$5,300 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$5,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$4,500,800
Entries
928
Level
35
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
50,000
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Thanks to the 25 players that took advantage of the late registration period, the 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $5,300 Main Event officially attracted 928 entries, which created a $4,500,800 prize pool that will be distributed to the top 135 players. Whoever finishes as the last player standing will walk away with a cool $833,260, along with the title and coveted trophy.
The man best positioned to make a run at the title is Brazil's Leonardo Pires, who finished the Day 2 as chip leader with 524,000. Others who bagged big among the 195 survivors were Franco Spitale (432,300), Sampson Simmons (421,400), Phillip McAllister (420,600), Ami Barer (353,000), and Steve O'Dwyer (430,900), who was less than 24 hours removed from winning the $50,000 Single-Day High Roller.
Day 2 saw nearly 600 players return to action, but over the course of five 90-minute levels hundreds would hit the rail including actress Sasha Barrese, Mustapha Kanit, Bryn Kenney, Dan Colman, Isaac Haxton, Ole Schemion, Ryan Riess, Chris Moorman, Joe McKeehen, and Team PokerStars' Andre Akkari, Daniel Negreanu, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Jaime Staples, and Chris Moneymaker.
Regarding Moneymaker, the 2003 World Series of Poker Champ fell in Level 10 (500/1,000/100) when Thomas Muehloecker put Moneymaker all in on the 
board. Moneymaker called with the 
, but it was no good against the 
that Muehloecker held for two pair and Moneymaker was eliminated.
Another player to exit, albeit it in an unprecedented manner, was Antonio Esfandiari. He was disqualified due to a "breach of etiquette" at the table.
Late on Day 2, Esfandiari admitted to urinating in an undercover container while in the tournament, a decision tied to a prop bet with Bill Perkins that required him to lunge everywhere he went for 48 hours. He said that all of the lunging made it extremely painful to move, but believed he took things too far and that it was a lack of judgement on his behalf. At the time of the disqualification, Esfandiari had about 100,000 in chips.
Among those who survived the night were Jonathan Jaffe (255,400), John Racener (192,200), Kevin MacPhee (182,400), Toby Lewis (160,400), Calvin Anderson (153,900), Fedor Holz (114,500), and Benjamin Pollak (65,900).
Day 3 is set to kick off at 12 p.m. local time on Monday where the remaining players will play five more 90-minute levels. As always the PokerNews Live Reporting team will be on hand to capture all the action, so be sure to join us then. In the meantime, check out this video on Esfandiari's crazy prop bet:
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
524,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
467,000
425,100
|
425,100 |
|
432,300
70,300
|
70,300 |
|
||
|
430,900
20,900
|
20,900 |
|
||
|
428,900
46,900
|
46,900 |
|
421,400
121,400
|
121,400 |
|
420,600
2,600
|
2,600 |
|
|
||
|
379,900
370,500
|
370,500 |
|
353,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
||
|
343,900
-75,100
|
-75,100 |
|
339,000
265,600
|
265,600 |
|
337,400
-10,600
|
-10,600 |
|
325,000
63,500
|
63,500 |
|
317,900
27,900
|
27,900 |
|
||
|
|
306,400
31,400
|
31,400 |
|
305,500
187,500
|
187,500 |
|
298,800
98,800
|
98,800 |
|
||
|
272,300
142,100
|
142,100 |
|
|
267,200
196,900
|
196,900 |
|
265,500
28,500
|
28,500 |
|
263,900
148,900
|
148,900 |
|
262,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
|
259,900
119,900
|
119,900 |
|
259,300
-1,700
|
-1,700 |
|
|
258,100
-66,900
|
-66,900 |
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Although it looks as though Antonio Esfandiari will go on to win the lunging prop bet that he made with Bill Perkins (he has until midnight tonight), the money he earned from it will be less the $5,300 buy-in of the PCA Main Event. Due to a "breach of etiquette" at the table, Esfandiari was disqualified from the event.
Late on Day 2, Esfandiari said he admitted to urinating while in the tournament in a container undercover. He said that all of the lunging made it extremely painful to move, but believed he took things too far and that it was a lack of judgement on his behalf.
At the time of the disqualification, Esfandiari had about 100,000 in chips.
After leaving the tournament, Esfandiari spoke to PokerNews about his actions:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Siarhei Melianiuk just busted a player and added more chips to his stack.
A player opened preflop for 4,500 and Jason Koon called from the button. The player in the small blind raised to 11,000 and the action fell to Melianuk in the big blind. He shoved all in. The remaining players folded until the action came back around to the 11,000 raise. He called and was eliminated by the 
of Melianiuk when the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
382,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Taylor Paur opened for 4,000 early, and a player on the button three-bet to 11,100. Paur made it 27,600 to go, and after a couple of minutes, his opponent slid in 41,000. That was an insufficient raise and the player was forced to put in 44,100. Paur immediately announced all in after the pot was corrected, and his opponent thought a couple of minutes and folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
176,000
-8,400
|
-8,400 |
|
||
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
|
|
419,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
|
|
418,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
290,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
275,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
210,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
||
|
161,500
71,500
|
71,500 |
|
|
||
|
134,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
120,300 | |
|
114,000
57,300
|
57,300 |
|
||
|
69,400
-6,600
|
-6,600 |
|
|
||
|
20,700
-112,300
|
-112,300 |
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
We saw Scott Clements walking in the hallway and he was kind enough to confirm that he had just been eliminated.
According to him, he lost a big pot and then shoved his last 14.5 big blinds all in with . Brandon Crawford called with 
, and then the player in the big blind moved all in over the top with . The queens held and that was all she wrote for Clements in the 2016 PCA Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Frank Isenthal took a mid-sized pot off WSOP bracelet winner Ben Zamani after Zamani raised under the gun.
Zamani made it 4,500 preflop and Isenthal raised to 11,000 from the button. Zamani called.
The flop came 
and Zamani checked to Isenthal. Isenthal bet 16,000, which was enough to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
101,000
60,600
|
60,600 |
|
|
97,000
67,800
|
67,800 |
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
197,600
-7,400
|
-7,400 |
|
|
184,400
-89,600
|
-89,600 |
|
|
||
|
165,200
116,600
|
116,600 |
|
|
85,200
-3,800
|
-3,800 |
|
41,500
-15,300
|
-15,300 |
|
|
38,400
-1,600
|
-1,600 |
|
|
37,800
-53,500
|
-53,500 |
|
24,200
-7,800
|
-7,800 |