A Winner Will Be Crowned in the 2023 PCA $100,000 7-Handed High Roller
The final day of the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has arrived and no fewer than nine different tournaments will determine a winner in the Grand Ballroom at the Baha Mar Resort on The Bahamas. Among them is also the $100,000 7-Handed High Roller, which has so far attracted a field of 22 entries and ensured a prize pool of more than $2.1 million already.
The late registration remains open for the first two 30-minute levels as of 12.30 pm local time and it is expected that several High Roller regulars will jump in to increase the field size. They will receive 150,000 in chips with recommencing blinds of 2,000-4,000 and a big blind ante of 4,000 for level 11.
Canada's Daniel Dvoress tops the leaderboard with 604,000 and Dan Smith (581,000) is a mere six blinds behind. Kathy Lehne completes the overnight podium with 459,000 in chips.
Also among the dozen Day 1 survivors to return to their seats are the 2023 PCA High Roller tournament winners Isaac Haxton (123,000) and Justin Bonomo (107,000) but they both have fewer than the starting stack at their disposal.
Day 2 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 604,000 | 151 |
| 2 | Dan Smith | United States | 581,000 | 145 |
| 3 | Kathy Lehne | United States | 459,000 | 115 |
| 4 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 297,000 | 74 |
| 5 | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | 270,000 | 68 |
| 6 | David Peters | United States | 215,000 | 54 |
| 7 | Talal Shakerchi | United Kingdom | 143,000 | 36 |
| 8 | Juan Pardo | Spain | 142,000 | 36 |
| 9 | Timothy Adams | Canada | 138,000 | 35 |
| 10 | Isaac Haxton | United States | 123,000 | 31 |
| 11 | Justin Bonomo | United States | 107,000 | 27 |
| 12 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 73,000 | 18 |
Among the candidates to potentially enter the fray are the $250,000 Super High Roller champion Sam Greenwood, runner-up Jean-Noel Thorel, David Yan, Artur Martirosian, and Chris Brewer to name a few candidates. Cary Katz, who was among the Day 1 casualties, had already registered last night but didn't take a seat yet.
Levels will continue with a duration of 30 minutes each for the remainder of the tournament and the high-stakes contest will play down to a winner today. The action gets back underway at 12.30 pm local time and the late registration closes at approximately 1.30 pm local time, after which the payout distribution will be revealed.
Stay tuned for all the High Roller action right here on PokerNews, as the live reporting team will be back on the floor to provide as many key hands as possible in this six-figure buy-in.
. The 
turn left Chidwick drawing dead and the 
river became a mere formality.
turn. Holz checked the 
for a pair of deuces and Haxton had air with the 
.
against Haxton's 
thanks to a 
runout before he won a flip with 
river into Mike Watson who had bet 50,000 and sigh-folded with a dry smile on the face.
turn and 
river improved Petrangelo to trips kings and he notched up a double knockout.
flop, Talal Shakerchi came along in the hijack after Kannapong Thanarattrakul had reraised to 47,000. Shakerchi opted to check and Thanarattrakul continued for 30,000, earning a call from the Brit.
flop improved O'Dwyer to the superior pair. Nothing changed with the 
turn and 
flop gave Dvoress the top set while Thorel had the nut flush draw. Somehow, Yan pulled a rabbit out of the hat with the 
river as he improved to a straight.
runout kept the Thai in contention.
board.
for a flopped flush draw versus O'Dwyer's 
river was a blank.
. Daniel Dvoress checked and chip leader Aleksejs Ponakovs bet 24,000. Dvoress then check-raised to 63,000 and that forced a fold from Ponakovs.
