$10,300 PCA Main Event Day 5 | 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-28-2023 18:07 UTC-4

Kolonias Doubles Through Little

Calum Grant

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

Artur Martirosian opened to 100,000 before Jonathan Little made it 300,000 from the cutoff. Alexandros Kolonias then jammed for 1,505,000 from the big blind. Martirosian folded and Little called.

Alexandros Kolonias:
Jonathan Little:

Kolonias doubled up following the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandros Kolonias	3,185,000	1,425,000
Jonathan Little	670,000	-1,810,000

Tags: Alexandros Kolonias Jonathan Little

01-28-2023 17:59 UTC-4

Mitchell Halverson Eliminated in 11th Place ($112,600)

Christian Zetzsche

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

Pedro Neves raised to 100,000 from early position before Alexandre Raymond made it 275,000 from the next seat over. Mitchell Halverson tallied up his stack before he announced that he was all in for 1,780,000, and Neves shoved with more. Raymond got out of the way and action was heads up with Halverson at risk.

Mitchell Halverson:
Pedro Neves:

The board ran out and the kings held to eliminate Halverson from the tournament in 11th place for $112,600.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Neves	4,215,000
Alexandre Raymond	3,000,000
Mitchell Halverson	Busted

Tags: Alexandre Raymond Mitchell Halverson Pedro Neves

01-28-2023 17:50 UTC-4

Two Jams and No Call on Secondary Feature Table

Christian Zetzsche

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

Alexandre Raymond raised to 100,000 in the hijack and was called by Mitchell Halverson on the button, Taylor Paur also stuck around in the big blind. On a flop, Paur checked and Raymond bet 135,000 for Halverson to bust. Paur then jammed and Raymond quickly folded.

Raymond opened to 100,000 from under the gun next and Pedro Neves defended his big blind. The flop was checked and Neves' bet on the turn for 150,000 won the pot uncontested.

Last but not least, Michel Dattani raised to 200,000 and Paur three-bet in the cutoff. Dattani wasted little time before pushing all-in and Paur instantly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Raymond	3,275,000	-365,000
Michel Dattani	2,800,000	525,000
Pedro Neves	2,000,000	-385,000
Mitchell Halverson	1,910,000	255,000
Allan Mello	1,850,000	-15,000
Taylor Paur	1,050,000	-255,000

Tags: Alexandre Raymond Michel Dattani Mitchell Halverson Pedro Neves Taylor Paur

01-28-2023 17:48 UTC-4

Top Pair for Kolonias

Calum Grant

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

Alexandros Kolonias limped in from the small blind with and Artur Martirosian checked his option with .

Kolonias continued for 50,000 on the flop and was called. On the turn, Kolonias fired for 125,000 and again was called.

The river checked through to showdown and Kolonias took in the pot with his top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	2,870,000	-270,000
Alexandros Kolonias	1,760,000	180,000

01-28-2023 17:44 UTC-4

Mello Beats Raymond

Matt Hansen

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 .

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

The turn was and Raymond fired another 160,000. Mello called and the river was .

Both players checked the river and Raymond turned over , but Mello had for deuces full of aces to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Raymond	3,640,000	-375,000
Allan Mello	1,865,000	430,000

Tags: Alexandre Raymond Allan Mello

01-28-2023 17:43 UTC-4

Broadway for Martirosian

Calum Grant

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

Artur Martirosian opened to 100,000 from under the gun with . Jonathan Little called with from the cutoff.

On the flop, Martirosian checked, and Little bet 100,000. Martirosian called.

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	3,140,000	140,000
Jonathan Little	2,480,000	-50,000

Tags: Artur Martirosian Jonathan Little

01-28-2023 17:34 UTC-4

Martirosian Limps With Ace-Jack

Calum Grant

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

Artur Martirosian limped in from the small blind with and Jonathan Little checked in the big blind with .

Martirosian check-called for 75,000 on the flop which brought in the turn. Both players checked before Martirosian bet 300,000 on the river and Little folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	3,000,000	175,000
Jonathan Little	2,530,000	-170,000

Tags: Artur Martirosian Jonathan Little

Level: 26

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

01-28-2023 17:21 UTC-4

Jared “BeamDoctorPoker” Halter Streams PokerStars Platinum Pass Invitational Victory

Sandra Barbour

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

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.”

Time for Another Break

Calum Grant

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
Alexandre Raymond	4,015,000	-185,000
Christoph Csik	3,295,000	275,000
Jamil Wakil	3,215,000	-255,000
Artur Martirosian	2,825,000	-265,000
Jonathan Little	2,700,000	100,000
Pedro Neves	2,385,000	-215,000
Michel Dattani	2,275,000	-100,000
Mitchell Halverson	1,655,000	485,000
Alexandros Kolonias	1,580,000	-100,000
Allan Mello	1,435,000	85,000
Taylor Paur	1,305,000	-95,000