$10,300 PCA Main Event Day 2 | 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-13-2019 20:00 UTC-4

Pantoja In the Zone

Yori Epskamp

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Max Lehmanski raised to 6,500 in middle position, Felipe Pantoja three-bet to 21,000 on the button and Lehmanski called. On the flop, Lehmanski checked and Pantoja bet 16,000. Lehmanski cut out 47,000, put his hand before his mouth and stuck the chips in.

Pantoja wasn't backing down just yet and put in a three-bet to 100,000, which was met by a snap-fold from Lehmanski. Pantoja flung open for a king-high airball.

"Ooh yeah!" Rajesh Vohra shouted. "That's my boy!" he cheered.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Pantoja	400,000 30,000	30,000
Maxi Lehmanski	310,000 -82,000	-82,000
Rajesh Vohra	240,000 -15,000	-15,000
Matt Berkey	235,000 190,000	190,000
Mike Leah	230,000 71,500	71,500

Tags: Felipe Pantoja Maxi Lehmanski

01-13-2019 20:02 UTC-4

Shorter Stacks Near the Bubble

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

While many players have dropped into the danger zone, Franz Ditz, Matthias Eibinger and Bob Bounahra have increased their stacks significantly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Franz Ditz	600,000 90,000	90,000
Matthias Eibinger	460,000 90,000	90,000
Bob Bounahra	275,000 135,000	135,000
Sebastiaan De Jonge	75,000 3,000	3,000
Kenny Hallaert	60,000 -114,000	-114,000

Patrick Quinn	50,000 10,000	10,000
Joe Cada	50,000 -30,500	-30,500

Markus Kuhnen	50,000 -1,500	-1,500
Kristen Bicknell	45,000 -110,000	-110,000

Ivan Luca	45,000 -67,000	-67,000

Erik Seidel	45,000 -23,000	-23,000

Ami Barer	40,000 1,000	1,000

Chris Furbert	38,000 -31,000	-31,000
Ricardo Vasconcelos Souza	33,000 -21,000	-21,000
Keith Nassetta	30,000 -37,500	-37,500

Tags: Bob Bounahra Franz Ditz Matthias Eibinger

01-13-2019 20:05 UTC-4

Weissman Out before the Money

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Joey Weissman was all in for a mere 6,000 from the cutoff and Mazin Khoury reshoved the small blind.

Weissman tabled the and Khoury held .

"Easy hold, ace of spades," Sam Grafton said. The board came and Weissman doubled to six big blinds. However, he was ousted shortly after and busted a few spots off the money after coming into the day second in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mazin Khoury	70,000 -27,000	-27,000
Joey Weissman	Busted

Tags: Joey Weissman Mazin Khoury Sam Grafton

01-13-2019 20:10 UTC-4

Three Barrels by Plesuv

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Anthony Zinno made it 6,000 to go and Pavel Plesuv on the button three-bet to 20,000, which Zinno called. On a flop of , Zinno checked and subsequently called a first barrel for 13,000 before doing so again for 45,000 on the turn.

Zinno then checked the river and Plesuv moved all in for effectively 165,000, as that's what Zinno had left. That earned the pot for the number #1 of the Moldovian all-time money list without showdown, as Zinno elected to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Plesuv	380,000 201,000	201,000

Anthony Zinno	165,000 -38,500	-38,500

Tags: Anthony Zinno Pavel Plesuv

01-13-2019 20:10 UTC-4

Easy Double for Furbert

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Yori Epskamp

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

In the final hand before the dinner break, Andre Akkari raised to 6,500 from under the gun and Pavel Veksler called. Chris Furbert shoved 21,500 to Veksler's left, Akkari reraised to 48,500 and Veksler got out.

Chris Furbert:
Andre Akkari:

Furbert's outlook was already great and he even caught the case jack to make the rundown a formality: .

Player	Chips	Progress
Andre Akkari	388,000 30,000	30,000

Chris Furbert	58,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Andre Akkari Chris Furbert Pavel Veksler

01-13-2019 20:11 UTC-4

Dinner Break

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Sandra Barbour

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The remaining players are headed on a 75-minute dinner break. With the tournament clock showing 132 players left, we are now close to the money bubble. Action will resume at approximately 8.24 p.m. local time.

01-13-2019 21:04 UTC-4

Dinner Break Counts on Day 2 (full)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Altman	739,000 349,000	349,000

Chase Bianchi	615,000 375,000	375,000

Franz Ditz	593,500 -6,500	-6,500
Matthias Eibinger	568,000 108,000	108,000
Alexander Kharkov	530,000 110,000	110,000

Scott Wellenbach	518,000 -42,000	-42,000
Mark Radoja	502,000 254,000	254,000

Claas Segebrecht	500,000 -18,000	-18,000
Michael Gathy	480,000 -30,000	-30,000

Erik Lemarquand	472,000 198,000	198,000
Vicent Bosca	463,500 3,500	3,500
Erwann Pecheux	456,000 70,000	70,000
Felipe Pantoja	434,000 34,000	34,000
Elliot Smith	408,000 148,000	148,000
Pavel Plesuv	402,000 22,000	22,000

Michael Azzaro	392,000 12,000	12,000
Andre Akkari	385,000 -3,000	-3,000

Justin Ouimette	375,500 48,000	48,000
Enrico Camosci	375,000 -5,000	-5,000

Ben Yu	371,500 31,500	31,500

Scott Clements	369,000 118,000	118,000

Tommy Nguyen	342,000 29,000	29,000

Philipp Kaempf	334,000 -11,000	-11,000
Pierre Calamusa	331,500 111,500	111,500

Joao Simao	310,000 -135,000	-135,000

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Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

01-13-2019 21:33 UTC-4

Kempe Comes up Short

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Yori Epskamp

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

In one of the first hand after the dinner break, Rainer Kempe open-shoved from the small blind and Eder Takashi Murata called in the big blind.

Rainer Kempe:
Eder Takashi Murata:

Kempe was in a great spot to double-up but faith would have it otherwise as the board ran out , pairing Murata on the turn. The German, winner of the $50k Single-Day High Roller earlier this week and Day 1b chip leader, will miss out on a money finish.