$5,300 Main Event Dia 3 | 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

2016-01-11 22:30 UTC-4

Brazil's Leonardo Pires Keeps the Lead Into Day 4 of PCA Main Event

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Nível 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Day 3 of the 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $5,300 Main Event came to a close Monday night after another five levels of play took place. Coming into the day, Brazil's Leonardo Pires led the pack, and he kept his position moving forward to Day 4. He bagged up 2.095 million in chips.

The field returned with 195 competitors left from a 928-player field. The top 135 paid out, and it was Knut Karnapp from Germany who finished as the "bubble boy."

Karnapp was all in with the against for Christopher McNamara. The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Karnapp was eliminated.

Also busting out before the money were Olivier Busquet, Jeremy Ausmus, Mukul Pahuja, Ian O'Hara, Andrey Zaichenko, and Samuel Phillips.

Once in the money, the line at the payout desk began to build. Among those to finish with a cash were JC Alvarado (91st), Kevin MacPhee (99th), Allen Kessler (107th), Jeff Rossiter (11th), Sam Greenwood (116th), Chris Oliver (125th), and James Calderaro (133rd).

Another player to finish in the money but fail to make it out of the day was Steve O'Dwyer, winner of everything under the sun lately, including the $50,000 Single-Day High Roller here at PCA. O'Dwyer fell in Level 18 with the blinds at 3,000/6,000/1,000 when he ended up all in with the against the for Ilkin Amirov. The board came , and O'Dwyer was gone in 89th place.

Others that advanced to Day 4 and will join Pires are Phillip McAllister, Ami Barer, Jason Koon, Jason Mercier, Martin McCormick, Fedor Holz, Matt Waxman, and Tony Gregg.

Day 4 will see the players return at 12 p.m. local time, and the plan will be to play down to 16 players or as announced by the tournament staff at the beginning of the day. Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for continued coverage, and we'll see you then.

Tags: Allen Kessler Ami Barer Andrey Zaichenko Chris Oliver Christopher Mcnamara Fedor Holz Ian O'Hara James Calderaro Jason Koon Jason Mercier JC Alvarado Jeff Rossiter Jeremy Ausmus Kevin MacPhee Knut Karnapp Leonardo Pires Martin McCormick Matt Waxman Mukul Pahuja Olivier Busquet Phillip McAllister Sam Greenwood Steve O'Dwyer Tony Gregg

2016-01-11 22:20 UTC-4

Craziness Ensues on Table 18

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Nível 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Martin McCormick calling Hajiyev's shove

The table of fun, entertainment, and a fair bit of straight up craziness just saw three epic hands to close out the night.

First, Martin McCormick, having just returned from his one-round penalty, raised under the gun to 15,000 and Renaud Desferet three-bet to 45,000. Fedor Holz made the call after which the small blind called as well, and McCormick went into the tank.

"I don't think I can call here," he said, before folding.

The flop brought out and the action checked to Holz, who bet 50,000, and only Desferet made the call. On the turn the hit and Desferet check-called 83,000. The river was the and after Desferet checked again, Holz looked over at his opponent before checking, and Desferet showed .

"That's fantastic," Holz said, looking annoyed with the showdown.

McCormick referenced to the fact that Desferet had a really strong hand, and Holz sighed, "I had a better hand than he had," implying he had pocket aces.

On the very next hand Ramin Hajiyev moved all in for his last 74,000 chips and McCormick counted out the call using just yellow T1,000 chips, before pushing the giant pile forward.

Hajiyev:
McCormick:

The board ran out and Hajiyev found himself a double up.

Just when everyone thought the dust was going to settle down, another big hand happened between Hajiyev and McCormick. Hajiyev and McCormick had been going at it for hours, and finally the former got the better of the latter in a big pot.

McCormick and Hajiyev were heads up again and looking at a board of . Hajiyev had placed a bet of 21,000 to lead on the turn. McCormick raised to 65,000 and didn’t want to give Hajiyev anytime to make his decision before calling the clock.

On a previous hand, Hajiyev had called the clock on McCormick and it led to him getting a one round penalty for berating Hajiyev afterward. McCormick was insisting that the clock be called on Hajiyev, but the floor let him know it hadn’t been long enough.

Eventually the floor called the clock and shortly after that Hajiyev shoved all in for 80,000 more. McCormick snap called. Hajiyev showed .

“You’re good,” said McCormick showinng for a pair of sevens.

The on the river didn’t change anything and McCormick doubled Hajiyev again.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Renaud Desferet	640,000	280,000
Martin McCormick	390,000	-310,000
Fedor Holz	378,000	-98,000
Ramin Hajiyev	363,000	93,000

Tags: Fedor Holz Martin McCormick Ramin Hajiyev

2016-01-11 21:42 UTC-4

McCormick Gets a One-Round Penalty

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Nível 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Martin McCormick was just issued a one-round penalty for taking things a little too far at the table. Here's what happened.

McCormick had raised to 13,000 from middle position, and Renaud Desferet reraised from the hijack seat to 38,000. Play folded back to McCormick, and he called to see the flop.

"How much you playing?" McCormick asked Desferet. "You want to play for it all?"

McCormick chatted a bit more to Desferet, taking his time, then smacked the table for a check. Desferet slid out 25,000, and McCormick quickly called.

The turn was the to pair the board, and McCormick checked again. Desferet bet 70,000, and this sent McCormick into the tank. He began talking about how he had a pair and a straight draw. He also tried to ask Fedor Holz, who was at the opposite end of the table, what he would do.

"I'm clueless," responded Holz.

McCormick then turned almost a complete one-eighty in his chair and was facing the other direction. Some thought he might be looking at a tournament clock to gauge the point in the event the field was at, but there was no clock in the direction he was facing. Then, from the seat to the left of Desferet, Ramin Hajiyev asked for the clock.

Not too much time had passed, maybe a little more than a minute at most, and this upset McCormick.

"Who called the clock?" he asked. "You did?"

The floor was called and informed Hajiyev he couldn't call the clock just yet. Even so, McCormick was visibly upset with Hajiyev and began directing his words towards him.

At one point he scolded Hajiyev with, "You're a f***ing idiot!"

Eventually, McCormick folded his hand. As Desferet was pulling in the chips, McCormick stood up from the table (he was sat in Seat 2) and moved around towards Hajiyev's seat. With a quick motion of his right hand, McCormick nudged Hajiyev on the shoulder and yelled at him once more about calling the clock. McCormick then turned around and left the room. Hajiyev sat there with his arms open looking at the dealer and the floor for a response to what had just happened.

The staff that heard and saw the incident issued McCormick a one-round penalty upon his return. They also removed his beverage from the table and instructed the staff that McCormick was cut off from any more drinks. When McCormick heard the news, he shook his head, stood back up from his chair, and left the room once again.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Martin McCormick	700,000	40,000
Renaud Desferet	360,000	58,000

Tags: Fedor Holz Martin McCormick Ramin Hajiyev Renaud Desferet

2016-01-11 18:46 UTC-4

Knut Karnapp Just Misses Second Ever Cash, Bubbles Main Event

Nível 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Knut Karnapp (left) bubbles PCA 2016 Main Event

After an entire 90-minute level of hand-for-hand play, Knut Karnapp is the bubble at the hands of Christopher Mcnamara.

Karnapp was very close to only his second live tournament cash. Earlier this week, he finished third in the LAPT Bahamas for $132,080 and his first live cash.

On the bubble hand, Karnapp shoved all in for his last 50,000 with and Mcnamara called with .

The board was instantly in Mcnamara's favor when two diamonds hit the flop. The turn was the , leaving Karnapp drawing to two outs. Unfortunately for Karnapp the river was the and he was eliminated and the stone bubble of the PCA Main Event.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Christopher Mcnamara	365,000	72,000
Knut Karnapp	Eliminado

Tags: Christopher Mcnamara Knut Karnapp

2016-01-11 16:04 UTC-4

Here's Brown's Double Up Through Pahuja

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Nível 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

We forgot to mention earlier how Rory Brown doubled through Mukul Pahuja, who's was knocked out not too long after this.

Brown raised from the button to 7,000, with the big blind sitting out, and Pahuja three-bet to 24,000 from the small blind.

The action was now back on Brown, and he four-bet to 67,000 after which Pahuja moved all in. Brown called for 163,300 total, and the showdown went as follows.

Brown:
Pahuja:

The board ran out [6dTs9dd5d] and Brown doubled up, leaving Pahuja with 24,200 chips, which he lost shortly after this.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Rory Brown	340,000	3,200
Mukul Pahuja	Eliminado

Tags: Mukul Pahuja Rory Brown

2016-01-11 10:09 UTC-4

Piers Leads Into Day 3; Esfandiari and O'Dwyer Steal Day 2 Headlines

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Day 3 of the 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $5,300 Main Event arrives today, with 195 of the 928 players that entered this tournament still alive for the 13th PCA title and $833,260 top prize.

Brazil's Leonardo Pires finished Day 2 with the most chips, bagging up 524,000, but his impressive run to the top was overshadowed by two big stories.

First was Antonio Esfandiari and his disqualification from the event. Late on Day 2, Esfandiari admitted to urinating in an undercover container while in the tournament, a decision tied to a prop bet with Bill Perkins that required him to lunge everywhere he went for 48 hours. He said that all of the lunging made it extremely painful to move, but believed he took things too far and that it was a lack of judgement on his behalf. At the time of the disqualification, Esfandiari had about 100,000 in chips.

Then there was the run of Steve O'Dwyer, who played only the last level on Day 1a, bagged up 31,400 in chips from the 30,000-chip starting stack, and then ran it all the way up to 430,900 on Day 2 — good for fourth place on the leaderboard. O'Dwyer doubled early on Day 2 with versus Mark Radoja's and said "it was all skill from there." O'Dwyer can almost do no wrong in poker events as of late, and he's coming off a big $945,000 victory in the PCA's $50,000 Single-Day High Roller on Saturday night.

Others doing well for themselves on Day 2 were Sampson Simmons (421,400), Ami Barer (353,000), Joao Vieira (317,900), Mike Watson (298,800), and Tony Gregg (272,300).

When it comes to the PCA Main Event, Gregg is one of the best performers the event has ever seen. Although he hails from Maryland, Gregg has an amazing sense of home-court advantage in the Bahamas. His first real big splash onto the poker scene was in this event when he placed second back in 2009 for $1.7 million from a field of 1,347 players. Just three years later, in 2012, Gregg found his way back to the final table from a field of 1,072 players and took sixth for $364,000. He'll enter Day 3 in 18th chip position from the remaining 195 players and a heavy favorite to make another very deep run.

Just like play on Sunday, Monday's Day 3 will see another five 90-minute levels take place. The blinds will start at 1,200/2,400/300 and escalate up to 3,000/6,000/1,000 throughout the day. There will be a break following each level, and play is scheduled to end around 8:30-9 p.m. local time. The top 135 spots will reach the money, and that is something that should happen today.

Stay tuned to PokerNews all day long for continued coverage of the 2016 PCA Main Event.

Tags: Ami Barer Antonio Esfandiari Joao Vieira Leonardo Pires Mark Radoja Michael Watson Mike Watson Steve O'Dwyer Tony Gregg