[Music] [Music] [Music] welcome to the Bahamas and the PokerStars Caribbean adventure 2018 this is the main event from the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island I'm James Hartigan alongside me is poker pro poker coach and poker writer Jonathan Lethem so Jonathan can you remember the first time you came here to play the main event it's a long time ago feels like forever ago 2007 it was one of my first $10,000 buy in tournaments and somehow I ended up taking it the place for about 320,000 it was a very good start to my live poker career so you were at that final table on the Dragons balcony where the wind was blowing yes they had to get tape to tape down the cards because as soon as they dealt the cards the cards flew right off the table but now we're here this great set so I don't worry about the cards flying away and over the years the PC a main event has become one of those tournaments that's just kind of grown in prestige and is one of the titles that everyone wants to win definitely it's one of the major tournaments of the year there are only so many gigantic tournaments and this is one of the biggest well this year more than 570 players took to the tables across to day ones including the PGA rakes like Chris Moneymaker sailing day ones Fatima beretta Melo a Jamie Stamos guys I just want a pot you missed it Plus Daniel Negreanu well sadly none of those guys made it through today too but plenty of big names dead including the reigning main event champ Christian harder plus a couple of former EPT winners libery and Jake Cody we've also spotted the always vocal and emotional Maurice Hawkins you might remember we sort of make a deep run here three years ago and just want to be so well after than our half of you famous she'd also highlight certified poker legend barry greenstein and psychologist and author Maria konnikova great story this one Jonathon less than a year she started playing poker she's already won a trophy taking down the national championship yesterday and a platinum passage back next year exactly and we've got a number of players who've won seats into this event Murray Schwab a forestry crews supervisor playing in his first major event this was qualify Stephen John Jost he won his seat with just 27 euros and check out this guy Charles Modesto from Brazil every time we point a camera at him he does this those are some moves you think he has this many moves on the table he's gonna be taking a seat at the secondary table let's talk about some of the players we've got on the feature table today Andre Akari everyone loves Andre he is one of my favorite people he is so nice so humble and everyone in Brazil loves him exactly what in the world loves him another player to watch is Jonathan Jaffe what do you know about him he is a player he comes ready to fight hard for every pot I'm excited to see how he accumulates chips because he seems to make a deep run in almost every turn when he plays and he always has all the chips so let's see how he gets um but we are about to get cards in the air in the main event but before that there's another platinum pass being given away today Jonathan did you know about this know how well Joe Stapleton is on the floor he's got the details over to you Joey alright my babies now we have the little matter of giving away a platinum pass for next year's Players Championship we randomly drew a table a few moments ago that table was table number 34 one of the players at this table will win a platinum pass we're gonna settle things here the way we always settle things on the tour an all-in preflop hand of Texas Hold'em all right let's see the flop yes eight ten six three clubs on the flop does anyone want to turn a card over I would alright John's gonna turn a card over he's got a deuce Mike's probably got that beat Mike out in front with a pair of tens John has a tray let's take a look at one of Ty's cards I play who hasn't even arrived yet Mae has an ace pavel has a club straight flush draw let's take a look at Joe Joe has got his six pair of sixes for Joe all right let's see the turn card it is red it is a for it all right let's see the river the board pairing eight on the river John cannot win John is Oh Mike's pair of tens three five no good there let's try ties card tie right over there not a club under there Joe has a king and it looks like our winner is tie ha congratulations ty will be joining us for the 2019 Players Championship nice work great way to start the day ty ha arrives late on day 2 to find out he's won a Platinum pass worth 30k my thanks to Jonathan little as we get action started in the main event we've got Jonathan Jaffe in the seventh seat with more than 122 grand while Andre akari from Team Pro is in the 3 seat playing a 57 big blind stack blinds of 500 and a thousand with a 100 ante and the action is on Marius patro he is under the gun and at this point we welcome Joe to the booth such a long way outro faults Lucas Blanco has Jack eight of hearts and once that go Gregor Nachtigal has folded pocket queens for Jonathan Jaffe in the hijack okeydoke and that's a raise to 2,200 hello Newman that is Benoit Galan fine as we folded round 2 Andre akari in the big blind who's got a 622 know we know Andre is way behind a call here is totally standard he does Colt and these to go heads up to the flop which is ace 10 10 advantage akari yeah hey nice flop check check I like Andres check eight on the turn Akari now a 95% favorite checks a second time still no back from Jaffe a five on the river Dre has a lock on this and he's played this well he's checked in spots where Jonathan could have a bigger ace or a 10 and now he's gonna go for some value 3,500 tough spot for Jonathan flirty écoles and andre tables the best hand and ships the pot Andres rarely gonna be bluffing there but Jonathan sands just too strong to fall andre playing an above average stack well let's take a look at the biggest acts in the room John atiba is the chip leader just ahead of Michael Vela who made the final table of this event last year all chant Carlos was a finalist in 2015 but in 2018 is one of the early casualties on day two as it's steve old wire who won the 50k High Roller yesterday when will it end we've also lost the winner of the 100k super high roller Kari cats carry on my wayward son we still have Bahama friend mr. Kenney the most successful PCA player of all time with more than six million in cashes bboy from the subject of cash the winner of this event will take home more than a million dollars a min cash is worth 17 and a half grand means a lot to qualifies like Charles Modesto he's in our secondary feature table playing five four of clubs from the button hey you know her dance teachers favor handus five six seven eight but you that's really good thanks looks like he's counting out a race 2,600 around to another qualifier Steven John just in the big blind he's got sixes and that is a rear ace okay if the wrong yeah ah he meant to call but put out too many chips so he will be forced to race this is unfortunate that missclicked 3bet is a pretty obvious tell I want to gave the wrong one I understand that okay sure sorry darling no problem awkward Modesto picks up on this there's a good chance we're gonna see a light format yeah he takes advantage of just mistake rhe racing to 9600 what do you do now at sexist and just is forced to fold the best hand that's where I say verbally declare your bets well it looks like Charles Modesto does have some moves out the poker table [Music] hello my babies welcome back to the Bahamas and our coverage of the PCA 2018 main event I am uncle daddy Joe Stapleton with me Griffin bender it is the 2018 PCA as I mentioned but we're already looking ahead to the 2019 PCA and the PokerStars players No Limit Hold'em championship we've already given away one platinum past that was awarded a couple of days ago to Maria konnikova for taking down the national championship and today we gave away another let's try ties card tie is got an A congratulations it felt awesome I never I didn't expect to win doesn't it yeah it does happen Griffin you know we've been talking we say platinum Pass Platinum pass Putnam pass what does it actually the blood is in Griffin Platinum Pass is a $30,000 package it's an entry fee into the 2019 $25,000 by n which in the over 300 of them which is 8 million added to the prize pool and of course an extra 1 million to 1st place right and we're aiming it for to be potentially the biggest 25k tournament I mean it's definitely going to be in by that point for sure I mean that's absolutely massive prize pool so I think a lot of people are gonna find their way out here next year and you could win free entry to this event make a note of the word on your screen it's the final part of the password for a future Platinum pass pre-roll on PokerStars more details in the next episode thank you Joe Thank You Griffin and of course the winner of this event also gets a PSP C package let's check in on Platinum pass win at taha involved in a three-way pot on one of the outer tables we've seen it all in from Charles Hook and all in from Daniel Carlson tae ha has called he has them both covered and ty has the best hand still has the best hand it's not anymore Full House the hook and with an ace on the river ty loses the side pot to Carlson hook line and sinker ha no longer laughing well Joe you just mentioned PC a national championship winner Maria konnikova she has just bet the flop in a hand against Omer Schmitt hey Maria saved some Platinum passes for the rest of us huh and that that wins her the pot you know Maria I notice you haven't interviewed me for your book yeah do something pretty much free whenever Maria back to the main stage blinds are up to 600 1200 with a 200 ante new player has come to the feature table Jonathan West defaults on track re gives up the 6th floor off Maris petrol is out Blanco and Nachtigal fault Jonathan Jaffe zon the button with Queen 10 no yeah raises to 3,000 it's a fold from ghulam in the small blind Russell Carson isn't the big blind with 5'4 and he's playing it aggressively re-raises with a three-bet to 11500 not so sure about a three-bet there feels pretty random I think I prefer calling or folding Jeffy's got a decent stack that's the advantage of position and he knows how to play too pokers any coals and these two will see a flop so far this isn't going the way Carson wanted there's still not going his way trip tens for Jaffe nibbly no cpap from carson i like the check jonathan is gonna have a lot of hands here that won't fold the one bet Jeff he checks behind turn card ace of clubs it's actually a really bad card for Carson because he's pretty much got to try to rep this he is officially drawing dead and here comes the delayed continuation bet 7400 one would hope that when he gets called or raised here he shuts it down just a call from Jonathan Jaffe forty K in the middle as we go to the river which is the Jack of Clubs giving Jaffe a straight it is a straight flush E paired board and Carson is going to take a snap at this bench reasonably baked 28000 the unfortunate thing for Carson here is he's repping very little it's basically a vote or nothing and there aren't a lot of boats at what Jonathan Jaffe bolts the best hand he folded the street Wow Kirsten with an image tighter than a nun's bookshelf Bibles take up a lot of space a surprising lay down there from Jonathan Jaffe a player who first started making waves back in 2008 when he finished fourth in the kay heads up event at the World Series of Poker since then he's won a World Poker Tour title and he's amassed more than 2.5 million dollars in live earnings now I tell you this Gretna's making where his member that time he trolled everyone by pretending to be a dolphin trainer best fake backed ever over at the secondary feature table Brazilian qualified Charles Modesto has picked up aces I look at his photo and then look at him would you ever suspect that would be what's hiding under his hat that is not a man bun that's a man croissant it comes the race okay oh man stops got jacks he almost got it well he's gonna get called in at least one spot let's see if the blinds wake up with anything far Hakim is in the small he passes an Oscar in the big gets out of the way okay Charles God in fourth gear Scott great spot for our qualifier look guys this is in Kibo oh here comes the flop oh oh my god unfortunate I see some fever please we're just one is Charles need to to outer at least he's not the at-risk player here good eye [Laughter] he doesn't actually but he's taking it remarkably well only good good gotta love the attitude yeah that like never happens well let's check in on a player who genuinely has a lot of chips chip leader John atiba he's gone to the river in a hand against Brian Emery who has an amazing beard really to us atiba bets 18,000 to 28,000 paired board or flush out their mind games galore here Emery lets it go atiba shows 870 suited for the spade flush Wow he bets the fifth nut flush while blocking the six nut flush that deserves a slow clap I guess I should have bet the river there and then you can just call as Han so Sean atiba consolidates his chip lead he's at the top of the leaderboard with a stack of 280 2235 big blinds seconded chips is Jonathan West who recently came to our main feature table few names you might recognize David Peters sitting in fifth and picture Rampton and Jake Cody who round off the tournament to top tank while Victor's deepest run in the main event was back in 2008 when he came 25th Jake Cody's best result was in 2013 when he came 47th one year later libery finished in 50th that was her PCA personal best but you can't do better than the number one spot which is where Harrison gimble finished in 2010 but the most recent main event champ Christian harder will not be going back-to-back he has hit the rail here on day two onward Christian harder soldier staying out in the field let's check in on Maurice Hawkins who has just called a three bet from Uriel improperly the hark you know put in this sound effect there right all spades on the flop eight six deuce and rear checks maurice bets 10k and Maria faults I have came to the king of Spain that's like I don't know what you have this is what I have yeah good thing they have a stage no space right no space that's a good thing he has speed they're problematic she gets to lose the pot and get a poker lesson sign me up we'll go back to the secondary feature table and we're going to sweat with Charles Modesto he is in the big blind with Queen four and Vladimir Anushka has limped in the small notice those whiskers before Modesto checks his option the flop gives him top pair okay all right I know sheikah betting 1,200 let's just call 3,000 and 100 let's just make it 3100 this raise is a bit like interpretive dance you don't see it that often it doesn't make a lot of sense and it's hard to make money from it Anushka calls well he must be a really good dancer the turn card is the King of Diamonds way we'll what this dude is so weird I love him check check seven of clubs on the river so straight draws and flush draws both get there Anushka bets pretty fast 7000 modesties put himself in a tough spot he's invited a bluff but also a Queen's not beating anything oh he calls made on the box and an Oscar tables a flush he don't Bluff this has been an emotional day for Charles Modesto either way he's gonna be dancing it all out in the studio later what kind of dance do you think would be the best way to clear the slate tag your tweets [Music] here at the PokerStars Caribbean adventure 2018 it's been an up-and-down day for our Brazilian qualifier my name is Charlize Modesto I am from Brazil I work with this I teacher this I started with my friends I prepare prepare prepare and now I am teacher my friend of this start me poker and I love it I played in my house and I win chess I open chest and oh my god thank you because now I'm here this is big dream really big dream in cream is a phenomenal don't know mu q fo you go father I mean welcome brass you have present and I keep at home bomb Cuba master hello [Music] well straight back to the action because Charles Modesto is all in he's shot with Queen Jack and has been called by PETA jetan with a six according to Peter jet in 2018 is the year of expression which means I might have to be liking the dancers side here it's practically a coin flip there's a queen on the flop for Modesto there it is even Peter knows this expression that's a straight well yeah we do you win he's not leaving he's dancing nice hands I'm sorry love this guy when we test there was not the only qualifier we have our eyes on there's another Brazilian glad to be Brito he qualified for this event in 2012 and is now back for another go let it be here thanks Maurice Schwab is all in on the flop but his opponent has folded he will take down the pot Schwab the deck matey Maurice won his seat for the PCA in a spin ago and this happy chappy is known as Nikki mouse online he's a poker streamer and he actually won his package while streaming streams really do come true back to Charles Modesto who's got Queen Jack suited in the cutoff starts the hand we just shy of 28 K you know you cannot play a hand sometimes he raises to 2,700 around to Hayes's massara in the big blind who's got ace three massara defense the hick flop for the Spaniard pair in a wheel draw best tan preflop has the best hand now checks the action to Charles who was the preflop aggressor Charles does not continue he checks it back and that's the wheel for massara but des don't know drawing to a shot a little stab here in the turn in general would not be a terrible play 7600 in the middle channels bets 2,900 now we know this isn't gonna work once he gets called he's gonna be up against the straight a lot of the time there's the coal from Becerra the river card is the five of diamonds powering the board Sara checks a third time and this is a situation where you kind of need to just shut it down Mike shut it down Sarah's gonna have more straight than Sweeney Todd Charles has loaded up 3,600 quick Colt from Becerra a straight razor value cut Charles Modesto loses another hand sending nearly 10,000 chips in the direction of Hayes's massara Charles is now playing a stack of 18,400 well below average and close to the danger zone changes how the points are up 800 1600 with a 200 ante aundrea car is opened under the gun with ace five suited Jonathan Jaffe tup fours in the cutoff écoles round 2 the big flight Jonathan West who's got pocket Knights callings fine here but he does have it and he still has the best hand Andre has picked up the nut flush draw though certainly not the worst flop four nines with the action check to him the khari continues for 4k Jaffe calls and will probably see a car yep still three-way as we go to the turn tell Jonathan West really has it an unbeatable full house what a nice feeling that is just scoop it up that set on the turn Oh Carrie's flush draw is now no good but he's still betting 13,000 Jaffe fault is force West is going nowhere and he raises enough to put Audrey Akari all in I believe I have better flesh at all than you that is a dangerous theory Andre lets it go good fault Andre was drawing stone dead meanwhile Jonathan West loves the PCA so much he had a shirt made out of the carpet well we're heading out into the field where it's man down super high roll a regular Jason kun has just been eliminated Kayode by michael cameron in a not insignificant pot that will see Cameron take the chip lead in the main events he's now playing a stack of 330 thousand two hundred six big blinds meanwhile Jonathan West is now second on the leaderboard with 290 K helmet Eber has slipped into four just behind David Peters average stack right now 76k with 230 players remaining but going back to Maurice Hawkins table involved in another hand against Morel and proper Lou Murray spent eight thousand on the flop Maria calls third Spade on the term the ace of spades check-check clean of clubs on the river a bet of 12,000 in a very quick call from Maurice who does not like what he sees uh-oh is it time for another edition of talking's with Hawkins Oh looks like he's staying pretty quiet this time no talking's with Hawkins I showed you Kings really pretty much no I'm solid wise man once said ego in poker you go broke who said that huh we're heading back to the secondary feature table where the action is on Brazilian qualifier Charles Modesto this guy's stack has gone up and down more than the Brazilian bottle dance pocket fours in the hijack oh all you can eat which I can only assume by his body contains no carbs whatsoever PETA Chetan passes Stephen John Jost vaults Sara gives up the small blind Eddie's the bat in the bag with ace ten for a big chunk of Eddie stack and he's gonna be dominated sometimes but he has got to call he does Cole putting Charles Modesto at risk it is a race like every dancing scene ever versus the lift from dirty dancing one of these two hands has a slight mathematical advantage the flop has a 10 on it nobody puts Eddie in the corner he takes the lead Modesto 9% equity now the third card is a five no problem because four is good now no four on the river oh my god guys I'm sorry because I I don't speak English you want to take his picture I brought my hair nobody wants to see Charles Modesto go but go he must okay oh I'm sorry okay remember the choreography it's box step box step feather step free spin grapevine he'll turn time step thunderclap it's been great having Charles Modesto at the PCA best qualifier ever [Music] olena the dream is over the dance teacher Charles Modesto at the PokerStars Caribbean adventure 2018 but he's still smiling somewhere he'll you logic is insane I mean cheap no non stubborn English real stories became moved to grant used to dude kept on the show as an homage am i off use no choice ye I gotta call to a key reprobate on Massacre today he is strapped to the puncayshun believe oppressed of you [Music] for the 211 remaining players here in the Bahamas the journey continues play two qualifiers left in the main events including Stephen job just who's just been moved to the main feature table Stephen John I mean come on make up your minds Jost Stephen or John he's under the gun with five deuce of diamonds he faults action on Stephen John Jaffe he's out as well benoit cologne passes russell Carson's out Jonathan West has ace king in the cutoff he raises to 3708 seven of spades for Andrei akari fine if you want to con the button but you literally never flop anything very stack is on the short side he calls small blind faults big blinds out as well so it's a car evey West to the flock well it's top top for West pair and a flush draw for Andre who is actually the statistical favorite here see literally nothing okay maybe something a continuation bet of 3000 from West Course Andre has to call 17 and a half in the middle the 10 of diamonds on the turn pairs the board and West is now a three-to-one favourite not a great card for Ace King but not the worst one that's again 8,000 and a parent a flush draw well that's harder to get rid of in that box of loose cables you keep in the den you never know when you're gonna need a Scott drink calls again this hand going to the river Andres got less than pot behind and he does not improve on the river not a great river for Ace King I think a lot of players are gonna check call to try to induce a bluff but not John West hey TK that's enough to put Andre Akari all in there are not a lot of worse hands that could call here maybe King Jack Andre lets it go Johnathan West gets the better of him again I think you think Andres at Modesto's out it looks at Johnathan West still among the chip leaders and talking of chip leaders the biggest stack of them all Michael Cameron is in a hand against Daniel Coupole Cameron has bet 17,500 on the turn three diamonds on board and Coupole raises to 45k those chips Wow Cameron responding with a rear ace a three pack two seventy three and a half thousand and Daniel Coupole false must be nice to have so many chips you can free bet the turn and not be all in Cameron close to 400 K now would you like to see some other big stacks Joseph I sure would well currently playing 240 K is David Peters live Boreas chipped up she's now got close to 200 grand meanwhile Platinum pass when @ i ha has just above average 106 k everyone platinum pass winner to another Maria konnikova in action in a hand against Oliver vise and actually goes check check on the turn the river card is the three of spades putting a potential flush out there vice checks konnikova checks and looks like a pair of sevens will be good here third parent gets checked to showdown and it's good poker in 2018 when we're gonna stay out in the field it is round three between Maurice Hawkins a Burrell and propyl oh yeah actually goes check check on the flop for a spate on the turn Korea goes to bat Murray streets are into the pot maurices body language it makes it look like he is annoyed and in general it is easier to play against someone who's annoyed to some space of the river and it goes chitchat Maurice with the best hand could she have gotten a fold on the river I don't know well Hawkins isn't talking's I am worried well let's head back to the main stage make sure no Russell Carson defaults Jonathan West is out Andre akari down to 21 K has King Queen Kevin infer arrays opens to 3,700 nitro faults Blanco gets out of the way Stephen John just on the button has pocket tens good old Stephen John got calls in position Jonathan Jaffe there's the small blinds he passes a benoit gunnel gives up the big blind heads up to the flop we're flipping if we see all five cards well it's a set of tents for just Akari with an open-ended straight draw Andre first to act here big draw versus middle set get ready for a prep wrap pew pew continuation bet of 4300 how fast is just gonna play his set he's gonna put Andre all in here around the turn can't just a call did you say JA star just the top card is an eight just is now a four to one favorite Andre has less than pot behind he shoves icon and just calls putting Andre Akari at risk just the facts ma'am just the facts ultra Akari has eight outs he needs an ace or a nine on the river to survive it's a queen he's out okay thanks the pro is eliminated by the online qualifier and Stephen John just now as a stack of more than one hundred thousand and it's rather fitting that today the Brazilians are getting yanked out painfully by the route nice banana well with Stephen John just eliminating Andre Akari we are down to two hundred and five players in the main event midway through day two and even though Michael Cameron has lost some chips since we last saw him he is still chip leader with 365 K Jonathan West sits in second with 295 K libery just scraped into the top ten with a stack of 197,000 unfortunately though we have lost her Brazilian teammate Andre Akari not coming and I was trying to fix the problem without them well you have to try to find a way some strategy to beauty stack that was I was trying to deliver it didn't work this time we have a lot of Brazilians still in the field I gotta be rooting for them now that I bus I can go to the beach always want to play my best and I think I do next time the battles continue on day two and there's a new qualifier heading to the main stage just try not to think of cameras lights and playing against Victor where's the rest of the puck just trying to soak it all in and not jump out of my boots being scared you guys give them maniac all the chips really good job guys [Music] you
