$10,300 PCA Main Event Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-25-2023 18:57 UTC-5

Gonsalves Felted by Mikolaitis

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Down to the last 23,000 in chips, Markus Gonsalves was all in and at risk. A typical coin flip emerged versus Dominykas Mikolaitis as the following cards were revealed.

Markus Gonsalves:
Dominykas Mikolaitis:

The flop spelled trouble for Gonsalves, who remained ahead on the turn. However, the river was no blank as Mikolaitis improved to a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominykas Mikolaitis	100,000 65,500	65,500
Markus Gonsalves	Busted

Tags: Dominykas Mikolaitis Markus Gonsalves

01-25-2023 18:54 UTC-5

2023 PCA Main Event By The Numbers

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Calum Grant

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The 2023 $10,300 PCA Main Event has seen a whopping 889 entries, which have been made up of 512 unique entries and 377 reentries. This has resulted in an $8,623,300 prize pool, where the top 127 finishers will make the money while the eventual winner will take home a staggering prize of $1,500,000.

From the 889 entries, 58 countries have been represented with players from the United States being the bulk of the competition. 136 players from the US have turned up for the Main Event, while 58 have made the slightly longer journey from Canada.

Brazil has also been well-represented with 34 players coming from the South American nation. The same number of players from Germany have also turned up and a further 29 have made the trip from the United Kingdom.

Country	Players	%	Country	Players	%	Country	Players	%
USA	136	26.56%	Belgium	4	0.78%	Venezuela	2	0.39%
Canada	58	11.33%	Peru	4	0.78%	Armenia	1	0.20%
Brazil	34	6.64%	Switzerland	4	0.78%	Croatia	1	0.20%
Germany	34	6.64%	Thailand	4	0.78%	Cyprus	1	0.20%
United Kingdom	29	5.66%	Ukraine	4	0.78%	Czech Republic	1	0.20%
France	25	4.88%	Australia	3	0.59%	Dominican Republic	1	0.20%
Austria	15	2.93%	Colombia	3	0.59%	El Salvador	1	0.20%
Spain	14	2.73%	Finland	3	0.59%	Estonia	1	0.20%
Russia	11	2.15%	India	3	0.59%	Indonesia	1	0.20%
Hungary	10	1.95%	Poland	3	0.59%	Israel	1	0.20%
Argentina	9	1.76%	Azerbaijan	2	0.39%	Lebanon	1	0.20%
Bulgaria	9	1.76%	Belarus	2	0.39%	Malta	1	0.20%
Portugal	9	1.76%	Denmark	2	0.39%	Mexico	1	0.20%
Italy	8	1.56%	Greece	2	0.39%	Moldova	1	0.20%
Netherlands	8	1.56%	Latvia	2	0.39%	New Zealand	1	0.20%
China	7	1.37%	Panama	2	0.39%	Philippines	1	0.20%
Ireland	6	1.17%	Sweden	2	0.39%	Serbia	1	0.20%
Lithuania	6	1.17%	Taiwan	2	0.39%	Slovenia	1	0.20%
Romania	6	1.17%	Turkey	2	0.39%	South Korea	1	0.20%
Norway	5	0.98%

01-25-2023 18:53 UTC-5

Kanit Catches Loeliger's Bluff

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Lewis Powell

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

There was around 22,000 in the pot. Paulina Loeliger was in middle position against Mustapha Kanit in the small blind.

The board was complete and read . Kanit checked and Loeliger fired 18,000. Kanit went into the tank before making the call. Loeliger showed for nothing while Kanit turned over for a pair of eights to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustapha Kanit	190,000 153,800	153,800
Paulina Loeliger	57,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Mustapha Kanit Paulina Loeliger

01-25-2023 18:42 UTC-5

Seidel Sextuples-Up Then Busts

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Calum Grant

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Erik Seidel put in his last 1,000 from early position. Pascal Hartmann then raised to 4,500 from the hijack. The remaining players folded and Seidel was at risk of elimination.

Erik Seidel:
Pascal Hartmann:

The was in the window and was followed by the and for Seidel to become the big favorite. The turn gave Hartmann a straight draw but Seidel made a full house on the river to have a stack of 6,000.

The very next hand, Seidel jammed again and action folded to Martin Raus from the big blind.

"I guess we'll look together," said Raus as he made the blind call.

Erik Seidel:
Martin Raus:

Seidel was behind and was unable improve on the runout and was eliminated from the PCA Main Event

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Hartmann	181,000 88,700	88,700
Martin Raus	110,000 110,000	110,000

Erik Seidel	Busted

Tags: Erik Seidel Martin Raus Pascal Hartmann

01-25-2023 18:37 UTC-5

Updated Counts

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Kirk Brown

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Matakis	265,000 5,000	5,000

Nikolai Tulin	140,000 82,200	82,200
Isaac Haxton	105,000 5,000	5,000

Patros Behnam	83,000 17,000	17,000
Abhinav Iyer	68,000 15,000	15,000

Stefan Huber	50,000
Julien Martini	50,000 45,000	45,000

Simon Taberham	40,000

01-25-2023 18:36 UTC-5

Amiri Leads the Way; Saliba Doubles Through Badziakouski

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ehsan Amiri emerged with a massive stack and recalled the action as follows.

According to the Aussie, he faced a raise to 4,500 by Pascal Lefrancois and three-bet to 17,000 from one seat over. Brandon Wilson then four-bet to 45,000 with around 100,000 behind and Lefrancois folded. Amiri jammed with and was called by Wilson with pocket kings.

On a runout, Amiri improved to the nut flush and skyrocketed near the top of the leaderboard. Another big stack can be found one table over in Evan Sparling.

Amiri's table produced another all-in showdown when Mikita Badziakouski defended the big blind and led the turn; Justin Saliba called. On the river, Badziakouski bet 18,000 into 33,000 and Saliba moved all in for a mere 29,500. The sigh-call by Badziakouski followed and Saliba tabled for the nuts as Badziakouski briefly flashed the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	415,000 1,000	1,000
Evan Sparling	400,000 93,000	93,000
Pascal Lefrancois	140,000 30,000	30,000

Justin Saliba	92,500 17,500	17,500

Mikita Badziakouski	85,000 40,000	40,000

Brandon Wilson	Busted

Tags: Brandon Wilson Ehsan Amiri Evan Sparling Justin Saliba Mikita Badziakouski Pascal Lefrancois

01-25-2023 18:32 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

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Lewis Powell

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	315,000 30,000	30,000

Ramon Colillas	250,000 80,000	80,000
Mike Watson	193,000 53,000	53,000

Andras Nemeth	190,000 70,000	70,000
Anthony Hu	167,000 17,000	17,000
Mikita Badziakouski	125,000 10,000	10,000

Dylan Linde	125,000 70,000	70,000

Andy Wilson	110,000 5,000	5,000

Isaac Haxton	100,000 25,000	25,000

Jonathan Little	53,000 8,000	8,000

Erik Seidel	39,000 4,000	4,000

Artur Martirosian	25,500 112,600	112,600

Sam Grafton	18,500 34,900	34,900

01-25-2023 18:29 UTC-5

Pardo Jams on Gathy

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Calum Grant

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was caught on the river with 21,500 in the pot on the completed board. Juan Pardo checked from the small blind and Michael Gathy bet 15,000. Pardo responded by jamming as the big stack. Gathy, who had 81,000 behind, went into the tank and found the call.

Pardo had a pair of eights with his but Gathy's was the winner as he rivered a pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Gathy	212,000 72,000	72,000

Juan Pardo	32,000 228,000	228,000

Tags: Juan Pardo Michael Gathy

01-25-2023 18:29 UTC-5

Hudon Cracks Raymond's Aces

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Kirk Brown

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Elias Gutierrez raised to 13,000 preflop and was immediately three-bet to 35,000 by Alexandre Raymond, but then Eliot Hudon four-bet jammed for 113,000.

Gutierrez promptly got out of the way and Raymond quickly made the call, putting Hudon at risk.

Eliot Hudon:
Alexandre Raymond:

Hudon shook his head as he realized he was on the wrong side of this classic cooler, but the flop of was wondrous for him as he flopped top set.

The board completed with to secure his victory and he was pushed the huge pot for a big double-up as Raymond was left as the one shaking his head.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eliot Hudon	245,000 132,000	132,000

Alexandre Raymond	190,000 73,500	73,500
Elias Gutierrez	125,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Alexandre Raymond Elias Gutierrez Eliot Hudon

01-25-2023 18:24 UTC-5

Machado Gets Another Chance

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Chance Kornuth raised to 4,000 and then faced the all-ins of Rodrigo Seiji for 36,000 and Andre Machado for 33,000 out of the cutoff and button, respectively, which he called without any hesitation.

Rodrigo Seiji:
Andre Machado:
Chance Kornuth:

Neither player connected with the flop and turn. However, the river gave Machado a wheel and he tripled up while Kornuth won the tiny side pot to bust Seiji.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alberto Meran	350,000 32,000	32,000
Chance Kornuth	285,000 25,000	25,000

Diogo Coelho	105,000 87,500	87,500
Rodrigo Seiji	Busted

Tags: Andre Machado Chance Kornuth Rodrigo Seiji