$10,300 PCA Main Event Day 1b | 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$10,300 PCA Main Event

Day 1b Completed

01-24-2023 21:50 UTC-5

Sergi Reixach Leads at End of Day 1b of the $10,300 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event

Lewis Powell

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The final starting day of the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $10,300 Main Event has concluded and a field of 474 entries was reduced to just 238 after eight levels of play. Following a hiatus of three years, this series returned to The Bahamas and switched locations to the luxurious Baha Mar Resort, which has already been home to large live poker festivals throughout the last few years.

Sergi Reixach managed to bag big as he ended the day with 196,900, closely followed by Michael Rocco (195,400).

Other notables who managed to bag big include defending champion Chino Rheem (141,200) along with high rollers Chris Brewer (140,300), Artur Martirosian (138,100), and Sergio Aido (124,700).

2023 PCA Main Event Day 1b Top 10 Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Sergi Reixach	Spain	196,900	164
2	Michael Rocco	United States	195,400	163
3	Mauricio Pais	Germany	171,700	143
4	Krasimir Yankov	Bulgaria	163,200	136
5	Laszlo Bujtas	Hungary	161,000	134
6	Elias Gutierrez	Spain	154,600	129
7	Anatoly Nikitin	Russia	148,500	124
8	Nenad Dukic	Croatia	148,000	123
9	Mitchell Halverson	United States	147,000	123
10	Chino Rheem	United States	141,200	118

Moreover, PokerStars ambassadors Benjamin Spragg (63,100) and Ramon Colillas (62,000) managed to bag two starting stacks each. They will each take their largest stack into play on Day 2.

Today's 239 survivors will join the 80 survivors from Day 1a at 12:00 p.m. local time Wednesday, January 25th, for Day 2. With the field attracting 640 entrants already this tournament has generated a huge prizepool of $6,246,800. That will continue to grow as players who have not yet made it to Day 2 can still register late in the first two levels of play until the start of Level 11.

Action of the Day

A big field started the day as players hoped to build a stack early. However, things didn’t go as planned for Chris Brewer, who busted in the first level of the day in a four-bet pot when he called off with overcards and a flush draw for his tournament life. Undeterred, Brewer fired another bullet and bagged a big stack at the end of eight levels of play, as mentioned above.

Meanwhile, Aido managed to get off to a good start after rivering an ace-high flush in early action.

Davidi Kitai enjoyed success in the middle of the day as he managed to win a big pot when he triple-barrelled with pocket jacks on a nine-high board. His opponent, Boris Kolev, went deep into the tank before calling off Kitai’s overbet with ace-queen for a bluff catcher.

Mauricio Pais found some run good towards the end of the day as he eliminated Yervand Boyadjian when the river gave Boyadjian top two pair while giving Pais a set of jacks. That allowed Pais to become one of the biggest stacks in the room.

2023 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller champion Isaac Haxton couldn’t carry forward his success into the Main Event as he was eliminated in the last level of the day as his overpair ran into the set of sevens from Samad Rashid. All the chips went in on the nine-high flop, and Haxton was eliminated when no jack came to his rescue.

High Roller Aido managed to double up through Taylor Paur in a five-bet pot in the last level of the day. Aido flopped top two pair with ace-jack to defeat Paur’s ace-queen. PokerStars Ambassador Alejandro Lococo was eliminated in the process, ensuring he would not advance to Day 2.

Stay tuned to PokerNews as the live reporting team will be giving full coverage of the $10,300 PCA Main Event until a champion is crowned on Sunday, January 29th, as well as coverage of the second edition of the PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship which kicks off on Monday, January 30th.

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Anatoly Nikitin Artur Martirosian Benjamin Spragg Boris Kolev Chino Rheem Chris Brewer Davidi Kita Elias Gutierrez Isaac Haxton Krasimir Yankov Laszlo Bujtas Mauricio Pais Michael Rocco Mitchell Halverson Nenad Dukic Ramon Colillas Samad Rashid Sergi Reixach Sergio Aido Taylor Paur Yervand Boyadjian

01-24-2023 21:45 UTC-5

Full End of Day 1B Chip Counts (full)

Lewis Powell

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergi Reixach	196,900

Michael Rocco	195,400

Mauricio Ferreira Pais	171,700 171,700	171,700
Krasimir Yankov	163,200
Laszlo Bujtas	161,000 -100	-100
Elias Gutierrez	154,600

Anatoly Nikitin	148,500
Nenad Dukic	148,000 113,500	113,500
Mitchell Halverson	147,000
Chino Rheem	141,200

Chris Brewer	140,300

Artur Martirosian	138,100

Samad Rashid	133,500
Massimo De Mario	132,300
Luigi Serricchio	126,100 126,100	126,100
Antoine Saout	125,900
Sergio Aido	124,700

Fabian Quoss	124,600
Fabian Bernhauser	124,000 94,000	94,000
Tinay Aksoy	122,300
Noah Schwartz	122,000

Xuan Liu	120,400
Franck Makaci	118,000 118,000	118,000
Rafael Marcondes	117,300 117,300	117,300
Ren Lin	112,700

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01-24-2023 21:16 UTC-5

Selected End of Day Chip Counts

Lewis Powell

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergi Reixach	196,900 161,900	161,900

Michael Rocco	195,400 154,400	154,400

Mauricio Pais	171,700 21,700	21,700
Krasimir Yankov	163,200 26,200	26,200
Laszlo Bujtas	161,100
Elias Gutierrez	154,600 59,600	59,600

Anatoly Nikitin	148,500
Mitchell Halverson	147,000 63,800	63,800
Chino Rheem	141,200 -1,800	-1,800

Chris Brewer	140,300 -14,700	-14,700

Artur Martirosian	138,100 46,100	46,100

Samad Rashid	133,500 -41,500	-41,500
Massimo De Mario	132,300 22,300	22,300
Antoine Saout	125,900 45,900	45,900
Sergio Aido	124,700 20,700	20,700

Fabian Quoss	124,600 -20,400	-20,400
Tinay Aksoy	122,300 61,300	61,300
Noah Schwartz	122,000 67,000	67,000

Xuan Liu	120,400 35,400	35,400
Ren Lin	112,700 12,700	12,700
Michel Dattani	109,100 109,100	109,100

Andras Nemeth	108,200
Ehsan Amiri	103,800
Vanessa Kade	97,400 27,400	27,400
Andrew Moreno	97,100 -37,900	-37,900

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01-24-2023 21:12 UTC-5

Day 1b Completed

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

According to the tournament info screens, a field of 474 entries has been cut down to around 239 survivors and they have all bagged up chips for the evening. Selected chip counts are to follow shortly, while the full counts, Day 1b recap and the Day 2 seat draw are to follow.

01-24-2023 21:06 UTC-5

Late Double for Sergeev

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Sergey Sergeev was all in for 37,300 pre-flop and looked up by Gilles Simon, who held the far superior stack.

Sergey Sergeev:
Gilles Simon:

There was no upset on the board as Sergeev scored a very late double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergey Sergeev	80,000 80,000	80,000
Gilles Simon	80,000 17,700	17,700

Tags: Gilles Simon Sergey Sergeev

01-24-2023 20:57 UTC-5

Final Three Hands

Calum Grant

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The tournament director has instructed the dealers to play three more hands. Upon their completion, Day 1b will close and the remaining players will bag and tag their stacks.

01-24-2023 20:56 UTC-5

Aido Downs Lococo and Doubles Through Paur

Calum Grant

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Taylor Paur opened to 2,200 from the hijack before Alejandro Lococo jammed for 6,400 from the button. Sergio Aido then four-bet to 10,800 from the big blind. Paur responded with another raise and made it 19,500 to go, which Aido called.

The flop checked through to the turn. Aido bet 25,000, leaving 14,200 behind. Paur, the bigger stack, then put Aido all in and was snap-called.

Alejandro Lococo:
Sergio Aido:
Taylor Paur:

Each player paired their ace, but Aido was ahead as he paired his jack as well for aces and jacks. The completed the board and Aido scooped in the massive pot while sending Lococo to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Aido	104,000 39,000	39,000

Taylor Paur	50,000 -5,000	-5,000

Alejandro Lococo	Busted

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Sergio Aido Taylor Paur

01-24-2023 20:52 UTC-5

Late Night Casualties on Day 1b

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ema Zajmovic	Busted

Cliff Josephy	Busted

Rene-Charles Angelil	Busted
Lex Veldhuis	Busted

Joris Ruijs	Busted
Henrik Hecklen	Busted
Rui Neves Ferreira	Busted

Stefan Lehner	Busted

Baruch Forst	Busted
Benny Glaser	Busted

Byron Kaverman	Busted

Maximiliano Castagnini	Busted
Jesse Lonis	Busted

Patrick Kennedy	Busted
Juan Pardo	Busted
Philipp Gruissem	Busted

Rodrigo Seiji	Busted
Robert Kuhn	Busted
Jason Wheeler	Busted

Aram Oganyan	Busted

Scott Wilson	Busted
Steven Buckner	Busted
Joe McKeehen	Busted

Francois Billard	Busted
Jordan Saccucci	Busted

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01-24-2023 20:48 UTC-5

Galland Eliminated by Csik

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Benoit Galland got his short stack into the middle before the flop and was looked up by Christoph Csik, who held the far superior stack.

Benoit Galland:
Christoph Csik:

The overcards remained with some equity on the flop and the turn. However, no help came on the river and the pocket pair of Csik was good enough to deal the final blow.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Brewer	155,000 23,000	23,000

Christoph Csik	90,000
John Racener	28,000

Benoit Galland	Busted

Tags: Christoph Csik Benoit Galland