Sergi Rexiach Takes Chip Lead Into Day Four of the 2023 PCA Most important Occasion

Solely 54 gamers stay in competition to develop into the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Journey (PCA) Most important Occasion champion, and it’s Spain’s Sergi Reixach who’s the person to catch going into Day Four of the $10,300 buy-in match. It took 5 ranges on the luxurious Baha Mar Resort to whittle the 151 returning gamers to a extra manageable 54. Loads of large names survived the Day Three motion, with simply as many dropping by the wayside.

Finish of Day Three Prime Ten Chip Stacks

With 127 of the 151 returning Day Three gamers cashing, the cash bubble was anticipated to burst rapidly. Nonetheless, it took 90 minutes of tense motion for it to pop and open the trail to the cashier’s desk. Juan Membreno was the unlucky 128th place finisher. Membrano received the final of his chips in with center pair and a flush draw in opposition to the highest pair high kickers of Andre Marques and did not enhance.

Andy Wilson was the primary participant to crash out within the cash locations. The likes of Xuan Liu, Seth Davies, Elio Fox, Pascal Hartmann, Thomas Muehloecker, Maria Ho, Martin Zamani, Robert Cowen, Ben Lamb, defending champion Chino Rheem, John Juanda, and Andre Akkari cashed however is not going to develop into the 2023 PCA Most important Occasion champion.

4 gamers enter Day Four with seven-figure stack. Reixach leads from the entrance with 1,719,000 chips, with Christoph Csik (1,409,000), Michael Rocco (1,260,000), and Ian Matakis (1,083,000) discovering themselves forward of the chasing pack.

Anton Wigg (903,000) and Artur Martirosian (816,000) have high ten stacks, whereas Nick Petrangelo (550,000), Day 2 chief Alex Kulev (546,000), Ramon Colillas (437,000), Justin Bonomo (370,000), Steve O’Dwyer (257,000), and PokerStars’ Sam Grafton (194,000) are nonetheless within the combine.

Play resumes at 12:00 p.m. native time on January 27, with the Most important Occasion on Degree 19, which means blinds and antes are 5,000/10,000/10,000a, and PokerNews might be on the bottom all through.

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Jonathan Jaffe Tops $50,000 8-Handed Chip Counts

The $50,000 8-Handed occasion drew in six gamers, with two needing to fireplace a second bullet earlier than the top of the tenth and remaining degree of Day 1.

Jonathan Jaffe completed Day 1 with bagging up a tournament-leading 353,000 stack, placing him narrowly forward of Daniel Dvoress (317,000) in second place. Turkey’s Orpen Kisacikoglu (248,000), recent from his runner-up end within the $50,000 Single Day Excessive Curler 6-Handed, is third.

Each Seth Davies (167,000) and Mikita Badziakouski (70,000) progressed after firing two bullets, whereas Stephen Chidwick (45,000) brings up the rear.

$50,000 8-Handed Day 1 Counts

Late registration stays open for 2 extra ranges, with play resuming at 2:00 p.m. native time. After all, PokerNews‘ reside reporting crew might be there bringing you reside and unique protection.

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Stamm Out in Entrance within the $3,000 Thriller Bounty

The eagerly anticipated $3,000 PCA Thriller Bounty shuffled up and dealt on January 26, and noticed the 626 starters diminished to 229 over the course of 12 ranges. David Stamm was the star that shone the brightest, bagging and tagging 340,500 chips, greater than 11 occasions the beginning stack!

The listing of gamers that navigated their solution to Day 2 reads like a who’s who of the poker world. Rayan Chamas (188,500) and Shaun Deeb (187,500) are within the high ten, whereas Dario Sammartino (174,500), Yuliyan Kolev (166,000), and Paulina “Poker Bunny” Loeliger (157,500) occupying slots within the high 20.

Additional down the chip counts you discover such luminaries as Ami Barer (126,000), Staff PokerStars’ Lex Veldhuis (116,500), nine-time WSOP champion Erik Seidel (112,000), David Peters (107,000), Adrian Mateos (101,000), and Roberto Romanello (98,500). You’ll be able to try the complete listing of the remaining gamers right here, and comply with the entire updates proper right here when play resumes at 12:30 p.m. native time on January 27.

$3,000 PCA Thriller Bounty Finish of Day 1 Prime 10 Chip Counts