$10,300 PCA Main Event Day 1a | 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-23-2023 19:32 UTC-4

Recent Casualties on Day 1a

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Out of a field of 154 entries, only 115 players remain towards the end of the sixth level. Those who departed recently can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Oliver	Busted
Lawrence Greenberg	Busted
Tomas Jozonis	Busted
Bruno Lopes	Busted
Pascal Hartmann	Busted
Zhi Yi Ning	Busted
Mikita Badziakouski	Busted
Chris Hunichen	Busted
Martin Raus	Busted
Taylor Paur	Busted
Alejandro Lococo	Busted
Scott Bohlman	Busted
Paul Klann	Busted

01-23-2023 19:30 UTC-4

Talbot Short After Tussle With Boianovsky

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Until the heads-up turn of , some 8,000 chips were in the middle and Parker Talbot bet 3,800. Felipe Boianovsky called in the cutoff and the on the river was checked by Talbot, who had less than one-third of the starting stack behind. Boianovsky bet 17,000 and the PokerStars ambassador sigh-folded.

"You never fold those to me," Fabiano Kovalski joked, as both had been battling frequently on the live and especially online poker tables previously.

"Was I playing against you in that hand?" a semi-serious Talbot replied with a dry smile on his face.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Boianovsky	42,000	7,000
Fabiano Kovalski	26,000	26,000
Parker Talbot	8,000	-22,500

Tags: Fabiano Kovalski Felipe Boianovsky Parker Talbot

01-23-2023 19:26 UTC-4

Nguyen Flips Well Against Jouhkimainen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The chips went into the middle before the flop as a short-stacked Turbo Nguyen ended up at risk against Joni Jouhkimainen.

Turbo Nguyen:
Joni Jouhkimainen:

The classic flip went to Nguyen as he got there on the runout.

"Now I can actually start playing poker," Nguyen joked. "I told her we gonna do another five hours massage," he said in table chat, referring to the massage therapist.

Player	Chips	Progress
Turbo Nguyen	22,000	22,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	13,000	1,000

Tags: Joni Jouhkimainen Turbo Nguyen

01-23-2023 19:24 UTC-4

Kim Check Raises River

Lewis Powell

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There was 4,100 in the pot. Brian Kim was in the small blind against Matas Cimbolas in the big blind.

The board was complete and read . Kim checked and Cimbolas bet 4,200. Kim put in the check-raise to 14,500, putting Cimbolas in the tank. Cimbolas folded and the chips went to Kim.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Kim	59,000	3,000
Matas Cimbolas	22,500	-5,500

Tags: Brian Kim Matas Cimbolas

01-23-2023 19:21 UTC-4

Assorted Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Gois Neves	115,000	-2,000
Thomas Muehloecker	70,000
Philip Shing	55,000	-5,000
Kannapong Thanarattrakul	50,000	19,000
Pedro Marques	40,000	40,000
Michael Gathy	35,000	8,000
Lance Steinberg	32,000	-5,000
Dan Smith	29,000	29,000
Anton Astapau	29,000	1,500
Matas Cimbolas	28,000	-6,000
Kayhan Mokri	28,000	28,000

01-23-2023 19:15 UTC-4

Neves Eliminates Badziakouski

Lewis Powell

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

It was a three-bet pot with Pedro Gois Neves in the small blind against Mikita Badziakouski in the hijack.

The pot was 15,200 heading to the flop of . Neves continued for 3,800 and was called by Badziakouski.

The was the turn and Neves bet 7,600. Badziakouski called.

The river came the and Neves moved all in for 22,700 effective. Badziakouski went deep into the tank, cracking his knuckles. After several minutes, he called for his tournament life. Neves turned over for an overpair, beating Badziakouski's (top pair) and eliminating him from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Gois Neves	117,000	117,000
Mikita Badziakouski	Busted

Tags: Mikita Badziakouski Pedro Gois Neves

01-23-2023 19:08 UTC-4

Loeser Chips Up With a Flush

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With 8,700 in the middle to the flop, Manig Loeser checked and then called a bet of 2,600 by Francois Billard. The on the turn was checked by Loeser once more and he called another bet of 4,200 by Billard. Both then checked down the on the river and Loeser flipped over the for the nut flush, which ended up winning the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manig Loeser	38,000	4,000
Francois Billard	17,500	-8,500

Tags: Francois Billard Manig Loeser

01-23-2023 19:05 UTC-4

Double Knockout for Aube

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ivan Deyra raised to 1,200 and a short-stacked Alexandros Kolonias then pushed all-in for around 5,000. Henrik Brockmann also committed his last 12,000 and change before Sebastien Aube went all-in over the top, forcing out initial raiser Deyra in the process.

Alexandros Kolonias:
Henrik Brockmann:
Sebastien Aube:

The flop left Brockmann on the ropes while Kolonias was alive with the open-ended straight draw. Nothing changed on the turn but the river only improved Aube to a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastien Aube	46,000	14,000
Ivan Deyra	33,000	-2,000
Alexandros Kolonias	Busted
Henrik Brockmann	Busted

Tags: Alexandros Kolonias Henrik Brockmann Ivan Deyra Sebastien Aube

01-23-2023 19:02 UTC-4

Assorted Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Garagnani	95,000	5,000
Bruno Volkmann	62,000	30,000
Erik Seidel	50,000	27,000
Espen Jorstad	40,000	7,000
Vladas Tamasauskas	38,000	12,500
Artur Martirosian	36,000	-9,500
Michael Rocco	20,000	-2,000
Alexandre Reard	17,100	-6,900
Fabian Quoss	15,000	-5,000
Bruno Lopes	13,000	-14,000