Justin Bonomo was in position in a heads-up pot against Seth Davies on a board of .
Davies bet 50,000 and Bonomo raised all in for 135,000. Davies used through two time banks before calling with a bigger stack.
Justin Bonomo:
Seth Davies:
Bonomo was well ahead with a better kicker and a flush draw to go with it. However, the dealer put down the on the river and both players improved to full houses to chop up the pot.
Seth Davies raised it up from the hijack and Jean-Noel Thorel three-bet to 30,000 in the cutoff. It folded back to Davies who called to see a flop of .
Davies check-called a bet of 30,000 from Thorel on the flop and then check-called another 50,000 on the turn card. The river brought the and Davies checked for the third time. Thorel ripped all in for 240,000 and Davies finally relinquished his cards.
Cary Katz was in position in a heads-up pot against Aleksejs Ponakovs on a flop of .
Ponakovs bet 11,000 and Katz raised all in with a stack of 77,000. The table chip leader gave it some thought and called.
Cary Katz:
Aleksejs Ponakovs:
Ponakovs was ahead with a pair of sevens while Katz had a flush draw. The board proceeded to run out and Katz gave a cheer and needle as he earned the double.
"Whoo! Two pair," Katz said, making note of Ponakovs no-good improved hand.
Katz was just getting started. "I've never seen you lose a hand! Can you give me another one before the end of the night?"
Day 1 has been completed with 34 players bagging up chips out of the 45 total entries. Mike Watson finished the day as the chip leader with 830,000 chips. A recap of the day's action along with a full recap will be posted shortly.
The first high roller of PokerStars Caribbean Adventure kicked off in style with Day 1 of $100,000 PCA Super High Roller, an event that has, as expected, drawn plenty of big names and produced plenty of big hands. Leading the way is Canada's Mike Watson, who bagged a stack of 830,000 ahead of Latvia's Aleksejs Ponakovs (763,000) and fellow Canadian Timothy Adams (659,000).
The first and only starting flight attracted 45 runners, though that number is sure to climb with late registration open up to the beginning of Day 2 at 12:30 p.m. local time. There were 34 players who found bags on Day 1, including Patrik Antonius, Dan Smith, David Peters, Joao Vieira, Isaac Haxton, Mikita Badziakouski, Stephen Chidwick, Chris Brewer and Sam Greenwood.
The controversial Bryn Kenney also made his way into the Day 1 field and managed to bag a stack of 241,000. Kenney was accused last year of running an online cheating ring (an allegation that he has repeatedly denied), but the second all-time money leader hasn't let that stop him from firing in some of the biggest poker events across the world.
Speaking of all-time money leaders, the pink-haired Justin Bonomo bagged a stack of 132,000 in the High Roller Event as he looks to add to his $59 million in Hendon Mob-reported earnings.
Justin Bonomo
$100,000 PCA Super High Roller Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
RANK
PLAYER
COUNTRY
CHIP COUNT
BIG BLINDS
1
Mike Watson
Canada
830,000
138
2
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Latvia
763,000
127
3
Timothy Adams
Canada
659,000
110
4
Chris Brewer
United States
622,000
104
5
Byron Kaverman
Canada
613,000
102
6
Ignacio Moron
Mexico
572,000
95
7
Nick Petrangelo
United States
550,000
92
8
Adrian Mateos
Spain
545,000
91
9
Seth Davies
United States
472,000
79
10
Jean-Noel Thorel
France
460,000
77
Plenty of Coolers Make Up Day 1
Kicking off the PCA return in true fashion, there were several massive pots and gutwrenching coolers during the eight hours of play on Day 1.
In just the first level of play, Ponakovs doubled up through Christoph Vogelsang in a two-pair versus full house confrontation that Vogelsang short before busting shortly after. For his part, Ponakovs also busted early on Day 1 but both players fired second bullets and made the most of them.
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Petrangelo wounded Daniel Dvoress in the same level in a boat over boat cooler that left Dvoress riding fumes before he busted and bought back in.
A few hours later, Michael Addamo fell to Jean-Noel Thorel when his top set couldn't improve against the Frenchman's flopped flush. Like many of those who fell before him, the Australian crusher bought back in and ended the day with 209,000.
Michael Addamo
Day 2 action will pick up on Jan. 23 at 12:30 p.m. on Level 9 with blinds of 3,000/6,000/6,000. The event is scheduled for three days and will play to a winner on Jan. 24, who will add heaps to his lifetime earnings.
The PokerNews live reporting team is on-site here in the sunny Bahamas and will be back tomorrow to cover all the action in $100,000 PCA Super High Roller.
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on the river and both players improved to full houses to chop up the pot.
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and Davies checked for the third time. Thorel ripped all in for 240,000 and Davies finally relinquished his cards.
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and Katz gave a cheer and needle as he earned the double.
and Vogelsang was spared from elimination in one of the final hands of the night.
