PTLIVE
EPTLive's coverage of Day 4 of the PCA Main Event gets under way at noon. The first TV table of the day features EPT Prague €25k High Roller finalist Ramin Hajiyev (currently ranked #1 in the Azerbaijan all time money list), Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier, EPT Prague €2k NL finalist Phillip McAllister and fellow Brit Martin McCormick. You can watch it on PokerStars.tv and YouTube. Team PokerStars Pro Jason Somerville will also be broadcasting live on Twitch.
ROWSOME WINS $2K PLO HI/LO 8-HANDED TURBO
Team PokerStars Pro Online’s Adrienne "talonchick" Rowsome won yesterday’s PCA 2016 $2k PLO Hi/Lo 8-Handed Turbo event for $22,420, the best live cash of her career. Yesterday’s victory was not the Canadian’s first PCA win though – she took down the $1k PLO event in 2012 for $10,900 and a $1k Triple Stud/Razz/Stud/Stud 8 tourney in 2013 for $10,920. Rowsome, who hails from Edmonton in Alberta, has been grinding poker online for many years, and playing for fun for even longer. She was first introduced to poker by her father, playing five card draw. Rowsome combines poker with her job as an Occupational Therapist. She qualified for the World Series of Poker* Main Event for three consecutive years on PokerStars in 2005, 2006 and 2007, and had top-100 cashes in WSOP Omaha events in the next three years, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Online tournaments at PokerStars have also proved profitable and she’s final tabled the Women’s Sunday event three times, with strong finishes in 2nd, 3rd and 4th spots. Her User ID ‘talonchick’ is in honor of her first car, a 1992 Eagle Talon. There were 34 players in yesterday’s event with six paid from the $65,960 prize pool.
MATEOS LEADS $5K NL EVENT
PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT11 Grand Final champion Adrian Mateos has a substantial lead in the PCA 2016 $5k NL event which began yesterday. A stacked field remains in contention for the $175,750 first prize. Mateos has 305,800 followed by French pro Benjamin Pollak on 195,800. Also through to Day 2 are Michael Telker, Pablo Gordillo, Kyle Frey, Guillaume Darcourt, Paul Newey, Darren Elias, Ben Heath, Alex Fitzgerald, Senh Ung, Thomas Muehloecker, Jake Abdalla and Martin Finger. There was a huge turnout for the tournament with 151 players joining the fray. There are now just 27 players left, with 20 getting a share of the $732,350 prize pool.
KURGANOV WINS $5K NL 6-HANDED TURBO
Ivan Kurganov won yesterday’s $5k NL turbo for $85,830. It was a tough fight at the finish with some of the world’s best players all in contention including WSOP Main Event champion Joe McKeehen, his November Nine adversary Pierre Neuville, 2014 PCA runner-up Mike McDonald and Marvin Rettenmaier. There were 59 players in total, and the final eight all cashed. The prize pool totalled $353,080.
1 Igor Kurganov Russia $85,830
2 Joseph McKeehen USA $62,100
3 Pierre Neuville Belgium $40,060
4 Amit Makhija USA $30,340
5 Mike McDonald Canada $23,460
6 Marvin Rettenmaier Germany $18,320
7 David Bell USA $14,600
8 Christian Harder USA $11,440
LUCA WINS $5k NL WIN THE BUTTON HYPER TURBO
Argentina’s Ivan Luca continued his spectacular run good last night after taking down the late night $5k NL Win the Button Hyper Turbo for $22,670. His victory comes only a few days after he finished third in the $50k One Day High Roller for nearly $500k. It was also his third cash of this years’s PCA festival – he was also third in the $5k NL Hyper Turbo "$50,000 Survivor" event for $40,422. His live tournament winnings are now well over $4.5 million with results that include a WSOP bracelet last summer in a $1k NL event, and four other six-figure cashes, all accrued on the European Poker Tour. There were 85 players in last night’s tourney, generating a $82,450 prize pool. Among the 11 players who cashed were runner-up Morten Mortensen, Charlie Carrel, Paolo Compagno, Larry Hirschfield, Chris Oliver and Marvin Rettenmaier.
LIGHTBOURNE TAKES DOWN $2K NL EVENT
British player Iaran Lightbourne has won the two-day $2k NL event for $78,240. There were 182 players with 27 taking a share of the $353,080 prize pool. Day 1 chip leader Nicola D`Anselmo from Italy finished 12th for $5,820. Among those who cashed were Italy’s Rocco Palumbo, Simon Deadman, Jake Schwartz. David Yan, Pablo Gordillo, Erwann Pecheux, Dylan Linde and Mike McDonald.
ROSEN WINS $600 NL TURBO; SACKS NARROWLY MISSES SECOND TROPHY
Oren Rosen won the biggest cash of his live poker career yesterday after taking down the $600 NL unlimited re-entries Turbo. The Israeli won $15,720 after beating Aaron Sacks heads-up. Sacks has already snagged a trophy at this year’s PCA after finishing first in the $5k NL Hyper Turbo "$50,000 Survivor" event three days ago. There were 110 entries in yesterday’s tourney with the $62,400 prize pool divvied up between 17 players. Among those who cashed were Pascal Hartmann, Zachary Schneider, Erwann Pecheux and Tamer Kamel.
FAIR WINS $1K PLO FOR SECOND PCA 2016 TROPHY
Canadian player Andrew Fair took down yesterday’s $1k PLO & PL0 Hi/Lo Dealers Choice 4/5 Cards after beating Ivan Soshnikov heads-up. Fair took $12,850 for the win plus his second trophy of the festival; he won the $300 PLO event three days ago for $5,880. Soshnikov’s runner-up finish brought the Russian within a hair’s breadth of snagging his third trophy. He has already won two No Limit events at PCA 2016 for a combined haul of $46,920. There were 39 players creating a $37,830 prize pool with six paid.
DEAN LEADING $1K NL TOURNEY
American Thomas Dean is leading the last seven players in the $1k NL event that started yesterday. Dean has already one tournament here at the PCA, a $120 Flipout tourney for $1,140. A far bigger prize awaits the winner of this event however. There were 191 players creating a $185,270 prize pool... among the 20 players who have already cashed are Rasmus Agerskov, Shola Akindele Deadman, Team PokerStars Pro Victor Ramdin, Carter Gill and Kilian Kramer.
ALKSNIS WINS HIS SECOND “TOP 3 GET PAID” FLIPOUT
The $120 Flipouts have proved pretty profitable for Eyal Alksnis and Guy Taylor. The Israeli player won his second trophy after taking down yesterdays’ $120 NL Flipout “Top 3 Get Paid” while Britain's Guy Taylor narrowly missed winning a third. He was runner-up for $900.
TEAM JAFFEE WINS THE BASKETBALL SHOOTOUT TOURNAMENT
Some 32 competitors were up early at the Atlantis Resort yesterday morning but it wasn't poker on their minds - instead they were taking part in the #StarsFun Basketball Shootout tournament featuring Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier. There were eight four-a-side teams in the event and the line-up featuring Jared Jaffee, David Robinson, Kunal Patel and Wade Townsend emerged victorious. Each member of the winning team earned entry into a $1k PCA side event as their prize. "Team Jaffee" beat a squad comprising Tyler Hurman, Tyler Patterson, Evan Panesis and Jeff Burns in the finals. Among the others who entered were 2013 WSOP Main Event champ Ryan Riess, Nick Maimone and Elliot Smith.
MEDIA INFO
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PCA 2016
A record 104 tourneys are taking place at Atlantis during the 2016 PCA festival. Aside from the $100k Super High Roller, $2,200 LAPT Bahamas Main Event and PCA 2016 Main Event, there is also a $50k One-Day High Roller Single Re-Entry on January 9. The three-day $25k High Roller starts Jan 12 and the $600 Ladies Event on Jan 14. Check out the PCA 2016 promo video here.
PCA ACTIVITIES
Numerous other promotions taking place for players during this year's PCA. See the PCA website for details. The hashtag for all promotions & activities is #starsfun.
ATARI-SPONSORED PLAYER LOUNGE
The Atari-sponsored PCA Player Lounge is open daily from midday to midnight, January 6-14. From 2-10pm, players can compete for an Atari 2600 Flashback console in classic games such as Centipede®, Asteroids® and Missile Command®.
PCA PLAYER PARTY
The PCA 2016 Player Party is from 8pm - 10:30pm on Wednesday, January 13 in the Grand Ballroom - with food, entertainment and free bar. Party tickets will also get you free entry in to Aura nightclub afterwards (please note, drinks in Aura are not free).
POKERSTARS BLOG / SOCIAL MEDIA
Full reports and updates can be found on the PokerStars blog. For social media, see @PokerStars_PCA.
Team PokerStars Pro Online’s Adrienne "talonchick" Rowsome won yesterday’s PCA 2016 $2k PLO Hi/Lo 8-Handed Turbo event for $22,420.
