2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$10,300 PCA Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$1,316,963
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$8,623,300
Entries
889
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
166
Players Left
80
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Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Pastor Takes Down Multiway Pot

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Joao Vieira opened to 1,600 from early position and was called by Dominykas Mikolaitis and Juan Pastor from the cutoff and the button respectively.Yigit Aksoy also called from the big blind.

Vieira continued for 2,400 on the {9-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{2-Spades} flop. Only Mikolaitis folded.

Action then checked to Pastor on the {9-Diamonds} turn. He fired out for 6,500 and both Aksoy and Vieira folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Juan Pastor fr
Juan Pastor
66,000
66,000
66,000
Profile photo of Tinay Aksoy tr
Tinay Aksoy
28,000
10,000
10,000
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Dominykas Mikolaitis
20,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
16,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Dominykas MikolaitisJoao VieiraJuan PastorYigit Aksoy

Stokkan Chips Up; Chamas Jams Into Veldhuis

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

With some 8,400 in the middle to the {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{q-Spades}{k-Diamonds} river, Joao Simao bet 3,100 from a middling position. Preben Stokkan gave it some thought on the button before he made it 16,500 to go and Simao instantly folded.

One hand later, Lex Veldhuis raised to 1,600 on his second bullet of the day. The action folded to Rayan Chamas in the small blind, who eyeballed the stack size of the fellow online streamer. Once that was clarified, Chamas simply pushed all-in and forced folds from David Yan in the big blind as well as Veldhuis.

Player Chips Progress
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Rayan Chamas
57,000
37,000
37,000
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Joao Simao
42,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Preben Stokkan
39,000
39,000
39,000
Profile photo of David Yan nz
David Yan
18,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
17,000
15,000
15,000
pokerstars

Tags: David YanJoao SimaoLex VeldhuisPreben StokkanRayan Chamas

Lefrancois Runs into Aces

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Pascal Lefrancois
Pascal Lefrancois

Pascal Lefrancois opened to 1,800 from under the gun before Lucas Orsatelli three-bet to 4,200 on the button.

Lefrancois then jammed for around 40,000 and Orsatelli snap-called.

Pascal Lefrancois: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
Lucas Orsatelli: {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}

Lefrancois found a glimmer of hope after pairing up on the {k-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} flop. However, the {3-Clubs} turn and {3-Spades} river kept Orsatelli ahead and sent Lefrancois to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Lucas Orsatelli
115,000
27,000
27,000
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Pascal Lefrancois
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Jorstad Eliminates Rocco

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Espen Jorstad raised to 2,000 from the cutoff before Michael Rocco three-bet to 12,500 from the big blind. Jorstad moved all in for around 12,500 effective and Rocco called.

Michael Rocco: {3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}
Espen Jorstad: {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

It was a flip for Rocco's tournament life but survival wasn't looking good as it came {j-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{6-Hearts}. The turn came the {q-Clubs} and the river the {10-Clubs} to eliminate Rocco from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Espen Jorstad
42,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
GTO Wizard
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
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Michael Rocco
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Espen JorstadMichael Rocco

Wakil Joins the Big Stacks on Day 1a

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Jamil Wakil
Jamil Wakil

Bruno Volkmann raised it up to 4,000 out of the small blind and that sizing stunned Jamil Wakil in the big blind for a few seconds. He stared at his table neighbor and then came along to see a flop of {k-Spades}{6-Spades}{3-Spades} on which Volkmann check-called a bet worth 3,000.

After the {q-Spades} turn, Volkmann went for a check-raise from 3,500 to 11,500 and Wakil came along after pondering his decision for a couple of seconds. Once the {q-Hearts} river paired the board, Volkmann checked and Wakil sighed before checking behind.

Volkmann revealed the {10-Spades}{3-Hearts} and Wakil smiled as he raked in the pot with the {j-Spades}{7-Spades} for a superior flush.

Player Chips Progress
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Jamil Wakil
145,000
145,000
145,000
Profile photo of Bruno Volkmann br
Bruno Volkmann
55,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
42,000
2,000
2,000
pokerstars
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Mikita Badziakouski
42,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Chance Kornuth
36,000
22,000
22,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Roger Teska us
Roger Teska
28,000
7,000
7,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Bruno VolkmannJamil Wakil

Hunichen Eliminated Once More

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Chris Hunichen had re-entered recently but never got his stack up and running. In a battle of the blinds, he eventually jammed and was called by fellow short stack Picasso Candamo from one seat over.

Chris Hunichen: {a-}{10-}
Francisco Picasso Candamo: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{10-Spades} and the stacks were counted. Picasso Candamo had 13,000 at his disposal and Hunichen's 12,400 were covered by fewer than one big blind.

Player Chips Progress
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Francisco Picasso Candamo
28,000
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Chris Hunichen
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings

Tags: Chris HunichenFrancisco Picasso Candamo

Dzivielevski Building a Stack

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Yuri Dzivielevski is one of the biggest stacks in the room and just added a few more chips to his collection. He opened to 1,600 from under the gun and was only called by Dustin Dirksen from the big blind.

Dirksen check-called for 1,000 on the {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{4-Hearts} flop before the {q-Hearts} turn checked through to the {5-Spades} river. Dirksen check-folded after Dzivielevski bet 5,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Yuri Dzivielevski
140,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Dustin Dirksen us
Dustin Dirksen
20,000
3,000
3,000

Tags: Dustin DirksenYuri Dzivielevski