 |
|
132,000 | 89,500 |
|
125,000 | 25,900 |
|
116,000 | 27,700 |
|
110,000 | 27,500 |
|
95,000 | 32,800 |
|
90,000 | 60,000 |
|
90,000 | 73,500 |
|
77,000 | 50,900 |
In a three-bet pot between Filipe Oliveira in the small blind and Tomas Jozonis, bets of 12,800 and 10,000 were already pulled in and the turn showed 
. Oliveira took another stab at the pot with a second barrel worth 16,000 and Jozonis eventually got out of the way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000 | 44,900 |
|
57,000 | -23,300 |
Nick Petrangelo busted early on and his seat is now occupied by Arthur Conan, who took on Conor Beresford. Conan bet the 
turn for 13,000 and Beresford moved all in for 47,000.
Conan was in the tank and the clock was called, 30 seconds to act ran down without a decision and Conan's hand was declared dead.
The same table also features big stack Joao Simao, who added some more chips to his growing tower. One table over, Dragos Trofimov has also chipped up early on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000 | 38,800 |
|
188,000 | -26,200 |
|
175,000 | 33,000 |
|
|
170,000 | 49,200 |
|
|
165,000 | 6,000 |
|
80,000 | 18,500 |
|
45,000 | -63,000 |
|
Busted |
Matthew Moss bet the 
turn and was called by Davidi Kitai before making it another 25,900 to go on the 
river. Kitai was sent deep into the think tank and eventually called. Moss flashed king-ten and Kitai won the pot with 
.
While the hand was playing out, Ramin Hajiyev walked by and said "jacks versus queens, I had 26,000," before leaving the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000 | -25,700 |
|
125,000 | 54,000 |
|
Busted |
On a flop of 
, Kenny Hallaert, in the small blind, bet 2,000. Sven Reichardt, in the big blind, raised to 6,500. Hallaert stuck around with a call.
The turn brought the 
and was checked through to the 
river. Hallaert fired a bet of 12,000. His opponent tank-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000 | -83,000 |
|
90,000 | -6,300 |
Over on the feature table, Felipe Pantoja flopped trips with 
on 
and Daniel Negreanu put his hopes on 
for the nut flush draw. However, both the turn and 
river were bricks and Negreanu was out of the door in just two hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000 | 40,800 |
|
Busted |
Pavel Plesuv raised to 3,500 on the button, Siyou Cao three-bet to 11,500 from the small blind, Plesuv four-bet shoved all in and Cao called it off for 42,900 total.
Siyou Cao:
Pavel Plesuv: 
Moldova's all-time number #1 on the Hendon Mob, as well as the #9 on the GPI global ranking, needed to improve to knock out Cao but the best hand remained ahead on 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
106,500 | -84,700 |
|
89,000 | 35,700 |
Christoph Vogelsang opened to 3,400 from early position. Markus Kuhnen, from one seat over, raised to 11,000. Action folded back to Vogelsang who added the remainder to call.
The dealer spread a flop of . Vogelsang checked. Kuhnen bet 11,000. Vogelsang check-called.
The turn brought the and was checked through to the 
river. Vogelsang took a minute of reflection before firing 32,500. His opponent snap-called. Vogelsang showed 
and Kuhnen threw his hand in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
159,000 | 58,900 |
|
|
142,000 | -54,000 |
