$50,000 8-Handed
Day 1 Started
$50,000 8-Handed
Day 1 Started
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure continues with another $50,000 buy-in event at the beautiful Baha Mar in The Bahamas. Action gets underway at 7:00 p.m. ET for Event #25: $50,000 8-Handed with unlimited reentries.
This two-day event sees each player begin with a stack of 150,000 chips and blinds starting at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante. Levels are 30 minutes long, with a scheduled 20-minute break every three levels of action. Play will conclude for the day after 10 levels with late registration and reentries remaining open until the end of Level 12 on Day 2, which begins at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 27th.
The first $50,000 buy-in event of the PCA series saw New Zealand’s David Yan take down Event #14: $50,000 6-Handed for a top prize of $485,690.
Each player will receive four time bank cards, regardless of the time of entry. One additional time bank will be distributed to every player at the start of each even-numbered level (2, 4, 6, 8, etc.). The shot clock will be in play from the start of the tournament with 20 seconds to act preflop while registration is open and 30 seconds to act preflop once it is closed. All later streets will be 30 seconds in length throughout the tournament.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand with live updates throughout the event as we come closer to crowning another PCA champion.
The tournament staff are waiting for a few more entries to kick things off in Event #25: $50,000 8-Handed. The action will begin shortly.
The players are ready to go and the cards are now in the air in Event #25: $50,000 8-Handed.
Level: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mikita Badziakouski | 150,000 | |
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Stephen Chidwick | 150,000 | |
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Seth Davies | 150,000 | |
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Daniel Dvoress | 150,000 | |
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Orpen Kisacikoglu | 150,000 | |
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Jonathan Jaffe | 150,000 | |
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Level: 2
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
The action folded around to Orpen Kisacikoglu who limped in from the small blind and Jonathan Jaffe checked his option in the big blind.
The flop came . Kisacikoglu checked to Jaffe who bet out 2,000 and Kisacikoglu elected to check-raise to 9,000. Jaffe took a moment before raising to 23,000 and Kisacikoglu came along.
On the turn, Kisacikoglu checked again and Jaffe sized to 32,000, which Kisacikoglu called. The river came the and play slowed down with both players checking to a showdown.
Kisacikoglu rolled over for a turned set and Jaffe tossed his cards to the dealer. Jaffe allowed Kisacikoglu to pick a card to turn up and the was revealed while Kisacikoglu collected the sizable pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Orpen Kisacikoglu |
195,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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Jonathan Jaffe |
139,000
-11,000
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-11,000 |
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The action was picked up on the river in a pot of 40,500. The board read and Badziakouski checked from the big blind over to Daniel Dvoress on the button. Dvoress took a moment before sliding in a full pot size bet of 40,500 and Badziakouski went deep in the tank.
After using three time bank cards, Badziakouski reluctantly let his hand go and the pot was shipped to the Canadian.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Daniel Dvoress |
165,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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Mikita Badziakouski |
54,000
-96,000
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-96,000 |
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The often erratic Paulina "Poker Bunny" Loeliger had quite the lapse in judgment upon busting on Day 3 of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event.
Upon tanking for a few minutes when facing a wager for her entire stack against Daniel Custodio, a clock was called and she called only to find out that her hand was no good. She didn't simply table her cards and just walk away. Instead, she quickly shoved her cards facedown under the deck in the muck before pushing one card back in her direction, then attempted to push her other card back before the dealer grabbed it.
Loeliger then reached across the table in the direction of the chips in the pot but the dealer again prevented that from happening. What exactly she was trying to accomplish is known only to Loeliger, but it caused a little stir at the table.
PokerNews was there and captured a video of the incident.