Punta Cana Poker Classic 2016

Doug Polk

Andrew Boccia finished Day 1A of the 2016 Punta Cana Poker Classic Main Event as chip leader after ten levels of play. The Las Vegas resident bagged 187,000 chips and is followed by Eduardo Calti -dr- who bagged 170,200 chips.

Among the returning players will be Dorian Rios (164,500), Francis Cruz (127,200), Amos Ben (111,300), Daniel Ades (55,700) and Phil Nagy (65,300). Big names such as Doug Polk and Faraz Jaka failed on their attempt to advance to Day 2 but will have the chance to return tomorrow.

The first day of action registered 260 entries breaking the previous record of 249 entries but only 78 of the, advanced. Tomorrow players that didn’t advance will get the chance to try it again while the players that advance will have the opportunity to enjoy everything that Punta Cana and The Level has to offer.

Andrew Boccia 187,100
Eduardo Calti 170,200
Dorian Rios 164,500
Jorge de Oliveira 156,600
Andres Read 127,500
Francis Cruz 127,200
Jose Masciotra 112,000
Amos Ben 111,300
Nadim Abouo 108,600
Jordan Shoop 103,000
John Nelson 94,000
Leon Doublet 90,900
Ruben Suarez 79,000
Clayton Warner 73,700
Ricardo Chauriye 72,700
Phil Nagy 65,300
Timothy Dix 64,500
Fernando Gutierrez 56,900
Daniel Ades 55,700
Joel Palmar 53,000
Chris Hunichen 45,000
Austin Peck 35,300

We are just two hands away from the end of Day 1A of the 2016 Punta Cana Poker Classic Main Event. Don’t go away because in a few minutes we will have the best moments from the first day of action here at Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

The player under the gun raised to 2,500 called by Elliot Peterman on middle position, the player on the CO and Andrew Boccia on the big blind. The flop came 9 6 10 good for a 7,000 bet from Boccia called by the player under the gun and Elliot.

Turn was a 3 good for a 24,000 bet from Boccia called by Elliot. River was an A and Boccia announced his all-in for 62,000 called by Elliot. Boccia showed a 8 7 to win the pot.

Claudio Moya , Jose Gonzalez and Fernando Gordo are the latest eliminations. Gonzales lost a big pot just a few hands back and couldn’t recover from it.

We are entering the last level of Day 1A of the 2016 Punta Cana Poker Classic. Only 40 minutes separate us from meeting tha players that will return for Day 2 of this magnificent event.

Costa Rica’s legend Humberto Brenes is now sharing table with his brother Alex Brenes . Both players are at table 9 seating one next to the other. Let’s see if they take their guns out.

Gustavo Moscon raised to 3,300 from under the gun re-raised all-in by Jose Gonzalez for 22,000 chips called by Phil Nagy and by Moscon for his last 22,000 chips.

Nagy: K K
Moscon: 3 3
Gonzalez:  A K

Board: J 2 2 J 8

Moscon is eliminated, Gonzalez remains with 8,000 chips and Phil triples-up his stack.

The player under the gun raised to 2,500 re-raised to 7,500 from middle position re-raised to 21,500 by Francis Cruz -rd- from the BB. Both rivals folded and Cruz increases his stack to around 130,000 chips.

Valerio Varela has doubled his stack through Gustavo Moscon . Valerio had A 10 against Gustavo’s A K but a 10 came on the flop enough for Valerio who increases his stack to 60,000 chips while Gustavo remains with 22,000.

Daniel Ades opens to 2,000 called by the HJ, the CO until Jose Gonzalez announced his all-in for 16,500 chips. The player on the BB announced his all-in on top and everybody else folded.

Gonzalez: A 8
BB: A 10

Board: J 8 5 5 2

Jaime Farriol 110,000
Jose Masciotra 150,000
Elliot Peterman 105,000
Dorian Rios 140,000
-rd- Francis Cruz 90,000
Humberto Brenes 35,000
Andres Read 75,000
Scott Mackenzie 90,000
Amos Ben 100,000
Chris Back 35,000

Scott Mckenzie doubles his stack with A Q against his rival’s pocket 9 9 for about 35,000 chips. the board was Q K 10 2 7 and now Scott has a 74,000 chip stack.

The flop was Q 5 J good for a 3,200 bet from the player on middle position called by Faraz Jaka . The turn was a 7 and the player on MP check-called a 5,800 bet made by Faraz. River was a 10 and Faraz announced his all-in for 11,000 chips called by his rival who showed a J 10 to defeat Jaka’s K Q.

We are back for the last two levels at the 2016 Punta Cana Poker Classic. Only 145 players remain from the 260 that entered on Day 1A. Who is your favorite to advance as chip leader?

Jorge Dominguez raised to 1,600 called by the players on the BTN and the BB. The flop was J 8 K and Dominguez bet 2,100 called by the player on the BTN.

The turn was a 3 checked by both players. The river was a 10 good for a 4,000 bet from the BTN called by Dominguez who won the hand thanks to his A J.

The player on the CO raised to 2,000 re-raised to 4,400 by Jorge de Oliveira from the BB re-raised all-in for 68,000 by the player on the CO. Jorge tanked  but called after five minutes.

Jorge: A Q
CO: Q Q

An A showed on the flop giving Jorge the pot.

A player on middle position announced his all-in for 12,000 chips called by Austin Peck on the BTN. Austin’s pocket J J were good against his rival’s pocket 10 10.

A player on middle position raised to 1,600 re-raised by Dorian Rios to 4,500 re-raised to 11,600 from the BB. The player on MP folded but Dorian raised to 24,000 enough to win the pot. The Venezuelan player showed a J 3 to the table.

The board was J 7 2 J 2 and Fabian Chauriye bet 10,300 on a 11,000 pot called by the player on the BB. Fabian showed a Q J and took the pot down.

Flop was 10 9 7 checked by Chris Hunichen  on the CO and David Miscikowski on the BB. Turn was a 7 good for a 2,500 bet from David, called by Chris. River was a 7 and David bet 3,500 called by Chris .

David said «Good game» to Chris and mucked his hand while Hunichen showed pocket 8 8.

The player on the CO raised to 1,600 called on the BB by Ruben Suarez. The flop was A 7 -th-and Ruben chech-called a 1,700 bet from his rival. Turn was a 9 and Ruben check-called a 3,200 bet from the player on the CO.

River was a J and Suarez called a 9,500 bet from his rival who was all-in. Suarez showed a 8 10 for the straight and the pot.