$1,100 PCA National Day 1a | 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-10-2019 14:04 UTC-4

Bayley Gets A River Surprise

Yori Epskamp

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Lawrence Bayley was tangling with Stefan Hintz on a flop, with Bayley in position. The Brit bet 700 on the flop and received a call, before pumping it up with a 3,000 bet on the turn. Hintz once again called.

The river was the and now Hintz led out for 6,500. This caught Bayley off-guard, who gave it up after several minutes of thinking and working his opponent for information. Bayley kept prompting and Hintz was a good sport by showing him for the rivered set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Hintz	28,000
Lawrence Bayley	25,500 5,500	5,500

Tags: Lawrence Bayley Stefan Hintz

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

01-10-2019 14:06 UTC-4

243 Players After Two Levels

Yori Epskamp

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The clock already shows 243 players after two levels, making last year's number of 290 one that will be easily broken. Late registration is open up until the start of level 9. Players can enter a maximum of two times in either flight A, flight B or both, but no more than two times overall in the tournament.

01-10-2019 14:20 UTC-4

More Names

Yori Epskamp

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Niall Farrell has busted his first bullet and reentered.

Player	Chips	Progress
Walter Treccarichi	23,000 23,000	23,000
Pete Chen	21,000 21,000	21,000

Gaelle Baumann	20,000 20,000	20,000
Fred Normand	20,000
Tim Richard	20,000
Niall Farrell	20,000

Nacho Barbero	17,500 17,500	17,500

Alexis Gavin	17,000 17,000	17,000
Sparrow Cheung	12,000 12,000	12,000
Jean-Rene Fontaine	11,000 11,000	11,000

01-10-2019 14:34 UTC-4

Simpson Takes One Out

Yori Epskamp

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Ian Simpson is presumably the top stack in the room after tripling up in the early stages. In one of the biggest hands, a player opened to 500, Simpson three-bet to 1,800 from the small blind and his opponent called. The flop was and Simpson continued for 2,300, which got called.

On the turn, Simpson check-called a bet of 4,000. The river was the and Simpson checked again. His opponent moved in for 9,300 and Simpson, having him barely covered, called after five seconds.

Simpson's was good as his opponent couldn't muster up more than and had to part the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Simpson	60,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Ian Simpson

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

01-10-2019 14:46 UTC-4

Around the Room

Yori Epskamp

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Thompson	70,000
Alexander Orlov	50,000
Daniel Strelitz	47,000

Alexander Greenblatt	45,000 45,000	45,000
Niall Farrell	40,000 20,000	20,000

Ramon Miquel Munoz	25,000 25,000	25,000
Uri Reichenstein	23,000 23,000	23,000

Maria Konnikova	23,000 3,000	3,000

Randy Lew	19,000
Scott Clements	19,000 19,000	19,000

Sam Grafton	18,000

Kenny Hallaert	18,000 18,000	18,000

Dylan Wilkerson	16,500 16,500	16,500

Mazin Khoury	11,000 11,000	11,000

01-10-2019 14:51 UTC-4

Straight Launches Ponomarev

Yori Epskamp

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Nikolay Ponomarev had a bet of 10,000 in front of him on a completed board of and Jean Piquette was the one forced to make a decision for three-quarters of his stack.