$5,300 Main Event
Day 4 Completed
2018 Caribbean Poker Party
$5,300 Main Event
Day: 4
Level 38
: 1,750,000/3,500,000, 3,500,000 ante
Only 11 players remain in the chase for $1.5 million at the partypoker 2018 Caribbean Poker Party at Baha Mar Resort in The Bahamas. They've gotten through a field of 1,815 and one of them will claim that massive pile of dough on Saturday.
Atop the counts sits a WSOP bracelet winner, although he isn't exactly a household name among most poker fans. It's Russia's Konstantin Maslak — a 2015 winner in stud hi-lo — who bagged the lead, and he's actually just as well known for his exploits in another game: chess.
Maslak attained the coveted title of Grandmaster in that strategy game and has proven his chops in poker as well to the tune of nearly $700,000 in cashes.
The Russian finished Day 4 with 292.5 million, putting him a decent bit clear of closest competitor Pascal Hartmann. He wound up with 238 million. Joe Kuether (228 million), 2018 bracelet winner Diogo Veiga (162.5 million) and 2018 WSOP Main Event seventh-place finisher Alex Lynskey also remain in contention.
Here's how they'll look when play resumes:
| Seat | Table 1 | Chip Count | Table 2 | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Kuether | 228,000,000 | --empty-- | |
| 2 | Craig Mason | 208,000,000 | Filipe Oliveira | 181,500,000 |
| 3 | --empty-- | Alex Lynskey | 150,000,000 | |
| 4 | --empty-- | Pascal Hartmann | 238,000,000 | |
| 5 | Marc MacDonnell | 95,500,000 | Konstantin Maslak | 292,500,000 |
| 6 | Anton Wigg | 76,000,000 | --empty-- | |
| 7 | --empty-- | Diogo Veiga | 162,500,000 | |
| 8 | Alex Turyansky | 104,000,000 | Niek van der Sluijs | 82,000,000 |
Romain Lewis, Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Joe Cassidy, Taylor Black, Freddy Deeb, Simon Deadman and partypoker's own Dayane Kotoviezy, Marcel Luske and Richard Dubini were among those making Day 4 and busting during the course of play.
Everyone left is guaranteed at least $85,000. They'll resume play at noon on Saturday and play until someone has laid claim to the $1.5 million first-place prize. Stay tuned to PokerNews and the partypoker live stream to find out who it will be.
Level 38
: 1,750,000/3,500,000, 3,500,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
292,500,000
102,900,000
|
102,900,000 |
|
||
|
238,000,000
152,800,000
|
152,800,000 |
|
228,000,000
84,000,000
|
84,000,000 |
|
208,000,000
48,000,000
|
48,000,000 |
|
181,500,000
-26,800,000
|
-26,800,000 |
|
162,500,000
-14,000,000
|
-14,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
150,000,000
-87,500,000
|
-87,500,000 |
|
104,000,000
-73,000,000
|
-73,000,000 |
|
95,500,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
82,000,000
24,900,000
|
24,900,000 |
|
76,000,000
-7,000,000
|
-7,000,000 |
|
||
Level 38
: 1,750,000/3,500,000, 3,500,000 ante
Anton Wigg opened for 7.5 million under the gun and got calls from Craig Mason in the small blind and Marc MacDonnell in the big blind. The flop came 
and action checked to Wigg. He bet 11.5 million and everyone stuck around to the 
turn, with Mason burning a time bank. That card checked through to the 
. Mason bet 38 million and MacDonnell used an extension before folding.
That's when Wigg went deep into the tank, using three time extensions. Finally, he called and Mason showed 
for the nuts. Wigg stared in seeming disbelief and Mason acknowledged it was a lucky river. Wigg said indeed it was as he held 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000,000
33,000,000
|
33,000,000 |
|
|
83,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 38
Blinds: 1,750,000/3,500,000
Ante: 3,500,000
Level 37
: 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante
After a couple of preflop raises, Sergi Reixach and Marc MacDonnell got all of their chips in the middle. Reixach turned over 
and was flipping against the 
of MacDonnell.
The flop came 
to give MacDonnell the lead with a pair of aces. The turn brought the 
and the 
landed on the river. MacDonnell held on and once the stacks were counted, Reixach was barely covered. MacDonnell was awarded with nearly a full double up while Reixach was eliminated in 14th place.
Radoslaw Kopec and Adam Owen were also recently eliminated, bringing the field to just 13 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
177,000,000 | |
|
|
144,000,000 | |
|
|
127,000,000 | |
|
|
96,500,000 | |
|
|
82,000,000 | |
|
|
||
|
66,000,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level: 37
Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000
Ante: 3,000,000
Level 36
: 1,250,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
| Seat | Table 98 | Table 108 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Chadha | Joe Kuether |
| 2 | Filipe Oliveira | Craig Mason |
| 3 | Alex Lynskey | Paul Tedeschi |
| 4 | Pascal Hartmann | Sergi Reixach |
| 5 | Konstantin Maslak | Marc MacDonnell |
| 6 | Adam Owen | Anton Wigg |
| 7 | Diogo Veiga | Radoslaw Kopec |
| 8 | Niek Van Der Sluijs | Alex Turyansky |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
208,300,000
-1,700,000
|
-1,700,000 |
|
|
202,200,000
-4,800,000
|
-4,800,000 |
|
|
195,300,000
-16,700,000
|
-16,700,000 |
|
|
189,600,000
20,800,000
|
20,800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
176,500,000
-33,500,000
|
-33,500,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
115,600,000
16,600,000
|
16,600,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
109,100,000
95,475,000
|
95,475,000 |
|
|
105,300,000
70,300,000
|
70,300,000 |
|
|
88,900,000
49,900,000
|
49,900,000 |
|
|
85,200,000
46,000,000
|
46,000,000 |
|
|
81,500,000
15,500,000
|
15,500,000 |
|
|
60,200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
57,100,000
-2,900,000
|
-2,900,000 |
|
|
46,000,000
-14,000,000
|
-14,000,000 |
|
|
34,000,000
-19,600,000
|
-19,600,000 |
|
|
27,500,000
-21,800,000
|
-21,800,000 |
Level: 36
Blinds: 1,250,000/2,500,000
Ante: 2,500,000
Level 35
: 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Diogo Veiga shoved all in from the big blind after Sergi Reixach limped the small. Reixach called with 
and was in good shape against 
. The 
board made it a short sweat and the 
ended things officially.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
212,000,000
47,000,000
|
47,000,000 |
|
|
210,000,000
29,000,000
|
29,000,000 |
|
|
207,000,000
-9,500,000
|
-9,500,000 |
|
|
168,800,000
57,800,000
|
57,800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
66,000,000
-14,000,000
|
-14,000,000 |
|
|
60,000,000
5,000,000
|
5,000,000 |
|
|
53,600,000
24,100,000
|
24,100,000 |
|
|
49,300,000
-10,700,000
|
-10,700,000 |
|
|
39,000,000
-34,000,000
|
-34,000,000 |
|
Busted | |