$10,000 Main Event Day 1a | 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-07-2013 19:28 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Ho	93,000 8,000	8,000

Chris Moorman	84,000 6,000	6,000

Dani Stern	47,000 22,000	22,000
Brett Richey	29,500 6,500	6,500
	29,000 29,000	29,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo	29,000 -4,000	-4,000

Dominik Nitsche	26,000 2,800	2,800

Michael Benvenuti	21,000 12,000	12,000
Lee Markholt	20,000 -13,000	-13,000

Randal Flowers	14,500 -13,500	-13,500
Lex Veldhuis	6,000 -21,000	-21,000

Faraz Jaka	5,300 -23,200	-23,200

Marcin Horecki	2,000 -27,000	-27,000

Dan Kelly	Busted
Paul Berende	Busted

Greenstein Crippled

Josh_Cahlik

We caught up to see a short stacked player all in and at risk before the flop holding . This short stacked was called by Barry Greenstein who was behind with .

The board ran out and Greenstein was forced to ship about 16,000 over to his opponent. This loss puts Greenstein's stack at 7,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Greenstein	7,000 -16,500	-16,500

Tags: Barry Greenstein

01-07-2013 19:17 UTC-4

Open-Face Chinese Poker Heating Up

Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

There's 59 runners for the first major Open-Face Chinese tournament taking place here at the PCA. The likes of JasonMercier, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth and Shaun Deeb are among the runners. Read about it by clicking through to the PokerStars Blog here.

Tags: PokerStars Blog

01-07-2013 19:13 UTC-4

Former November Niners Do Battle

donpeters

Back in 2009 when Team PokerStars Pro Joe Cada won the World Series of Poker Main Event for $8,546,435, Steve Begleiter placed sixth for $1,587,160. Cada was recently moved to Begleiter's table and the two got involved in the following recent hand.

After a raise from under the gun, Begleiter made the call in the next seat. Jean-Robert Bellande called in middle position, then Cada reraised to 4,500 from the hijack seat. Play folded back to the original raiser, and he also gave it up. Begleiter then moved all in for 25,850, and that knocked Bellande out of he way. Cada took a few moments, but eventually folded his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Cada	60,000 2,000	2,000

Steve Begleiter	32,000
Jean-Robert Bellande	30,500 -24,500	-24,500

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande Joe Cada Steve Begleiter

01-07-2013 19:11 UTC-4

Kanit Cant Call

Mickey Doft

Steven Silverman opened with a raise in early position and Calvin Anderson three-bet to 1,775 from the next seat over. Mustapha Kanit, in the small blind, four-bet to 3,600 chasing out Silverman. A call from Anderson delivered a flop.

Kanit bet 3,400, Anderson called, and the followed on the turn. Kanit slowed down and checked it to Anderson this time who bet 7,075. Kanit took about 90 seconds before he called, resulting in the hitting the river. Kanit checked to Anderson again who, upon seeing Kanit had about 35,000 behind, bet enough to cover Kanit's stack.

Kanit went into the tank for about four minutes, but ultimately gave it up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Anderson	65,000 13,000	13,000

Mustapha Kanit	35,500 -7,500	-7,500

Tags: Calvin Anderson Mustapha Kanit

01-07-2013 19:07 UTC-4

Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Grayson Ramage	54,000 17,000	17,000
Calvin Anderson	52,000 12,000	12,000

Noah Vaillancourt	42,000 5,000	5,000
Leandro Csome	40,000 4,000	4,000
Will Molson	34,000 2,000	2,000
Bolivar Palacios	23,000 -2,000	-2,000

Noah Schwartz	22,000 -12,000	-12,000

Boris Becker	21,000 -8,000	-8,000

Joao Nunes	19,000 -11,000	-11,000

George Danzer	19,000 -6,000	-6,000

Jack Schanbacher	18,000 -9,000	-9,000
Ravi Raghavan	17,000 4,000	4,000

Adam Levy	15,000 -13,000	-13,000

Steven Silverman	10,000 -13,000	-13,000

01-07-2013 19:05 UTC-4

Liu Takes It Down

Josh_Cahlik

The flop read and there were three players looking down upon it. Max Silver, first to act, bet out 900.

Xuan Liu was the next player to act. Liu famously final tabled this event last year and made PokerStars Caribbean Adventure history by becoming the first woman to ever appear at a PCA Main Event final table. Liu ultimately finished 4th in 2012 and is looking to continue her run-good here in 2013. She called Silver's bet and the player on the button stayed around to see fourth street as well.

The turn was the and Silver pumped the breaks. Liu seized this opportunity by betting out 2,000. Liu's action caused the button to promptly let go of his cards. Silver thought for about thirty seconds before finally following suit. Liu was awarded the pot which brings her stack up to around 42,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuan Liu	42,000 15,500	15,500
Max Silver	24,000 -6,000	-6,000

Tags: Max Silver Xuan Liu

01-07-2013 18:45 UTC-4

More Photos from Day 1a

donpeters

01-07-2013 18:42 UTC-4

Jensen Back Above Starting Stack

Mickey Doft

Down to about 6,000 not long ago, Greg Jensen just doubled up to get back above the 30,000 mark.

We caught up the action after the flop and Jensen had bet 2,400. His opponent re-raised all in, putting Jensen to a decision for his remaining 12,275. After about two minutes in the tank, Jensen called all in with .

His opponent had many outs to win with , but Jensen took away a few of those when the turn made his a straight. Jensen dodged the clubs when the river completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Jensen	34,000 28,100	28,100

Tags: Greg Jensen

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50