Punta Cana Poker Classic 2016

Day 1B of the 2016 Punta Cana Poker Classic left us with Ron Morandini as chip leader with a 244,500 stack. The second day of action registered 208 entries but at the end of ten levels only 83 would advance to Day 2 at the Meliá Caribe Tropical in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Big names such as Doug Polk (52,500), Faraz Jaka (47,800), Jose Ignacio Barbero (49,300), Alberto Meran (142,200), Joshua Beckley (91,700) and Humberto Brenes (39,600) made it through and will return in a few hours

On the other hand, players like Georgios Sotiropoulos , Camilo Zuluaga , Savannah Farmer and Luis Perez had a rough start and couldn’t advance. Players that didn’t made it through will have the chance to play some of the side events the festival has to offer.

A grand total of 176 players will return for Day 2 of the PCPC Main Event. Third day of action will kick-off at 02:00 with ten levels of play before we meet the survivors that will return for Day 3.

The organization of the 2016 Punta Cana Poker Classic Main Event just announced that only three hands separe us from the end of the day. We’ll be back just in a few minutes with all the information about Day 1B. Don’t go away!

The player under the gun pushed his last 8,000 chips and Melissa Dube called.

Melissa: A 5
UTG: K 8

The board didn’t help the player under the gun and Melissa scores an elimination just a few minutes away from the end of the day.

Faraz Jaka raised to 2,700 from under the gun, called by Ibrahim Naim on the BTN. Flop came A 2 J and Faraz bet 3,300. Naim announced his all-in for 22,000 chips and Faraz folded.

Camilo Zuluaga raised to 2,600 from the CO raised all-in by the player on middle position for 14,000 chips.

Camilo: A K
MP: A Q

Board: J 7 5 5 A

Evan Shaughnessy raised to 2,200 from middle position and Luis Perez re-raised to 5,700 called by Ecan. Flop was 4 5 7, Evan checked and Luis fired 4,500 raised to 10,900 bu Evan. Luis announced his all-in for 45,000 chips and Evan called.

Evan: 6 5
Luis: J 7

Turn. 9
River: 3

Georgios Sotiropoulos announced his all-in for 11,200 chips and Joshua Beckley called.

Georgios: Q J
Beckley: K J

Board: A 6 7 8 4

We have the final numbers of Event #8 PLO where 19 players registered creating a $10,476 prizepool. Three prizes will be awarded with the champion taking home $5,236 while the runner-up will cash $3,145 and the third place will return with $2,095.

Ricardo Arciero raised to 2,500 and the player on middle position announced his all-in for 17,000 called by the player on the BTN. When action came to Arciero, he announced his all-in for 15,000 points called by the BTN.

BTN: J J
Arciero: A K
MP: 10 10

Board: A 6 7 2 9

The player under the gun raised to 2,200 and Faraz Jaka announced his all-in for 7,800 called by the player UTG.

Jaka: A Q
UTG: K 5

Board: 8 6 2 3 A

Jose Ignacio Barbero raised to 2,500 from the button and Jose Gonzalez called from the BB. Flop was 6 5 2 where Gonzalez check-called a 2,300 bet from Barbero. Turn was a Q checked by both players.

River was a 4 good for a 5,000 bet from Gonzalez who won the pot.

The board was 6 5 10 3 K and Jorge Espinoza bet 4,000 called by the player on the BB. Jorge showed an A K to win the hand while his rival mucked.

We are back for the last two levels of Day 1B at the 2016 Punta Cana Poker Classic Main Event. Players will have to battle for 80 more minutes before bagging and tagging for Day 2.

We were walking by when Marcelo Caceres came to us and told us about his last hand with Faraz Jaka . Faraz raised to 1,700 called by Marcelo  and the big blind. The flop came 4 2 2 and Faraz fired 2,300 points called by Marcelo.

Turn was a K and Faraz fired 4,800 called by Marcelo. River was a 9 and Faraz bet 7,900 called by Marcelo with A Q against Jaka’s A 5.

The player under the gun raised to 1,700 called by Joshua Beckley from the BB. Flop was 8 4 2 where Beckley check-called a 2,400 bet made by his rival. Both players checked the J turn and Beckley bet 2,400 on a K to win the pot.

Marcelo Caceres raised to 1,400 from under the gun, called by Doug Polk on middle position and the player on the CO. The BB announced a raise to 4,000 called by Polk only.  Flop was J 6 3 and the BB bet 3,100 called by Polk. Turn was a 7 where the BB checked and Polk bet 6,700 to win the pot.

The player under the gun raised to 1,700 and Chris Cunliffe called from the BB. Flop came 8 5 7 and Chris donked 2,400 called by his rival.

Turn was a- 8h- checked by both players but when the K showed up in the river, Chris announced his all-in for 13,700 chips. The player under the gun thought about it for almost five minutes before folding.

The player under the gun limped as well as the player on middle position until Steven Thompson raised to 1,200 and the player on middle position raised to 10,200. Thompson seemed a little bit shocked by this and folded his cards.

Josh Beckley raised to 1,450 called by Mauricio Herrero on the small blind. Flop came 8 4 -3c-and Josh bet 1,600 called by his rival. Turn was a 4 checked by both players.

Mauricio bet 4,100 on a 9 river and won the pot when Josh folded.

Faraz Jaka is back at tabel 9 seat 6 trying to advance to Day 2 of the 2016 Punta Cana Poker Classic Main Event but his task won’t be easy with Doug Polk sitting next to him. We are going to watch both players closely. This should be fun, right?