2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$3,000 PCA Mystery Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k3
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,309,308
Entries
763
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
626
Players Left
229

Updated Chip Counts

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Boris Kolev bg
Boris Kolev
WSOP 2X Winner
153,000 75,800
Punnat Punsri th
Punnat Punsri
126,000
Merijn van Rooij nl
Merijn van Rooij
93,500 56,300
Thomas Boivin be
Thomas Boivin
68,500 68,500
Fabian Gumz de
Fabian Gumz
68,000 -17,000
Rodrigo Seiji
Rodrigo Seiji
63,500 33,500
Fintan Hand ie
Fintan Hand
52,000 10,500
Michael Wang us
Michael Wang
WSOP 2X Winner
49,800 12,800
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
48,000 11,300
Brek Schutten us
Brek Schutten
WPT 1X Winner
45,800
Kevin Rabichow us
Kevin Rabichow
44,100 14,100
Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood
WSOP 2X Winner
41,700 11,700
Elio Fox us
Elio Fox
WSOP 2X Winner
39,700
Tyler Cornell us
Tyler Cornell
WSOP 1X Winner
33,500 3,500
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
16,700 -13,300

Gumz Busts Hissou

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

PokerNews caught the hand as Fabian Gumz moved all in on a turn board of {6-Hearts}{j-Spades}{8-Spades}{10-Clubs} and Sirzat Hissou made the call to put himself at risk.

Sirzat Hissou: {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
Fabian Gumz: {8-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

Gumz was in the lead with his turned two-pair and the river {4-Hearts} sealed Hissou's fate. The pot was pushed to Gumz as Hissou stood up and headed to the re-entry desk.

Player Chips Progress
Fabian Gumz de
Fabian Gumz
85,000 55,000
Sirzat Hissou de
Sirzat Hissou
Busted

Tags: Fabian GumzSirzat Hissou

Veldhuis Puts Bussieres to the Test

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Lex Veldhuis and Jonathan Bussieres were heads-up in a three-bet pot with the flop reading {9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{4-Clubs}. Veldhuis checked to Bussieres who threw in a bet of 3,000 into a pot of around 8,000. Veldhuis check-raised to 7,200 and Bussieres called.

The {4-Spades} paired the board on the turn and Veldhuis splashed in a bet of 20,000, putting Bussieres to the test for his remaining stack. Bussieres wasted little time before dispatching his cards and Veldhuis claimed the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
50,000 22,800
Jonathan Bussieres ca
Jonathan Bussieres
9,500

Tags: Jonathan BussieresLex Veldhuis

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

All In Pre; Both at Risk

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Daniel Custodio and Diego Ventura got all the chips in preflop, with both players at risk as they had the same exact count.

Daniel Custodio: {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Diego Ventura: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

Custodio started off ahead in this classic flip, but the board of {9-Spades}{7-Clubs}{2-Spades}{a-Spades}{a-Hearts} proved otherwise as it gave Ventura trip aces on the river to take the pot, eliminating Custodio.

Player Chips Progress
Diego Ventura pe
Diego Ventura
WSOP 1X Winner
55,000 55,000
Daniel Custodio pt
Daniel Custodio
Busted

Plante Nearly Wins with the Worst Hand

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Frank Russo
Frank Russo

Frank Russo limped in from under the gun which allowed Justin Liberto and Santiago Plante to come along from the blinds. The flop came {j-Hearts}{10-Spades}{10-Clubs} and the action checked around to the {7-Spades} on the turn. Plante finally threw in a bet of 800 and only Russo called.

The river was the {5-Spades} and Plante fired out another bet of 800. Russo quickly called and Plante tabled {a-Hearts}{7-Clubs}.

"F***!" Russo exclaimed as he shook his hand. He frustratingly threw his cards, which were the {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}, face up on the table. "Oh damn," I almost threw those away," he said, noticing that he had the best hand.

Player Chips Progress
Santiago Plante ca
Santiago Plante
52,100 52,100
Frank Russo us
Frank Russo
34,500 -23,500

Tags: Frank RussoJustin LibertoSantiago Plante

Watch "Poker Bunny's" Erratic Exit from the PCA Main Event

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Poker Bunny
Poker Bunny

The often erratic Paulina "Poker Bunny" Loeliger had quite the lapse in judgment upon busting on Day 3 of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event.

Upon tanking for a few minutes when facing a wager for her entire stack against Daniel Custodio, a clock was called and she called only to find out that her hand was no good. She didn't simply table her cards and just walk away. Instead, she quickly shoved her cards facedown under the deck in the muck before pushing one card back in her direction, then attempted to push her other card back before the dealer grabbed it.

Loeliger then reached across the table in the direction of the chips in the pot but the dealer again prevented that from happening. What exactly she was trying to accomplish is known only to Loeliger, but it caused a little stir at the table.

PokerNews was there and captured a video of the incident.

Read more about the Poker Bunny Hand here!

Seidel Continues to Slip

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Erik Seidel and Jake Schwartz were heads-up in a pot with around 7,500 in the middle. The board read {j-Spades}{4-Clubs}{3-Spades}{j-Hearts} and Seidel check-called a bet of 4,500 from Schwartz.

The river was the {6-Hearts} and Seidel checked again. Schwartz splashed in a bet of 12,000 and this time Seidel was forced to send his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Schwartz us
Jake Schwartz
37,000 7,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
25,400 -15,600

Tags: Erik SeidelJake Schwartz