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

01-24-2023 16:50 UTC-5

Quoss Busts Puustinen

Calum Grant

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Henri Puustinen opened to 1,200 from the hijack and then jammed for 24,300 after Fabian Quoss three-bet to 5,000 from the big blind. Quoss called.

Henri Puustinen:
Fabian Quoss:

Neither player connected on the runout, so Quoss' ace-high was good enough to secure the elimination and the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Quoss	70,000 25,000	25,000
Henri Puustinen	Busted

Tags: Fabian Quoss Henri Puustinen

01-24-2023 16:42 UTC-5

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yervand Boyadjian	100,000 100,000	100,000
Roman Hrabec	90,200 62,200	62,200

Chino Rheem	90,000 10,000	10,000

Davidi Kitai	88,000 21,000	21,000

Krasimir Yankov	84,000 1,000	1,000
Mitchell Halverson	83,200 83,200	83,200
Massimo De Mario	77,900 2,100	2,100
Fabiano Kovalski	76,800 29,800	29,800
Florian Duta	74,000 43,500	43,500
Eric Afriat	73,500 43,500	43,500

Nacho Barbero	71,500 16,500	16,500

Fabian Bernhauser	70,000 17,000	17,000
Martin Jacobson	70,000 15,000	15,000

[Removed:548]	70,000 46,000	46,000
Colton Blomberg	68,000 49,000	49,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	68,000 3,000	3,000

Jonas Steinmueller	68,000 28,000	28,000
Abhinav Iyer	65,500 41,500	41,500

Marcello Del Grosso	65,000 2,000	2,000
Philipp Gruissem	65,000 20,000	20,000

Dean Murphy	65,000 15,000	15,000
Kitty Kuo	64,000 4,000	4,000
Georgi Sandev	63,300 13,300	13,300
[Removed:553]	62,300 62,300	62,300
Tinay Aksoy	61,000 61,000	61,000

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Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

01-24-2023 16:23 UTC-5

Break Time

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Lewis Powell

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players are going on another 20-minute break as four levels have been played. The field now has 284 players.

01-24-2023 16:22 UTC-5

Hissou Gets Lococo to Fold

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

One of the newer tables in the field contains several big names including Andrew Lichtenberger and Dan Smith. Neither of them were involved in a three-bet pot as Alejandro Lococo raised and called a three-bet by Sirzat Hissou in the big blind. Some 7,500 were in the middle to the flop, which triggered a bet worth 3,500 by Hissou.

Lococo mulled it over for a few seconds only and then sent his cards into the muck before heading into the second break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Lococo	47,000 47,000	47,000

Sirzat Hissou	40,000 40,000	40,000
Dan Smith	28,000 28,000	28,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	12,500 12,500	12,500

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Andrew Lichtenberger Dan Smith Sirzat Hissou

01-24-2023 16:22 UTC-5

De Mario Downs Torre

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Calum Grant

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was caught on the river with the completed board on show with just over 25,000 in the pot.

Giovani Torre, with 15,000 behind, checked from the small blind before Massimo De Mario slid in enough chips to put Torre to the test for his tournament life.

After several moments, Torre called off his stack and was shown the bad news as De Mario had the nut flush with his . Torre had the for the second nut flush and exited the room after his stack was shipped to De Mario.

Player	Chips	Progress
Massimo De Mario	80,000 66,000	66,000
Giovani Torre	Busted

Tags: Giovani Torre Massimo De Mario

01-24-2023 16:21 UTC-5

Kitai Takes From Wang

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Lewis Powell

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

There was 6,000 in the pot. Davidi Kitai was in early position against Michael Wang on the button.

The flop came and Kitai check-called the 2,000 bet from Wang.

On the turn, Kitai checked and Wang bet 4,500. Kitai check-called.

The river was the and Kitai bet 11,500 which produced a fold from Wang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	109,000 38,000	38,000

Michael Wang	14,500 17,500	17,500

Tags: Davidi Kitai Michael Wang

01-24-2023 16:21 UTC-5

Derwiche Jams Into Karmatckii

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Arsenii Karmatckii squeezed to 3,200 out of the small blind in order to receive a call from Imad Derwiche, which led them to the flop. The continuation-bet of Karmatckii for 1,500 followed, and he then folded with a shorter stack behind when Derwiche moved all-in.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Schwartz	55,000 55,000	55,000

Balakrishna Patur	37,000 9,000	9,000

Tom-Aksel Bedell	34,000
Imad Derwiche	26,500 26,500	26,500
Arsenii Karmatckii	7,200 21,800	21,800

Tags: Arsenii Karmatckii Imad Derwiche

01-24-2023 16:18 UTC-5

Romaniuc Doubles Through [Removed:529]

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

In a preflop all-in contest, Dan-Ioan Romaniuc was all-in for the last 24,200 and received a very reluctant call by [Removed:528] with the covering stack.

Dan-Ioan Romaniuc:
[Removed:528]:

The board ran out and Romaniuc was awarded a full double up with his set of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan-Ioan Romaniuc	49,000 49,000	49,000
[Removed:528]	9,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Dan-Ioan Romaniuc

01-24-2023 16:12 UTC-5

Veldhuis and Mercier Takes Some From Alibay

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Calum Grant

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was caught on the flop with around 8,000 in the pot.

Amirouddine Alibay bet 3,000 from under the gun and was called by Lex Veldhuis from middle position.

Alibay checked on the turn and decided to fold after Veldhuis bet 8,000.

The very next hand, Jason Mercier opened to 800 from the button and Alibay called from the big blind. Alibay check-folded after Mercier continued for 700 on the flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amirouddine Alibay	47,000
Lex Veldhuis	42,000 12,000	12,000

Jason Mercier	27,000 3,000	3,000

Vanessa Kade	26,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Amirouddine Alibay Jason Mercier Lex Veldhuis