Ren Lin Leads Final 17 at End of Day 2 of the $25,000 PCA High Roller
Ren Lin leads the final 17 players at the end of Day 2 of the $25,000 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure High Roller after ten levels of play at the beautiful Baha Mar Resort in The Bahamas. Lin maintained a large chip stack all day long and will be in pole position to claim the $990,655 first place prize.
There were many players who chose to max late register at the start of the day which led to the field expanding to 187 runners which generated a total prizepool of $4,444,055. Lin managed to bag 1,665,000 chips at the end of the night, which will be good for over 110 big blinds when play resumes tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. local time.
End of Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Nationality | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ren Lin | China | 1,665,000 | 111 |
| 2 | Kayhan Mokri | Norway | 1,575,000 | 105 |
| 3 | Ognyan Dimov | Bulgaria | 1,180,000 | 79 |
| 4 | Carlos Chadha | United States | 605,000 | 40 |
| 5 | Dylan Smith | United States | 545,000 | 36 |
| 6 | Brock Wilson | United States | 540,000 | 36 |
| 7 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 505,000 | 34 |
| 8 | Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 495,000 | 33 |
| 9 | Anthony Hu | United States | 465,000 | 31 |
| 10 | Rodger Johnson | United States | 290,000 | 19 |
Other notables who have bagged include poker vlogger Ethan "Rampage" Yau (265,000) and $25,000 PCA PLO High Roller Champion Dylan Smith (546,000).
Action of the Day
The day started with a flurry of players max late registering as the field of 70 returning players quickly reached over 100 as the day started. However many were unable to spin it up as players such as Shaun Deeb,Stephen Chidwick and David Peters were all eliminated early in the day,
Day 1 chip leader Ognyan Dimov got off to a great start as he continued to add to his chip lead throughout the early levels of the day, Dimov managed to eliminate Nenad Dukic when Dimov had a full house against Dukic's straight.
Kayhan Mokri also managed to develop a big stack throughout the day which included getting value with trips against Anthony Hu to chip up during the middle of the day.
The late stages of the day were defined by a long and taxing bubble however some big hands still occurred. Carlos Chadha managed to secure a massive double through Ben Heath when his queens won a flip against Chadha's ace king. Andrew Chen also managed to double up nearing the bubble as Chen's pocket aces ran into Anthony Hu's ace-king.
Christoph Vogelsang and Bryn Kenney were both short on the bubble but both were able to survive to squeeze into the payout slots. The bubble eventually burst when Guillaume Nolet was forced all in from the big blind . Nolet couldn't defeat Mario Navarro who sent him to the rail asthe bubble boy.
There was a flurry of bustouts after the bubble burst which included the elimination of Bryn Kenney, Christoph Vogelsang, Pedro Neves and Michael Addamo. It was on this prolonged bubble that allowed Lin managed to build up his chips stack to end the day a chip leader.
Cards will be in the air from 12:30 p.m. local time tomorrow where blinds will start at 1,000/1,500 with an 1,500 big blind ante. Action will continue until a champion is crowned. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates.