$5,300 Main Event
Day 1c Completed
$5,300 Main Event
Day 1c Completed
All three starting flights are in the books in partypoker 2018 Caribbean Poker Party $5,300 Main Event, and plenty of work is left to be done if the $10 million guarantee is to be reached. After 451 turned up for Day 1c, the total entries has reached 958, just under half of the total needed.
Of those 451 who played the third starting day, about 275 made it through, consistent with the roughly 60 percent who bagged the first two days at Baha Mar Resort here in The Bahamas.
One of the biggest stacks belongs to Barny Boatman. The English veteran, the subject of a recent feature right here on PokerNews, turned his 1 million starting stack into 5,715,000, a monstrous number considering nobody finished north of 5 million in any of the previous days.
Boatman's already put up one big result in 2018 with a seventh-place finish in the $1,500 Millionaire Maker at the WSOP, good for $175,865. He started off with a nice push early but then made a sprint late, going from 3.5 million to his finishing number in the last hour.
However, as hefty as Boatman's stack is, he still trails at least one player in the counts. Turkey's Mustafa Biz has the unofficial lead with 6,170,000. Biz, who already won a $1K event at partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany earlier this year, won a massive pot late with aces over kings late in the day, according to a player at his table. Evidently, both made sets and Biz wound up with the nut flush on the river, where his opponent found a fold.
Darren Keyes (5,065,000), Gianluca Speranza (4,720,000), Joshua Ladines (3,955,000), Jeff Trudeau (3,620,000) and Darren Elias (3,560,000) also had strong Day 1c showings. Speranza finished second in last year's WSOPE Main Event, while Elias looks to add another major title to his record four WPT crowns.
The unique structure of this event still allows plenty of time for entries. That's because not only does a few hours of Day 2 registration remain, but there's actually two different Day 2 options for players to fire on.
Day 2a is the next step for this $10 million guaranteed event, scheduled for a start at noon local time on Tuesday. Players had the option to select their Day 2 if they bagged, and PokerNews will be on hand to cover those who picked Day 2a as blinds head to 10,000/20,000/20,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mustafa Biz |
6,170,000
6,170,000
|
6,170,000 |
Barny Boatman |
5,715,000
2,215,000
|
2,215,000 |
|
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Marcelo Bonanata
|
5,355,000 | |
Darren Keyes |
5,065,000
5,065,000
|
5,065,000 |
Dimitar Yosifov |
5,000,000
5,000,000
|
5,000,000 |
Gianluca Speranza |
4,720,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
Allan Barnes |
4,455,000
4,455,000
|
4,455,000 |
Nenad Medic |
4,070,000
670,000
|
670,000 |
|
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Ralph Wong |
4,005,000
4,005,000
|
4,005,000 |
Joshua Ladines |
3,955,000
-545,000
|
-545,000 |
Michael Sklenicka |
3,930,000
3,930,000
|
3,930,000 |
Philipp Zukernik |
3,890,000
3,890,000
|
3,890,000 |
Brandon Mueller |
3,885,000
3,885,000
|
3,885,000 |
Konstantin Pogodin |
3,845,000
3,845,000
|
3,845,000 |
Konstantin Fetzer |
3,840,000
3,840,000
|
3,840,000 |
Tanner Millen |
3,775,000
3,775,000
|
3,775,000 |
Marcelo Delgrosso
|
3,755,000
3,755,000
|
3,755,000 |
Monika Zukowicz |
3,655,000
3,655,000
|
3,655,000 |
Jeff Trudeau |
3,620,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
Fabrizio Gonzalez |
3,615,000
765,000
|
765,000 |
Darren Elias |
3,560,000
560,000
|
560,000 |
|
||
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos |
3,485,000
3,485,000
|
3,485,000 |
Adam York |
3,380,000
3,380,000
|
3,380,000 |
Jonathan Jaffe |
3,300,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
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Damian Salas |
3,290,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
Will Givens was all in for about 350,000 when we arrived at his table. He was in the small blind and graced the felt. His opponent on the button thought awhile and called. Givens showed for trips and his opponent had just for ace-high.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joshua Ladines | 4,500,000 | |
Gianluca Speranza |
4,350,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Barny Boatman |
3,500,000
2,150,000
|
2,150,000 |
|
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Damian Salas | 3,400,000 | |
|
||
Darren Elias |
3,000,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
||
Ben Yu |
3,000,000
2,030,000
|
2,030,000 |
|
||
Fabrizio Gonzalez |
2,850,000
1,010,000
|
1,010,000 |
Brian Altman |
2,300,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
||
Jeff Fielder |
2,150,000
1,050,000
|
1,050,000 |
Adam Levy |
2,025,000
1,025,000
|
1,025,000 |
|
||
Connor Drinan |
2,000,000
1,150,000
|
1,150,000 |
|
||
Mukul Pahuja |
1,900,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Danny Wong | 1,850,000 | |
|
||
Ryan Riess | 1,800,000 | |
|
||
Ludovic Geilich |
1,750,000
1,250,000
|
1,250,000 |
Tomas Jozonis |
1,700,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Joe Kuether |
1,700,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
Jason Wheeler |
1,100,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
Luc Greenwood
|
975,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Jake Bazeley | 935,000 | |
Elio Fox | 900,000 | |
|
||
Upeshka De Silva |
870,000
-430,000
|
-430,000 |
|
||
Bob Bounahra | 800,000 | |
Orpen Kisacikoglu | 725,000 | |
|
||
Pablo Fernandez |
700,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
The event is inching toward 1,000 runners with about 950 total so through the three flights.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nenad Medic |
3,400,000
1,565,000
|
1,565,000 |
|
||
Jeff Trudeau |
3,300,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Jonathan Jaffe |
2,800,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
||
Jan-Peter Jachtmann | 2,600,000 | |
|
||
Dan Shak |
2,500,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
Matt Stout |
2,400,000
760,000
|
760,000 |
Mike Dentale |
2,300,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Andy Black |
2,200,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
Matas Cimbolas |
2,200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
||
John Racener |
1,900,000
-550,000
|
-550,000 |
|
||
Igor Yaroshevskyy |
1,800,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
Eric Baldwin | 1,700,000 | |
|
||
Johannes Becker |
1,650,000
1,460,000
|
1,460,000 |
|
||
Matthew Wantman |
1,450,000
-320,000
|
-320,000 |
|
||
Daniel Strelitz |
1,250,000
-430,000
|
-430,000 |
|
||
Alexander Lakhov |
1,200,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
||
David Eldridge |
1,100,000
-1,120,000
|
-1,120,000 |
|
||
Clint Tolbert | 1,050,000 | |
Chris Hunichen | 1,000,000 | |
|
||
Bertrand Grospellier |
1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
Sam Soverel | 1,000,000 | |
|
||
Pavel Plesuv | 1,000,000 | |
|
||
Marty Mathis | 1,000,000 | |
Matt Glantz |
955,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
|
||
Joseph Cheong | 900,000 | |
|
Level: 7
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 14,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich was down to his last 250,000 or so and got it all in preflop with against a player holding . The flop wasn't great for the partypoker pro as he now needed a jack. The wasn't enough help and the had him heading for the exits.
Players are now on dinner break, having just gotten enough entries to push past 900 total.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gianluca Speranza |
4,400,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
Jeff Trudeau | 3,400,000 | |
Dylan Wilkerson |
3,400,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
||
John Racener |
2,450,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
Matas Cimbolas |
2,000,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
Brian Altman |
1,650,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
Aram Zobian | 1,630,000 | |
|
||
Patrik Antonius | 1,240,000 | |
|
||
Richard Seymour |
1,240,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Jeff Fielder |
1,100,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Jake Schwartz | 1,000,000 | |
Michael Kamran | 1,000,000 | |
Ben Yu | 970,000 | |
|
||
Jack Sinclair | 800,000 | |
|
||
Allen Kessler |
760,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Carlos Chadha
|
725,000
725,000
|
725,000 |
Joey Couden |
700,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
||
Kenny Hallaert |
600,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
Ludovic Geilich |
500,000
-425,000
|
-425,000 |
Marcel Luske |
315,000
-375,000
|
-375,000 |
Dzmitry Urbanovich | Busted | |
|
Mike Dentale said he was on tilt when he opened and got three-bet by Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. That tilt compelled him to stuff his chips in on a four-bet bluff, by his recollection, and Grospellier tank-called with . Dentale said he was lucky enough to flop an open-ender and turn ElkY dead, so Grospellier will have to reenter now if he wishes to continue playing.
At another table, Eric Baldwin was on the button and called a bet of 110,000 on a flop of . His opponent checked from under the gun on the turn and Baldwin checked it back. On the river, the rest of the money went in, though we didn't see who made the aggressive action.
Baldwin turned over for top two and his opponent had gotten a tough river card holding . He shipped over 501,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Jaffe |
3,200,000
2,200,000
|
2,200,000 |
|
||
John Racener |
2,200,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
||
Igor Yaroshevskyy |
2,100,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
Mike Dentale |
2,100,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Matthew Wantman |
1,770,000
770,000
|
770,000 |
|
||
Matas Cimbolas |
1,750,000
835,000
|
835,000 |
|
||
Dan Shak |
1,700,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Eric Baldwin |
1,700,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
Matt Stout |
1,640,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Andy Black |
1,550,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
Alexander Lynskey
|
1,050,000
1,050,000
|
1,050,000 |
Connor Drinan |
850,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
|
||
Bob Bounahra |
800,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
Marcel Luske |
690,000
-670,000
|
-670,000 |
Nipun Java |
340,000
-860,000
|
-860,000 |
|
||
Bertrand Grospellier | Busted | |
Level: 6
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000