2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$10,300 PCA Main Event
Day: 5
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 5
Entries
16
Players Left
6

Clint Tolbert Eliminated in 14th Place ($78,200)

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Clint Tolbert
Clint Tolbert

Alexandre Raymond raised to 85,000 from under the gun and Clint Tolbert jammed from the button for 480,000. The blinds got out of the way and Raymond called quickly to put Tolbert at risk.

Clint Tolbert: {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Alexandre Raymond: {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}

The board ran out {7-Spades}{k-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{q-Clubs} and the jacks held to eliminate Tolbert from the tournament in 14th place for $78,200.

Player Chips Progress
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Alexandre Raymond
4,320,000
360,000
360,000
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Clint Tolbert
Busted

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Ian Matakis Eliminated in 13th Place ($93,800)

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Ian Matakis
Ian Matakis

Allan Mello three-bet against Alexandre Raymond and Michel Dattani to force folds both times and pulled further ahead from Ian Matakis, who was left with fewer than 20 big blinds as the shortest stack on the secondary feature table.

Once Matakis was in the small blind and Dattani in the big blind, the American pro got his stack of around 660,000 into the middle and was instantly called by Dattani.

Ian Matakis: {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Michel Dattani: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}

The {k-Spades}{7-Spades}{6-Clubs} flop gave Matakis some outs to survive but he found no help on the {10-Diamonds} turn and {9-Clubs} river, ending his journey in 13th place for $93,800.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alexandre Raymond ca
Alexandre Raymond
4,200,000
-120,000
-120,000
Profile photo of Michel Dattani pt
Michel Dattani
2,375,000
875,000
875,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Allan Mello br
Allan Mello
1,350,000
180,000
180,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ian Matakis us
Ian Matakis
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Alexandre RaymondAllan MelloIan MatakisMichel Dattani

Another Hero Call Gone Wrong

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Sergi Reixach
Sergi Reixach

Sergi Reixach, whose stack had reduced to 470,000, limped in from the small blind and Christoph Csik checked from the big blind.

Reixach, with {q-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} checked on the {j-Hearts}{9-Spades}{9-Clubs} flop and Csik did the same with his {j-Clubs}{5-Clubs}.

Csik called a bet of 40,000 on the {6-Diamonds} turn which brought in the {9-Diamonds} river. Reixach checked and Csik bet 175,000.

Reixach, with queen-high, went into the tank and used up a few time bank cards before making the hero call. Csik, who had a full house, took in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Christoph Csik
2,700,000
330,000
330,000
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Sergi Reixach
235,000
110,000
110,000
Day 3 Chip Leader

Tags: Christoph CsikSergi Reixach

Sergi Reixach Eliminated in 12th Place ($93,800)

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Sergi Reixach
Sergi Reixach

Sergi Reixach jammed for 235,000 from the cutoff and was called by Christoph Csik from the button.

Sergi Reixach: {j-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Christoph Csik: {a-Spades}{10-Hearts}

Reixach was dominated and in rough shape. Both players paired their ten on the {q-Spades}{10-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop but Csik was still ahead. The {9-Diamonds} offered some hope but the {2-Clubs} river ended the Spaniard's deep run.

Player Chips Progress
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Christoph Csik
3,020,000
320,000
320,000
Profile photo of Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
Busted
Day 3 Chip Leader

Tags: Christoph CsikSergi Reixach

Time for Another Break

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The remaining 11 players have stepped out for another 20-minute break.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alexandre Raymond ca
Alexandre Raymond
4,015,000
-185,000
-185,000
Profile photo of Christoph Csik us
Christoph Csik
3,295,000
275,000
275,000
Profile photo of Jamil Wakil ca
Jamil Wakil
3,215,000
-255,000
-255,000
Profile photo of Artur Martirosian ru
Artur Martirosian
2,825,000
-265,000
-265,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
2,700,000
100,000
100,000
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Pedro Neves pt
Pedro Neves
2,385,000
-215,000
-215,000
Day 5 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Michel Dattani pt
Michel Dattani
2,275,000
-100,000
-100,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mitchell Halverson us
Mitchell Halverson
1,655,000
485,000
485,000
Profile photo of Alexandros Kolonias gr
Alexandros Kolonias
1,580,000
-100,000
-100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Allan Mello br
Allan Mello
1,435,000
85,000
85,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
1,305,000
-95,000
-95,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Jared “BeamDoctorPoker” Halter Streams PokerStars Platinum Pass Invitational Victory

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Jared Halter
Jared Halter

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.”

Read more on Jared Halter's Story here!

Level: 26

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

Martirosian Limps With Ace-Jack

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Artur Martirosian limped in from the small blind with {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} and Jonathan Little checked in the big blind with {10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}.

Martirosian check-called for 75,000 on the {q-Clubs}{10-Spades}{8-Diamonds} flop which brought in the {a-Clubs} turn. Both players checked before Martirosian bet 300,000 on the {6-Diamonds} river and Little folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Artur Martirosian ru
Artur Martirosian
3,000,000
175,000
175,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
2,530,000
-170,000
-170,000
WPT 2X Winner

Tags: Artur MartirosianJonathan Little

Broadway for Martirosian

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Artur Martirosian
Artur Martirosian

Artur Martirosian opened to 100,000 from under the gun with {k-Hearts}{10-Clubs}. Jonathan Little called with {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} from the cutoff.

On the {a-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} flop, Martirosian checked, and Little bet 100,000. Martirosian called.

Martirosian then had outs to broadway following the {j-Diamonds} turn, which checked through to the {q-Diamonds} river to give Martirosian the straight. He decided to lead for 375,000 which folded out Little.

Player Chips Progress
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Artur Martirosian
3,140,000
140,000
140,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
2,480,000
-50,000
-50,000
WPT 2X Winner

Tags: Artur MartirosianJonathan Little

Mello Beats Raymond

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Alexandre Raymond raised to 100,000 from the cutoff and Allan Mello called from the button. The flop was {2-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{4-Spades}.

Raymond continued for 110,000 on the flop and Mello called.

The turn was {2-Clubs} and Raymond fired another 160,000. Mello called and the river was {2-Spades}.

Both players checked the river and Raymond turned over {k-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}, but Mello had {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for deuces full of aces to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Alexandre Raymond
3,640,000
-375,000
-375,000
Profile photo of Allan Mello br
Allan Mello
1,865,000
430,000
430,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Alexandre RaymondAllan Mello