Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$1,100 BSOP Bahamas Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
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
304
Players Left
37
Hand Wins a Flip Off Konnikova
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The PokerNews team was called over to report on a big hand that had already took place on Table 16.
Maria Konnikova opened to 2,500 from under the gun and a player in middle position made the call. Fintan Hand three-bet to 10,000 from the cutoff and it folded back around to Konnikova who moved all in. The middle position player folded and Hand quickly called for his 45,000 total.
Fintan Hand: 
Maria Konnikova: 
It was a classic flip situation, and when the board ran out 
, it was Hand who came out on top with a flopped king to score the full double up off Konnikova.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | 21,300 |
|
46,000 | -46,500 |
Jared “BeamDoctorPoker” Halter Streams PokerStars Platinum Pass Invitational Victory
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) is happening now, and later this month the PokerStars Players NLH Hold’em Championship (PSPC) will take place January 30-February 3. One man who will be heading to the Bahamas is 41-year-old Jared “BeamDoctorPoker” Halter, who won a Platinum Pass on PokerStars Michigan.
“I won a PSPC Platinum Pass on Wednesday, November 9,” Halter told PokerNews. “I had just returned from Vegas that morning on a red eye flight and slept for four hours on a friend’s couch before I drove home for two hours. To be honest, I was very fortunate to win because I had a very rough 72 hours. Some things happened in Vegas that caused me to have anxiety attacks for the first time in my life and I ended up only sleeping about five hours total in the previous 48.”
He continued: “I was exhausted and when the MTT started, I said to myself, it will take a miracle for me to win. Funny enough, I mis-clicked two different times early in the tourney and called three-bets with hands like 85o (I did not win those hands). I streamed the tourney, and only single tabled it, because of how tired and ungrounded I felt from the previous time. During the stream, I talked about how exhausted I was and how there was almost zero chance I win. Of course, as we know, the universe had a different plan.”
Kade Runs Into Trouble
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
As reported to PokerNews, Vanessa Kade had just surrendered a double before Dietrich Fast got his last 39,000 into the middle. Kade was the one to look him up and the cards were turned over.
Dietrich Fast: 
Vanessa Kade: 
The board ran out 
and Fast picked up a flush to secure the double and leave Kade with just 4,600.
A few moments later, Kade was seen exiting the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
108,000 | 108,000 |
|
Busted |
Lafontaine Finds Perfect River to Score Massive Double Up
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Christopher Day opened the action from under the gun to 2,600 and it folded around to Luc Lafontaine in the cutoff who made the call. The button and small blind quickly got out of the way and the big blind came along.
The flop came 
and the big blind checked to Day who continued for 3,800. Lafontaine bumped up the action with a raise to 14,300 and only Day made the call.
On the 
turn, Day elected to lead for 16,000 and Lafontaine took a moment before tossing in chips for a call. The 
completed the board and Day quickly moved all in, barely covering the 42,100 stack of Lafontaine, who snap-called the bet.
Day rolled over 
for an overpair and Lafontaine confidently tabled 
for a rivered flush and the winning hand. Day was left with less than four big blinds and Lafontaine's stack sky rocketed up the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | 64,100 |
|
4,000 | -79,500 |
Konnikova Takes From Kawasaki Before Surrendering Double
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Michio Kawasaki raised to 3,000 from the button and Maria Konnikova called from the big blind. The flop was 
and both players checked. The turn was and it was checked through to see 
on the river. Konnikova fired 6,000 and Kawasaki called and mucked when she turned over to take the pot with three jacks.
A few moments later, Chino Rheem raised to 2,700 from middle position and Maria Konnikova called before Jonathan Bussieres shoved his last 29,400 from the big blind. Rheem thought for a moment but he got out of the way and Konnikova called. Action was heads up and Bussieres was at risk.
Jonathan Bussieres: 
Maria Konnikova: 
The board ran out 
and Bussieres held on with pocket kings to secure the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | 7,500 |
|
|
92,500 | -19,400 |
|
77,000 | 77,000 |
|
29,300 | -17,100 |
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The cards are in the air and action is now underway in Day 2 of the $1,100 Brazilian Series of Poker(BSOP) Bahamas Main Event. Late registration and reentries are available for two more levels of play.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Top 5 Poker Movies You Must Watch
Over the past century, poker has permeated pop culture, especially when it comes to motion pictures. Long before the “Poker Boom”, and even before the World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a thing, poker had already made its big screen debut.
Over the decades, poker fans have been treated to a plethora of poker movies, some good and others not so much. Some well-received poker films include the western comedy Maverick (1994), Survivor host Jeff Probst’s debut film Finder’s Fee (2001), the improv-inspired The Grand (2007), indie comedy darling Hitting the Nuts (2010), and the high-profile Hollywood flick Molly’s Game (2017).
All of those are among the best poker movies of all time, and if this article was “Top 10” instead of “Top 5 Poker Movies,” chances are they’d make the final list. However, the PokerNews crew got together, along with input from social media, to determine the top five must-watch poker movies of all time.
Welcome to Day 2 of the $1,100 BSOP Bahamas Main Event
Welcome back to Day 2 of the $1,100 Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) Bahamas Main Event here at the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Yesterday was an action packed affair with 258 entries joining the field to create a prize pool of $250,260 and 102 players finding a bag. That number will surely grow as late registration and reentries will be open until the end of Level 10.
After the dust settled, it was Canada's Graydon Kowal that bagged the chip lead and will return today with 266,000 in chips. Close on his heels is Brett Kennedy with 232,000 and Mekhail Mekhail with 192,000 to round out the all-Canadian top three. Kowal is no stranger to the PCA and has been grinding these events as far back as 2011 and will look to put his 221 big blinds to work in the hunt for a victory.
2023 BSOP Bahamas Main Event Top Ten Day 1 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graydon Kowal | Canada | 266,000 | 221 |
| 2 | Brett Kennedy | Canada | 232,000 | 193 |
| 3 | Mekhail Mekhail | Canada | 192,000 | 160 |
| 4 | Elliot Smith | Canada | 184,300 | 153 |
| 5 | Robert Petronio | Canada | 182,000 | 151 |
| 6 | Paul Dewald | United States | 182,000 | 151 |
| 7 | Yannick Cardot | France | 160,700 | 134 |
| 8 | Keith Lehr | United States | 159,900 | 134 |
| 9 | Blaz Zerjav | Slovenia | 152,100 | 127 |
| 10 | Jose Totel | Brazil | 146,100 | 122 |
Many notables joined the action on Day 1, and some who found a bag included Maria Konnikova (111,900), Vanessa Kade (76,800), and PokerStars Ambassador Fintan Hand (73,700). Table 1 was action-packed all day and included a star-studded line up. PokerStars Ambassadors Parker Talbot and Benjamin Spragg unfortunately couldn't find the run good magic to secure a bag but will have plenty of time to hop back in today.
Restart will be at 2 p.m. local time and blinds will resume at Level 9 with blinds of 600/1,200 with a 1,200 big blind ante. Day 2 will play eight more 60-minute levels and those who are fortunate enough to make it to the end of day will come back for Day 3 on Tuesday, January 24th at 12:30 p.m.
Be sure to stay tuned for continued live PokerNews coverage of the 2023 BSOP Main Event and the rest of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure at Baha Mar in Nassau, Bahamas.