$50,000 8-Handed
Day 2 Started
$50,000 8-Handed
Day 2 Started
Welcome to the final day of Event #25: $50,000 8-Handed at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure at the beautiful Baha Mar Resort in The Bahamas.
Yesterday saw six high rollers join the field to create a prize pool of $389,664, but with late registration and rebuys still open until the end of Level 12, expect that number to grow.
USA's Jonathan Jaffe bagged the top stack in Day 1 and will look to put his 88 big blinds to work in the hunt for his first ever PCA title. Jaffe finished second in the 2018 $25,000 PCA High Roller for $569,760, and with over six million in live earnings, is no stranger to these fields.
Rounding out the top three is Daniel Dvoress with 317,000 and Orpen Kisacikoglu with 248,000, who both managed to find a bag with only one bullet.
Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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1 | Jonathan Jaffe | United States | 353,000 | 88 |
2 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 317,000 | 79 |
3 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | 248,000 | 62 |
4 | Seth Davies | United States | 167,000 | 42 |
5 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 70,000 | 17 |
6 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 45,000 | 11 |
Play will resume at Level 11, with blind at 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante. Levels will be 30-minutes in length and there will be a 20-minute break every three levels. Players who wish to join will have one hour of play to jump in the action and receive a stack of 150,000.
As always, the PokerNews team will have all of the action covered as the field plays down to crowning the latest PCA champion.
Level: 11
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Cards are in the air and chips are flying as Day 2 of PCA Event #25: $50,000 8-Handed is officially underway.
PokerStars is currently hosting the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), and next week will run the second ever PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC) from January 30–February 3. The buy-in for the PSPC will be $25,000, mirroring that of the first installment.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team has been on-site to offer live updates from a slew of PCA tournaments. Here’s a look at five of the more interesting hands captured in our live updates down there in the Bahamas.
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In a heads-up pot with 30,000 in the middle on a flop showing , Stephen Chidwick bet 4,000 from under the gun and Orpen Kisacikoglu made the call in the cutoff.
On the turn Chidwick kept up the aggression with a bet of 11,000 and Kisacikoglu came along. The completed the board and Chidwick slowed down with a check. Kisacikoglu took a moment before sliding forward 21,000, covering the 18,000 remaining for Chidwick, who quickly folded.
On the next hand Seth Davies opened the button to 12,000 and only Chidwick called in the big blind. The flop fanned out and Chidwick moved all in for his last 6,000, which Davies called.
Stephen Chidwick:
Seth Davies:
Both players flopped top pair but the ten kicker for Davies was well out in front. The board ran out and the two pair for Davies secured the pot and sent Chidwick to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Orpen Kisacikoglu |
280,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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Seth Davies |
185,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
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Stephen Chidwick | Busted | |
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After limping in preflop, Daniel Dvoress and Mikita Badziakouski both checked the flop of .
The turn came the , which saw Dvoress check-call a bet of 10,000 from Badziakouski.
On the river , Dvoress checked again, and Badziakouski announced a bet of 18,000. Dvoress then check-raised all in, and Badziakouski snap-called, putting himself at risk.
"Straight," Dvoress announced as he turned over , but it was no good as Badziakouski rolled over for a rivered flush.
Badziakouski was then awarded the pot for a successful double-up to 117,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Daniel Dvoress |
245,000
-72,000
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-72,000 |
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Mikita Badziakouski |
117,000
47,000
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47,000 |
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The action folded around to Mikita Badziakouski in the small blind who moved all in for roughly 90,000 and Seth Davies snap-called in the big blind.
Mikita Badziakouski:
Seth Davies:
The board ran out and the ace-king for Davies held up to send Badziakouski to the exit.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Seth Davies |
318,000
133,000
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133,000 |
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Mikita Badziakouski | Busted | |
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Level: 12
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
The remaining four players have agreed to close the late registration and rebuy period. The top three will make the money with third place getting $77,950, second place $116,900 and the winner taking home $194,814 and the PCA trophy.