Calamusa Leads on Day 3 of PCA Main Event
Day 3 of the 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event kicks off at noon local time with 79 players out of the 865 coming back to continue to battle it out. They have all locked up $20,980 but they will all have their eyes on the trophy and the first-place prize of $1,567,100.
Leading the way is Pierre Calamusa, from France, with a massive stack of 1,500,000. Calamusa has a 5th place finish in the 2016 EPT Monte-Carlo ($233,800) and will be looking to get closer to a title this time. He is followed by Vincent Bosca (1,138,000) from Spain. Enrico Camosci rounds up the top three with 980,000.
Other big names in the top counts are Matthias Eibinger (894,000), Brian Altman (746,000), Joao Simao (734,000) and Franz Ditz (732,000).
Among some of the other notables still in contention are PokerStars Ambassadors Andre Akkari (390,000) and Randy Lew (134,000), along with Scott Clements (591,000), Chino Rheem (437,000), Dzmitry Urbanovich (366,000), Mike Leah (316,000), and Elliott Smith (176,000).
The action is set to kick off at level 17 with blinds of 3,000/6,000/6,000. The schedule is set to play 90-minute levels and down to 16 players, or as announced, so there is plenty of action to look forward too as we get closer to the title.
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Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 313,000 | 52 |
| 1 | 2 | Filipe Oliveira | Portugal | 159,000 | 27 |
| 1 | 3 | Matt Glantz | United States | 113,000 | 19 |
| 1 | 4 | Ian Hunter | United Kingdom | 238,000 | 40 |
| 1 | 5 | Justin Ouimette | Canada | 349,000 | 58 |
| 1 | 6 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | 122,000 | 20 |
| 1 | 7 | Timo Kamphues | Germany | 285,000 | 48 |
| 1 | 8 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | 558,000 | 93 |
| 2 | 1 | Mark Radoja | Canada | 348,000 | 58 |
| 2 | 2 | Erwann Pecheux | France | 393,000 | 66 |
| 2 | 3 | Pasquale Sarracco | Canada | 78,000 | 13 |
| 2 | 4 | Daniel Strelitz | United States | 333,000 | 56 |
| 2 | 6 | Rajesh Vohra | United States | 328,000 | 55 |
| 2 | 7 | Pierre Calamusa | France | 1,500,000 | 250 |
| 2 | 8 | Chris Furbert | United Kingdom | 117,000 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Yan Li | China | 237,000 | 40 |
| 3 | 2 | Philipp Kaempf | Germany | 345,000 | 58 |
| 3 | 3 | Eder Campana | Brazil | 490,000 | 82 |
| 3 | 4 | Javier Zarco | Spain | 120,000 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Claas Segebrecht | Germany | 299,000 | 50 |
| 3 | 6 | Simon Deadman | United Kingdom | 145,000 | 24 |
| 3 | 7 | Majid Yahyaei | United States | 168,000 | 28 |
| 3 | 8 | Matt Berkey | United States | 306,000 | 51 |
| 4 | 1 | Roberly Felicio | Brazil | 143,000 | 24 |
| 4 | 2 | Brian Altman | United States | 746,000 | 124 |
| 4 | 3 | Carlos Chadha | Canada | 564,000 | 94 |
| 4 | 4 | Jimmy Guerrero | France | 155,000 | 26 |
| 4 | 5 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 274,000 | 46 |
| 4 | 6 | Felipe Pantoja | Brazil | 521,000 | 87 |
| 4 | 7 | Scott Wellenbach | Canada | 334,000 | 56 |
| 4 | 8 | Sparrow Cheung | Hong Kong | 150,000 | 25 |
| 5 | 1 | Paul Fontan Castrillon | Spain | 83,000 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | Javier Gomez Zapatero | Spain | 267,000 | 45 |
| 5 | 3 | Stefan Peukert | Germany | 134,000 | 22 |
| 5 | 4 | Andre Akkari | Brazil | 390,000 | 65 |
| 5 | 5 | Jorge Cantos | Argentina | 211,000 | 35 |
| 5 | 6 | Ivan Galinec | Croatia | 203,000 | 34 |
| 5 | 7 | Matthias Eibinger | Austria | 894,000 | 149 |
| 5 | 8 | Elliot Smith | Canada | 176,000 | 29 |
| 6 | 1 | Maria Ho | United States | 79,000 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | Michael Azzaro | United States | 220,000 | 37 |
| 6 | 3 | Randy Lew | United States | 134,000 | 22 |
| 6 | 4 | Mihai Manole | Romania | 536,000 | 89 |
| 6 | 5 | Eli Ross | United States | 208,000 | 35 |
| 6 | 6 | Glenn Miller | Ireland | 208,000 | 35 |
| 6 | 7 | Ami Barer | Canada | 125,000 | 21 |
| 6 | 8 | Pavel Veksler | Ukraine | 808,000 | 135 |
| 7 | 1 | Joao Simao | Brazil | 734,000 | 122 |
| 7 | 2 | Michael Gathy | Belgium | 146,000 | 24 |
| 7 | 3 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 57,000 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | Aleksandr Gofman | Russia | 57,000 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Patrick Quinn | Canada | 111,000 | 19 |
| 7 | 6 | Bob Bounahra | United States | 527,000 | 88 |
| 7 | 7 | Michael Vela | United States | 145,000 | 24 |
| 7 | 8 | Marc Perrault | Canada | 227,000 | 38 |
| 8 | 1 | Marian Mik | Ukraine | 110,000 | 18 |
| 8 | 2 | Scott Clements | United States | 591,000 | 99 |
| 8 | 3 | Eder Murata | Brazil | 619,000 | 103 |
| 8 | 4 | Ben Yu | United States | 167,000 | 28 |
| 8 | 5 | Dimitar Yosifov | Bulgaria | 80,000 | 13 |
| 8 | 6 | Franz Ditz | Germany | 732,000 | 122 |
| 8 | 7 | Arsenii Karmatckii | Russia | 167,000 | 28 |
| 8 | 8 | Ramon Miquel Munoz | Spain | 58,000 | 10 |
| 9 | 1 | Chino Rheem | United States | 437,000 | 73 |
| 9 | 2 | Mike Leah | Canada | 316,000 | 53 |
| 9 | 3 | Michael Stembera | United States | 148,000 | 25 |
| 9 | 4 | Maxi Lehmanski | Germany | 250,000 | 42 |
| 9 | 5 | Enrico Camosci | Italy | 980,000 | 163 |
| 9 | 6 | Byron Kaverman | United States | 270,000 | 45 |
| 9 | 7 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 366,000 | 61 |
| 9 | 8 | Marc-Andre Ladouceur | Canada | 259,000 | 43 |
| 10 | 1 | Vicent Bosca | Spain | 1,138,000 | 190 |
| 10 | 2 | Keith Nassetta | United States | 250,000 | 42 |
| 10 | 3 | Jeff Hakim | Lebanon | 261,000 | 44 |
| 10 | 4 | Kevin Andriamahefa | Canada | 301,000 | 50 |
| 10 | 5 | Rex Clinkscales | United States | 259,000 | 43 |
| 10 | 6 | Arkadiy Tsinis | United States | 136,000 | 23 |
| 10 | 7 | Tommy Nguyen | Canada | 441,000 | 74 |
| 10 | 8 | Chase Bianchi | United States | 567,000 | 95 |
flop instantly gave Greenwood the check mark with quads, making the 
turn and 
river meaningless.
against the 
, Gofman doubled for 100,000 and Greenwood was sent back to a severe short stack.
and Simao raked in the pot with his full house, eliminating Greenwood.
flop, Karmatchkii bet 26,000 and Ladouceur called.
, none of his outs, and the Russian hopeful finished in 70th place.
gave Altman a flush and Guerrero was done for the day.
flop and the 
turn, and the 
and Leah picked up a straight draw to go with the spades, but the river 
river filled up the board and Berkey raked in the pot, sending Kaempf to the exit.
