2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$10,300 Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
107
Prize
$1,081,100
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$5,645,400
Entries
582
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000

One for Oleg Titov

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Oleg Titov limped under the gun with the {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and Daniel Coupal did the same with the {2-Spades}{2-Hearts} on the button. Adrian Mateos came along from the small blind with the {9-Clubs}{8-Spades} and David Peters checked his option from the big with the {k-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}.

The {6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{10-Hearts} flop paired two of the four players, and Peters bt 55,000 after Mateos had checked. Only Titov, who had the best hand, called to see the {q-Spades} turn and action went check-check.

When the {3-Hearts} completed the board on the river, Peters bet 80,000 and Titov thought for well over a minute before calling. Peter confidently turned over his hand, but soon discovered he was out kicked.

Player Chips Progress
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David Peters
2,850,000
-255,000
-255,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Oleg Titov ru
Oleg Titov
736,000
248,000
248,000

Tags: Oleg TitovDavid Peters

Aldemir Continues to Climb

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

From early position, Jean Ateba raised to 42,000. Koray Aldemir defended from the big blind.

The flop came down {Q-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{4-Spades} and Aldemir checked. Ateba put out a bet of 48,000 which Aldemir called.

On the {3-Hearts} turn, Aldemir checked again. Ateba fired again, this time for 125,000. Aldemir called once more.

Both players checked on the {2-Spades} river. Aldemir showed his {5-Hearts}{3-Spades} for two pair, while Ateba could only muster {Q-Spades}{J-Spades} for top pair. Aldemir took down another pot and moved over 3 million chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Koray Aldemir
3,050,000
198,000
198,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jean Ateba
785,000
-190,000
-190,000

Tags: Jean AtebaKoray Aldemir

Aldemir Doubles in Monster Pot

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Koray Aldemir
Koray Aldemir

Koray Aldemir opened under the gun plus one for 44,000. He got called in two spots; Shawn Buchanan on the button and Adalfer Morales Gamarra in the big blind.

Gamarra checked to Aldemir on {K-Hearts}{J-Spades}{4-Hearts} and the German high roller continued his pre-flop aggression with a bet of 90,000. Buchanan folded, Gamarra called.

The {Q-Spades} hit the turn and Gamarra checked. Aldemir bet 185,000 with well over a million behind. Gamarra shoved all in just about right away, Aldemir called.

Koray Aldemir: {J-Clubs}{J-Hearts}
Adalfer Morales Gamarra: {9-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

Aldemir rolled his eyes, at the verge of elimination, he had just one last card where he needed the board to pair to stay alive.

The {K-Clubs} rolled off on the river and Aldemir doubled. Gamarra was left with just over 400,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Koray Aldemir
2,852,000
1,512,000
1,512,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
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Adalfer Morales Gamarra
423,000
-1,493,000
-1,493,000

Tags: Adalfer Morales GamarraKoray AldemirShawn Buchanan

Three In a Row For Jean Ateba

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Jean Ateba from Day 4
Jean Ateba from Day 4

Jean Ateba just took down three pots in a row to increase his stack.

In the first, Adalfer Morales Gamarra opened with a raise to 46,000. Jean Ateba called from the big blind.

The flop came down {9-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and Ateba checked to Gamarra. Gamarra put out a bet of 57,000. Ateba then check-raised to 135,000. Gamarra thought a bit, then folded.

In the second hand, Jean Ateba limped in from the small blind. Shawn Buchanan checked his option from the big blind.

Both players checked on the {Q-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{3-Spades} flop. On the {8-Diamonds} turn, Ateba bet 30,000. Buchanan called.

The river was the {3-Diamonds} and Ateba bet again, this time making it 85,000. Buchanan took one last look at his cards and folded.

In the third hand, Christian Rudolph raised to 42,000 from early position and Jean Ateba called from the button.

The players checked it down until the board showed {9-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{9-Spades}{2-Hearts} then both checked once more. Rudolph showed {K-Clubs}{Q-Spades} but it was no good as Ateba had him beat with {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, allowing him to take down his third pot in a row and approach 1 million chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Jean Ateba
975,000
297,000
297,000

Tags: Adalfer Morales GamarraChristian RudolphJean AtebaShawn Buchanan

Ateba Doubles

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

From middle position, Jean Ateba opened for 45,000 with just over 270,000 back. Action folded to Christian Rudolph in the small blind and he asked to see how much Ateba had behind. When he got the answer, he moved all in. Florian Maurer in the big blind folded right away, Ateba called.

Jean Ateba: {K-Spades}{Q-Hearts}
Christian Rudolph: {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}

The flop of {6-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{5-Spades} paired up Ateba. The {7-Clubs} on the turn gave Rudolph an open-ended but he missed with the {Q-Diamonds} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
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Christian Rudolph
904,000
-381,000
-381,000
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Jean Ateba
678,000
364,000
364,000

Tags: Christian RudolphJean Ateba

Buchanan Value Bets His Ace-High

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Koray Aldemir opened with a raise from the cutoff to 40,000. Shawn Buchanan called from the big blind.

The flop came down {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} and both players checked. They checked again on the {2-Spades} turn.

The river was the {8-Clubs} and Buchanan led out with a bet of 42,000. Aldemir tanked for about a minute before calling. Buchanan turned over his {A-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and that earned a muck from Aldemir, earning the pot for Buchanan with the two pair on the board and his ace kicker.

Player Chips Progress
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Koray Aldemir
1,340,000
-80,000
-80,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
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Shawn Buchanan
1,080,000
88,000
88,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Koray AldemirShawn Buchanan

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

Welcome to Day 5 of the 2018 PCA Main Event

Chip leader David Peters
Chip leader David Peters

The 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event continues today as 16 players from a 582-player field return to play down to the final six.

Among those returning are two big names, albeit on opposite ends of the chip spectrum. Starting today as chip leader with a robust 3.105 million is 30-year-old David Peters.

"Everything's going very well, smooth," he said at the end of play last night. "I have a very nice chip-position so I'm able to apply some pressure. I'm feeling great. I'm loving my situation."

Peters has been playing on the live circuit for more than a decade and has amassed well over $18 million in career earnings. That said, he has yet to claim a PokerStars Main Event title. His closest attempt came just over a year ago when he finished third in the EPT13 Prague Main Event.

"I just play hand by hand, just go with the flow, not trying to look into the future, just playing my game," Peters said.

Peters holds a substantial lead over his 15 remaining opponents with a 40 big-blind gap between him and his nearest competitor Maria Lampropulos, the last woman standing, who has 2,313,000.

Sitting as the short stack is three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and 2017 GPI Player of the Year Adrian Mateos, who will be trying to spin up 236,000. Mateos is also the EPT11 Grand Final Main Event champion. Some others sitting in between are German pro Koray Aldemir (1.42 million), Canadian superstar Shawn Buchanan (992,000), and former chip leaders Oleg Titov (488,000) and Jean Ateba (314,000)

Action is slated to get underway at Noon local time with the blinds at 10,000/20,000 with a 2,000 ante. Stay tuned as we bring you all the action and eliminations in the players' quest for the $1,081,100 first-place prize.

PokerStars TV cards-up broadcast starts at 12.30 p.m. local time. The stream is available in a wide number of languages, on desktop and mobile on PokerStars.tv, Facebook, YouTube and Twitch channels.

Here's a look back at the previous winners of this prestigious event:

YearEntrantsPrize PoolChampionPrize
2004221$1,657,500Gus Hansen$455,780
2005461$3,487,200John Gale$890,600
2006724$5,647,200Steve Paul-Ambrose$1,388,600
2007937$7,063,842Ryan Daut$1,535,255
20081,136$8,562,976Bertrand Grospellier$2,000,000
20091,347$12,674,000Poorya Nazari$3,000,000
20101,529$14,831,300Harrison Gimbel$2,200,000
20111,560$15,132,000Galen Hall$2,300,000
20121,072$10,398,400John Dibella$1,775,000
2013987$9,573,900Dimitar Danchev$1,859,000
20141,031$10,070,000Dominik Panka$1,423,096
2015816$7,915,200Kevin Schulz$1,491,580
2016928$4,500,800Mike Watson$728,325
2017738$3,376,712Christian Harder$429,664

Tags: David Peters

Chip Counts and Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
11Patryk PoterekPoland918,000
12Phillip CorionUnited Kingdom425,000
13Daniel CoupalCanada386,000
14Adrian MateosSpain236,000
15David PetersUnited States3,105,000
16Oleg TitovRussia488,000
17Jonathan WestUnited States1,656,000
18Maria LampropulosArgentina2,313,000
     
21Bartosz StasiewiczPoland624,000
22Jean AtebaNorway314,000
23Shawn BuchananCanada992,000
24Michael FarrowCanada981,000
25Adalfer Morales GamarraColombia1,916,000
26Christian RudolphGermany1,285,000
27Florian MaurerAustria352,000
28Koray AldemirGermany1,420,000
Player Chips Progress
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David Peters
3,105,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Maria Lampropulos
2,313,000
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Adalfer Morales Gamarra
1,916,000
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Jonathan West
1,656,000
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Koray Aldemir
1,420,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
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Christian Rudolph
1,285,000
Profile photo of Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
992,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
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Michael Farrow
981,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Patryk Poterek pl
Patryk Poterek
918,000
Profile photo of Bartosz Stasiewicz pl
Bartosz Stasiewicz
624,000
Profile photo of Oleg Titov ru
Oleg Titov
488,000
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Phillip Corion
425,000
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Daniel Coupal
386,000
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Florian Maurer
352,000
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Jean Ateba
314,000
Profile photo of Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
236,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
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