$25,000 PCA High Roller | 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

02-03-2023 14:15 UTC-5

Ethan "Rampage" Yau Eliminated in 13th Place ($88,000)

Matt Hansen

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

Ethan "Rampage" Yau shoved his last 235,000 from the button and Brock Wilson called from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and action was heads up.

Ethan "Rampage" Yau:
Brock Wilson:

The board ran out and Wilson flopped a pair of aces to eliminate Yau in 13th place for $88,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brock Wilson	650,000 215,000	215,000
Ethan Yau	Busted

Tags: Brock Wilson Ethan Yau

02-03-2023 14:06 UTC-5

Santiago Plante Eliminated in 14th Place ($76,600)

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Matt Hansen

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

Santiago Plante was all in for 225,000 and Kayhan Mokri was the one to put him at risk. The cards were on their backs and the dealer was ready to go.

Santiago Plante:
Kayhan Mokri:

The board ran out and Mokri held on with pocket nines to eliminate Plante in 14th place for $76,600.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kayhan Mokri	1,665,000 265,000	265,000
Santiago Plante	Busted

Tags: Kayhan Mokri Santiago Plante

02-03-2023 14:04 UTC-5

Ryan Riess Eliminated in 15th Place ($76,600)

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Matt Hansen

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

Ryan Riess shoved his last 85,000 and Brock Wilson went all in with more from the small blind. The big blind ducked out of the way and action was heads up with Riess at risk.

Ryan Riess:
Brock Wilson:

The board ran out and Riess flopped the lead before Wilson caught up on the river to eliminate him in 15th place for $76,600.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brock Wilson	435,000 -75,000	-75,000
Ryan Riess	Busted

Tags: Brock Wilson Ryan Riess

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

02-03-2023 13:54 UTC-5

Severin Rasset Talks PokerStars in US: $1M GTD Weekly, Nevada Update & Live Event Return

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Chad Holloway

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

n case you didn’t know, PokerStars is back in the United States. It actually has been for quite some time in New Jersey as well as in Michigan and Pennsylvania, though each was a segregated market. At the start of the New Year, PokerStars hit the ground running by becoming the first online operator to merge their NJ and MI player pools, instantly making it the largest online poker network in the US.

One man responsible for making that happen was Managing Director of North America for PokerStars Severin Rasset, who helped usher in a similar liquidity merge in Europe.

“We had similar things happening in Portugal, which was operating as a closed liquidity for a while,” he explained. “Portugal has about 14 million inhabitants. So, very similar to the size of New Jersey or Pennsylvania. Then Portugal joined with Spain, which was a big, dynamic change to the market.”

He added: “I've been through quite a lot of these changes in the regulatory and so just using this experience while getting the most out of the team in the US and plugging my experience in with their expertise and their own experiences, I think we're gonna have a really good mix.”

Rasset recently spoke to PokerNews at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) in the Bahamas about recent developments concerning PokerStars US including the reveal that they’re offering $1 million in guarantees each week, updates on Pennsylvania and Nevada, and the potential return of live events in America.

Click here to read the full article!

02-03-2023 13:43 UTC-5

David Yan Conquers Tough Field to Take Down $50,000 PCA 6-Handed Event

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Sandra Barbour

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

The $50,000 PCA Single Day High Roller was won by New Zealand's David Yan earlier this week. This 6-Max tournament attracted a star-studded High Roller cast, with Yan agreeing a heads-up deal with Orpen Kisacikoglu.

Yan banked $485,690 for this victory, after 14 hours of play, and told PokerNews that his victory was down to running "insane"

“I’m pretty grateful for the experience" Yan told PokerNews after his victory. "When you play such a little amount, it’s just basically anything can happen. Today I just ran insane, the field was one of the tougher ones we’ve seen".

Tags: David Yan Orpen Kisacikoglu

02-03-2023 13:40 UTC-5

Yau Shoving; Mokri Takes Small One; Lin at 2 Million

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Matt Hansen

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Ethan "Rampage" Yau has taken his shot a couple of times as play has slowed down for the final two tables, but he can't find a caller.

Meanwhile, Kayhan Mokri raised to 30,000 from the button and Joao Vieira called from the big blind. The flop was and Vieira check-folded to a 15,000 bet.

Elsewhere, Ren Lin has chipped up to 2,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	2,000,000 400,000	400,000
Kayhan Mokri	1,400,000 50,000	50,000
Joao Vieira	330,000 55,000	55,000

Ethan Yau	235,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Joao Vieira Kayhan Mokri Ren Lin

02-03-2023 13:18 UTC-5

Mario Navarro Eliminated in 16th Place ($66,600)

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Matt Hansen

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Mario Navarro raised to 100,000 while he left 15,000 behind and Ren Lin raised a big stack of T-25,000 chips. Navarro tossed in the last of it and the cards were turned up.

Mario Navarro:
Ren Lin:

The board ran out and the aces held to eliminate Navarro in 16th place for $66,600.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	1,600,000 130,000	130,000
Mario Navarro	Busted

Tags: Mario Navarro Ren Lin

02-03-2023 13:11 UTC-5

Vieira Doubles Through Mokri

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Matt Hansen

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Joao Vieira got his last 110,000 into the middle and Kayhan Mokri was there to put him at risk.

Joao Vieira:
Kayhan Mokri:

The board ran out and the queens held to secure Vieira's double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kayhan Mokri	1,350,000 -90,000	-90,000
Joao Vieira	275,000 115,000	115,000

Tags: Joao Vieira Kayhan Mokri

02-03-2023 13:09 UTC-5

Final Two Tables

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Matt Hansen

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Kayhan Mokri	Norway	1,440,000	96
1	2	Elio Fox	United States	440,000	29
1	3	Joao Vieira	Portugal	160000	11
1	4	Ren Lin	United States	1,470,000	98
1	5	Ryan Riess	United States	135,000	9
1	6	Ethan Yau	United States	240,000	16
1	7	Mario Arrocha	Andorra	115,000	8
1	8	Brock Wilson	United States	510,000	34

2	1	Dylan Smith	United States	845,000	56
2	2	Ognyan Dimov	Bulgaria	1,145,000	76
2	3	Carlos Chadha	Canada	685,000	46
2	4	Santiago Plante	Canada	330,000	22
2	5	Yuri Dzivielevski	Brazil	465,000	31
2	6	Mustapha Kanit	Italy	530,000	35
2	7	Rodger Johnson	United States	230,000	15
2	8	Anthony Hu	United States	480,000	32

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	1,470,000 -80,000	-80,000
Kayhan Mokri	1,440,000 -125,000	-125,000
Ognyan Dimov	1,145,000 -35,000	-35,000

Dylan Smith	845,000 45,000	45,000

Carlos Chadha	685,000
Mustapha Kanit	530,000
Brock Wilson	510,000 -30,000	-30,000
Anthony Hu	480,000 15,000	15,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	465,000 -40,000	-40,000

Elio Fox	440,000 80,000	80,000

Santiago Plante	330,000 55,000	55,000
Ethan Yau	240,000 -25,000	-25,000

Rodger Johnson	230,000 -60,000	-60,000
Joao Vieira	160,000 55,000	55,000

Ryan Riess	135,000 -45,000	-45,000

Mario Navarro	115,000 -4,000	-4,000