$1,100 BSOP Bahamas Main Event
Day 1 Started
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$1,100 BSOP Bahamas Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$446,200
Entries
460
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
258
Players Left
102
Welcome to Day 1 of the $1,100 BSOP Bahamas Main Event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Welcome to Day 1 of the $1,100 Brazilian Series of Poker(BSOP) Bahamas Main Event at the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Cards go in the air at 2 p.m. local time for the first of three days of play.
This is the first time for the BSOP as the PCA returns to the shallow seas for the first time since 2019. Also kicking off on Sunday is the $100,000 PCA High Roller, and the $10,300 PCA Main Event begins on Monday. PokerNews will be on hand to cover more events than ever before, leading up to the $25,000 PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship on January 30.
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure PokerNews Live Reporting Schedule
| Tournament | Dates |
|---|---|
| Event #1: $100,000 PCA Super High Roller | January 22-24 |
| Event #3: $1,100 BSOP Bahamas Main Event | January 22-24 |
| Event #6: $10,300 PCA Main Event | January 23-29 |
| Event #14: $50,000 Single Day High Roller (6 Handed) | January 24 |
| Event #19: $50,000 High Roller (7 Handed) | January 25-26 |
| Event #23 $3,000 PCA Mystery Bounty | January 26-28 |
| Event #25: $50,000 High Roller (8 Handed) | January 26-27 |
| Event #31: $25,000 High Roller (8 Handed) | January 27-28 |
| Event #33: $25,000 PCA PLO High Roller | January 28-29 |
| Event #48: $25,000 PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship | January 30-February 3 |
| Event #53: $250,000 PSPC Super High Roller | January 31-February 2 |
| Event #59: $25,000 PCA High Roller | February 1-3 |
| Event #66: $100,000 Super High Roller (6 Handed) | February 2-3 |
Players will start with 30,000 and reentries are unlimited through the end of Level 10 on Day 2. Day 1 will play eight 60-minute levels with a 20-minute break every two and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 6.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all day long for updates from the floor of your favorite events at the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.
Short Delay
The tournament staff have delayed the start time momentarily while players are in line for registration. The event will begin shortly.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
The cards are now in the air and action is underway in the $1,100 Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) Bahamas Main Event. There are currently 45 entries seated at the start of the tournament.
Turnbull Bets Big On River; Other Early Faces
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Action was heads up with around 10,000 in the pot and a full board of 
when Christopher Turnbull bet 11,000. Bedri Hoxha went into the tank for a few moments, but ultimately it was too much and he got away from it.
Elsewhere in the room, Jonathan Little, Diana Kalietina, and Jose Totel are among the early faces in the opening level of Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,800 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
28,000 |
Schaeffer Makes Disguised Flush
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
In a heads-up pot with roughly 2,000 in the middle on a completed board showing 
, Michael Schaeffer led out for 800 from the small blind and was quickly called by Christopher Turnbull in the cutoff.
Schaeffer tabled 
for a rivered flush while Turnbull looked surprised to see such a strong hand and mucked his cards.
"I didn't even know there was a flush draw out there," joked Turnbull while Schaeffer collected the early chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,000 | 34,000 |
|
|
24,000 | -4,000 |
Little Chips Up With Early Bust
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Jonathan Little raised to 500 from the cutoff before Michael Rudolph called from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and action was heads up.
Both players checked the 
flop to see on the turn. Little fired 3,000 and Rudolph paused for a few moments before he jammed his last 16,000. Little tossed out chips to call and turned over 
, but Rudolph had him trapped with the 
.
The river was 
to improve Little to kings and queens and send Rudolph to the rail with cracked pocket aces in early Level 1 action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000 | 42,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Ephremsen Takes From Spitale
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
The action was picked up in a pot of 3,600 on a board showing 
between Paul Ephremsen in the cutoff and Franco Spitale on the button.
Play was checked to the 
river, and without much thought, Ephremsen assembled a bet of 1,700. Spitale contemplated his options, but in the end, tossed in a single chip for the call.
Ephremsen rolled over 
for an overpair and enough to score the pot as Spitale sent his cards to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000 | 41,000 |
|
26,000 | 26,000 |
Robert Takes One With a Flush
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Action was three ways with 700 in the middle and 
on the board when Fady Habashi checked from the small blind before Frederic Robert checked from the big blind. Ricardo Mateo bet 300 from late position and both players called.
The turn was 
and all three players checked to see 
on the river.
Habashi checked the river before Robert bet 1,500, and Mateo got out of the way while Habashi tossed in the chips to call. Robert turned over 
to take the pot with the flush and Habashi tossed the losing hand in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,800 | 37,800 |
|
|
28,300 | 28,300 |
|
|
25,200 | 25,200 |