$10,300 PCA Main Event Dia 3 | 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

2023-01-26 14:37 UTC-4

Mercier Falls to Muehloecker

SandraBarbour

Nível 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Jason Mercier opened to 6,000 from middle position and Thomas Muehloecker three-bet to 15,500 from the button. Action folded back to Mercier who four-bet jammed for 56,500. Muehloecker snap-called and they both tabled their hands.

Jason Mercier:
Thomas Muehloecker:

Mercier was at risk and dominated. The board was of no help to him, and he headed to the exit five away from the money.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Thomas Muehloecker	225,000 146,000	146,000
Jason Mercier	Eliminado

Tags: Jason Mercier Thomas Muehloecker

2023-01-26 14:39 UTC-4

Time for a Break

MattHansen

Nível 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The remaining 131 players have stepped out for a 20-minute break. The tournament will return just four eliminations from the money.

2023-01-26 14:50 UTC-4

Jared “BeamDoctorPoker” Halter Streams PokerStars Platinum Pass Invitational Victory

SandraBarbour

Nível 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) is happening now, and later this month the PokerStars Players NLH Hold’em Championship (PSPC) will take place January 30-February 3. One man who will be heading to the Bahamas is 41-year-old Jared “BeamDoctorPoker” Halter, who won a Platinum Pass on PokerStars Michigan.

“I won a PSPC Platinum Pass on Wednesday, November 9,” Halter told PokerNews. “I had just returned from Vegas that morning on a red eye flight and slept for four hours on a friend’s couch before I drove home for two hours. To be honest, I was very fortunate to win because I had a very rough 72 hours. Some things happened in Vegas that caused me to have anxiety attacks for the first time in my life and I ended up only sleeping about five hours total in the previous 48.”

He continued: “I was exhausted and when the MTT started, I said to myself, it will take a miracle for me to win. Funny enough, I mis-clicked two different times early in the tourney and called three-bets with hands like 85o (I did not win those hands). I streamed the tourney, and only single tabled it, because of how tired and ungrounded I felt from the previous time. During the stream, I talked about how exhausted I was and how there was almost zero chance I win. Of course, as we know, the universe had a different plan.”

Feature Table Chip Counts

Calum_Grant

Nível 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Evan Sparling	508,000 39,000	39,000
Sam Grafton	337,000 73,500	73,500

Thomas Muehloecker	225,000 146,000	146,000
Andras Nemeth	202,000 -45,000	-45,000
Lucas Landa	200,000 -58,000	-58,000
Philip Shing	167,000 -21,500	-21,500
Ramon Colillas	94,000 -500	-500

2023-01-26 15:03 UTC-4

Big Stacks in the Room

Calum_Grant

Nível 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Alex Kulev	662,000 -218,000	-218,000

Nick Petrangelo	655,000 50,000	50,000

Chris Brewer	565,000 109,000	109,000

Andre Marques	454,000 91,000	91,000

Christoph Csik	445,000 -6,500	-6,500
Ehsan Amiri	440,000
Luis Faria	436,000 107,500	107,500
Leonard Maue	427,000 203,000	203,000
Alberto Meran	425,000
Ignacio Moron	425,000 5,000	5,000
Chance Kornuth	420,000 56,000	56,000

Colton Blomberg	415,000 96,500	96,500

Nível: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

2023-01-26 15:08 UTC-4

Loeliger Busts During Break; Drama Follows

Calum_Grant

Nível 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On the completed board with 30,000 in the pot, Daniel Custodio jammed as the big stack. His opponent was Paulina Loeliger who was in position and had a stack of 40,000 in front of her.

The hand took place as the break was taking place, and Loeliger had been in the tank for several minutes.

She eventually called off her stack with but was eliminated as Custodio had trips with his .

After the hand, Loeliger tried to muck her hand but was stopped by the dealer. She then moved her attention to the pot before exiting the tournament room.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Daniel Custodio	220,000 -15,000	-15,000
Paulina Loeliger	Eliminado
David Miscikowski	Eliminado

Tags: Daniel Custodio Paulina Loeliger

2023-01-26 15:19 UTC-4

Hand-for-Hand Play in Progress

Calum_Grant

Nível 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

As 130 players remain, hand-for-hand play is underway.

2023-01-26 15:22 UTC-4

Aksoy Eliminates Marques From Behind on Bubble

Nível 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Tinay Aksoy raised to 8,000 from the cutoff before action folded to Pedro Marques who moved all in for 35,000. Aksoy called.

After the hands at other tables concluded, the players turned over their hands.

Pedro Marques:
Tinay Aksoy:

Marques was ahead and at risk as he had the dominant pocket pair. However, there was a ten in the window as the flop came giving Aksoy a full house. Marques was drawing to two outs to survive. They didn't come as the turn came the and the river the to eliminate Marques from the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Tinay Aksoy	320,000 4,000	4,000
Pedro Marques	Eliminado

Tags: Pedro Marques Tinay Aksoy

2023-01-26 15:29 UTC-4

Drory Busts; Tourney on Stone Bubble

MattHansen

Nível 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action was heads up with on the board when Joseph Drory checked and Christoph Csik bet 62,000 from the next seat over. Drory responded with a shove for just over 350,000 and Csik called.

Drory turned over for the flush draw, while Csik had for a set of sixes. The river was and Drory was out of the tournament.

The tournament is now down to 128 players and one elimination away from the money.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Christoph Csik	885,000 440,000	440,000
Joseph Drory	Eliminado

Tags: Christoph Csik Joseph Drory