$25,000 PCA PLO High Roller Dia 1 | 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

2023-01-28 21:10 UTC-4

75-Minute Dinner Break

Nível 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Players are now on their 75-minute dinner break. The remaining 23 players will return at approximately 9:20 p.m. ET.

2023-01-28 21:05 UTC-4

Duek Takes Multi-Way Pot

Nível 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Tom-Aksel Bedell opened to 2,000 from under the gun and both Michael Duek in the hijack and Joni Jouhkimainen on the button made the call.

All three players checked through to the river on a board showing . Bedell checked a third time and Duek sized to 7,500. Jouhkimainen and Bedell quickly folded and the pot was sent to Duek.

Meanwhile on another table, Sam Haddad, and Imad Derwiche were eliminated from the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Michael Duek	130,000	10,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	45,000	-5,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	19,000	-25,000
Sam Haddad	Eliminado
Imad Derwiche	Eliminado

Tags: Imad Derwiche Joni Jouhkimainen Laszlo Bujtas Michael Duek Sam Haddad Tom-Aksel Bedell

2023-01-28 20:46 UTC-4

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Laszlo Bujtas	50,000
Pascal Lefrancois	50,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	50,000

Cowen Extends His Lead; Josephy Sent To The Rail

Nível 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Sam Haddad limped in for 1,000 under the gun and Cliff Josephy called 1,000 next to act. It folded to Robert Cowen on the button who raised to 3,500 and both Haddad and Josephy called.

The flop came and action checked to Cowen who continued for 4,000. Haddad quickly folded and Josephy potted to 24,000. Cowen moved all in and Josephy called for his remaining 10,000.

Cliff Josephy:
Robert Cowen:

Cowen was in the lead with ace-king but would need to dodge a lot of outs for Josephy. The board ran out and the two pair for Cowen held up to send Josephy to the exit.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Robert Cowen	190,000	35,000
Sam Haddad	23,000	-25,000
Cliff Josephy	Eliminado

Tags: Cliff Josephy Robert Cowen Sam Haddad

2023-01-28 20:32 UTC-4

Check Out the Live Streaming Schedule for the 2023 PCA and PSPC Events!

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Nível 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

While staying up to date with all the PCA and PSPC action from The Bahamas, make sure to check out the PokerStars live streaming schedule.

Overall there will be ten days of streaming across both Main Events, with plenty of analysis, player interviews and more.

PokerNews spoke with PokerStars presenter and commentator James Hartigan, who said that he was "incredibly excited" to be heading back to the Caribbean.

"It's the first time in four years, but it's a brand new venue," he told PokerNews. "And this time the PCA precedes the PSPC — so we've got two big events back-to-back."

PokerStars is currently hosting the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), and next week will run the second ever PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC) from January 30–February 3. The buy-in for the PSPC will be $25,000, mirroring that of the first installment.

Nível: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

2023-01-28 20:22 UTC-4

Simao Flops a Boat; Hendrix Eliminated

Nível 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 0 ante

All the chips went in the middle between Adam Hendrix and Joao Simao, who was all in for roughly 30,000 on a flop showing .

Joao Simao:
Adam Hendrix:

Hendrix had rockets but was in rough shape against the flopped full house for Simao. The board ran out and the nines-full held up to score a full double up off of Hendrix. A short while later Hendrix would get his remaining chips in and hit the rail when he couldn't find improvement.

Meanwhile Shaun Deeb and Jason Mercier late registered to join the PLO action.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Joao Simao	77,500	53,500
Shaun Deeb	50,000	50,000
Jason Mercier	50,000	50,000
Adam Hendrix	Eliminado

Tags: Adam Hendrix Joao Simao

2023-01-28 20:08 UTC-4

Cowen Scores Massive Double Up Off Smith

Nível 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 0 ante

The action was picked up in a pot of 22,500 on a flop showing . Robert Cowen checked from under the gun to Dylan Smith in the cutoff who bet full pot. Cowen made the call and the hit the turn.

Cowen checked again and Smith quickly pushed forward a stack of blue 5,000 chips to put Cowen all in. Cowen snap-called and the cards were on their backs.

Robert Cowen:
Dylan Smith: