$25,000 PCA High Roller | 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$25,000 PCA High Roller

Day 3 Started

02-03-2023 12:31 UTC-4

Day 3 Seat Draw

Matt Hansen

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	1	Elio Fox	United States	215,000	14
1	2	Mustapha Kanit	Italy	495,000	33
1	3	Ren Lin	United States	1,665,000	111
1	4
1	5
1	6
1	7	Kayhan Mokri	Norway	1,575,000	105
1	8	Ryan Riess	United States	180,000	12

2	1
2	2	Ben Heath	England	225,000	15
2	3	Rodger Johnson	United States	290,000	19
2	4	Anthony Hu	United States	465,000	31
2	5	Ethan Yau	United States	265,000	17
2	6	Dylan Smith	United States	545,000	36
2	7
2	8	Mario Arrocha	Andorra	119,000	7

3	1	Ognyan Dimov	Bulgaria	1,180,000	78
3	2	Joao Vieira	Portugal	200,000	13
3	3
3	4	Yuri Dzivielevski	Brazil	505,000	33
3	5
3	6	Santiago Plante	Canada	275,000	18
3	7	Carlos Chadha	Canada	605,000	40
3	8	Brock Wilson	United States	540,000	36

02-03-2023 12:32 UTC-4

Welcome to the Day 3 Finale of the $25,000 PCA High Roller

Matt Hansen

Welcome to the Day 3 finale of the $25,000 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure High Roller at the Baha Mar Resort in The Bahamas. Cards go in the air at 12:30 p.m. for the 17 returning players.

A field of 187 entries turned out for the final $25,000 tournament of the series, and Ren Lin leads the returning players into Day 3. Kayhan Mokri will bring back the second-highest stack, while Ognyan Dimov finished up in third. Other returning players include Brock Wilson, Yuri Dzivielevski, Mustapha Kanit, Ethan “Rampage” Yau, Anthony Hu, and Ryan Riess.

$25,000 PCA High Roller Top 10 Chip Counts

Place	Name	Nationality	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Ren Lin	China	1,665,000	111
2	Kayhan Mokri	Norway	1,575,000	105
3	Ognyan Dimov	Bulgaria	1,180,000	79
4	Carlos Chadha	United States	605,000	40
5	Dylan Smith	United States	545,000	36
6	Brock Wilson	United States	540,000	36
7	Yuri Dzivielevski	Brazil	505,000	34
8	Mustapha Kanit	Italy	495,000	33
9	Anthony Hu	United States	465,000	31
10	Rodger Johnson	United States	290,000	19

Play will continue on Day 3 in Level 21 with blinds at 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante. The final 17 players are all guaranteed at least $66,660 from a total prize pool of $4,444,055, while the winner will take home $990,655.

Remaining Payouts

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$999,655	8	$139,700
2	$619,200	9	$116,400
3	$442,300	10-11	$101,200
4	$340,200	12-13	$88,000
5	$261,700	14-15	$76,600
6	$201,300	16-17	$66,600
7	$167,700

Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all day long for live updates from the floor of the $25,000 PCA High Roller at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in The Bahamas.

Tags: Anthony Hu Brock Wilson Carlos Chadha Dylan Smith Kayhan Mokri Mustapha Kanit Ognyan Dimov Ren Lin Rodger Johnson Yuri Dzivielevski

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

02-03-2023 13:37 UTC-4

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Matt Hansen

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

The final 17 players are in their seats and cards are now in the air for the Day 3 finale of the $25,000 PCA High Roller.

02-03-2023 13:51 UTC-4

Early Shoves Get Through; Lin Calls Kanit

Matt Hansen

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Kayhan Mokri opened for 30,000 before Elio Fox shoved 245,000. Mokri gave it a moment of thought before he tossed it away.

Meanwhile, Carlos Chadha shoved 685,000 into Joao Vieira's short stack. Vieira quickly got away from it to look for another chance.

On another table, Mustapha Kanit and Ren Lin were heads up with a board of . Kanit fired 70,000 and turned over when Lin called. Lin mucked the losing hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kayhan Mokri	1,565,000 -10,000	-10,000
Ren Lin	1,550,000 -115,000	-115,000
Carlos Chadha	685,000 80,000	80,000
Mustapha Kanit	530,000 35,000	35,000
Elio Fox	360,000 145,000	145,000

Joao Vieira	105,000 -95,000	-95,000

Tags: Carlos Chadha Elio Fox Joao Vieira Kayhan Mokri Ren Lin Mustapha Kanit

02-03-2023 13:54 UTC-4

Quick Guide to PokerStars Home Games; It Takes Just Five Easy Steps!

Sandra Barbour

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

There's never been a better time to find out how to set up a PokerStars Home Games than right now.

PokerStars Home Games allow you to set up a private members club where you can play cash games and tournaments. All games can be for play money and real money, so you don't need to spend anything if you don't want to.

You can invite whoever you want and even keep track of tournament leaderboard standings.

PokerStars Home Games allow you to take the banter of your local home game onto the online felt, even allowing you to play with poker friends from all over the world.

Here is our quick and easy five-step guide to setting up a PokerStars Home Game of your own.

02-03-2023 13:58 UTC-4

Ben Heath Eliminated in 17th Place ($66,600)

Matt Hansen

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Ben Heath was all in for his last 360,000 and Dylan Smith was the one to put him at risk.

Ben Heath:
Dylan Smith:

The board ran out and the queens held to eliminate Heath in 17th place for $66,600.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Smith	800,000 255,000	255,000
Ben Heath	Busted

Tags: Ben Heath Dylan Smith

02-03-2023 14:09 UTC-4

Final Two Tables

Matt Hansen

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Kayhan Mokri	Norway	1,440,000	96
1	2	Elio Fox	United States	440,000	29
1	3	Joao Vieira	Portugal	160000	11
1	4	Ren Lin	United States	1,470,000	98
1	5	Ryan Riess	United States	135,000	9
1	6	Ethan Yau	United States	240,000	16
1	7	Mario Arrocha	Andorra	115,000	8
1	8	Brock Wilson	United States	510,000	34

2	1	Dylan Smith	United States	845,000	56
2	2	Ognyan Dimov	Bulgaria	1,145,000	76
2	3	Carlos Chadha	Canada	685,000	46
2	4	Santiago Plante	Canada	330,000	22
2	5	Yuri Dzivielevski	Brazil	465,000	31
2	6	Mustapha Kanit	Italy	530,000	35
2	7	Rodger Johnson	United States	230,000	15
2	8	Anthony Hu	United States	480,000	32

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	1,470,000 -80,000	-80,000
Kayhan Mokri	1,440,000 -125,000	-125,000
Ognyan Dimov	1,145,000 -35,000	-35,000

Dylan Smith	845,000 45,000	45,000
Carlos Chadha	685,000
Mustapha Kanit	530,000
Brock Wilson	510,000 -30,000	-30,000
Anthony Hu	480,000 15,000	15,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	465,000 -40,000	-40,000

Elio Fox	440,000 80,000	80,000

Santiago Plante	330,000 55,000	55,000
Ethan Yau	240,000 -25,000	-25,000

Rodger Johnson	230,000 -60,000	-60,000
Joao Vieira	160,000 55,000	55,000

Ryan Riess	135,000 -45,000	-45,000

Mario Navarro	115,000 -4,000	-4,000