2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Play Slowing
The play has slowed down considerably as we've reached Level 15. With a $228,960 bubble approaching, the remaining 14 players are tip-toeing quite carefully.
Level: 15
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Quoss' Kings Crush Mercier's Queens
Fabian Quoss opened to 40,000 from under the gun, Dan Shak three-bet to 115,000 from the cutoff, and Jason Mercier moved all in for 815,000 from the small blind. Quoss called all in for 316,000, and Shak tank-folded.
Quoss:
Mercier:
The board ran out , and Quoss more than doubled to 791,000 chips. Mercier now has 499,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dan Shak | 1,610,000 | -127,000 |
Fabian Quoss | 791,000 | 459,000 |
Jason Mercier | 499,000 | -268,000 |
Sands Finishes Off Rajkumar
Vivek Rajkumar was crippled after doubling up David "Doc" Sands, and found himself all in from the big blind. In the hand, Antonio Esfandiari raised to 40,000 from the hijack and then folded when Sands three-bet to 108,000 from the cutoff.
Showdown
Sands:
Rajkumar:
Rajkumar was drawing live, but he'd be left wanting after the board ran out . With that, Sands finished off Rajkumar.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Sands | 1,510,000 | 88,000 |
Vivek Rajkumar
|
Busted |
Sands vs. Rajkumar For 1.422 Million Pot
Vivek Rajkumar opened fore 45,000 from early position and received a call from Scott Seiver in the hijack. David "Doc" Sands then three-bet to 164,000 from the small blind, Rajkumar moved all in, Seiver folded, and Sands called off for 678,000.
Showdown
Rajkumar:
Sands:
We've seen a lot of races today, and more times than not the pocket pairs have been holding up. That's exactly what happened in this massive 1.422 million pot as the board ran out .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Sands | 1,422,000 | 741,000 |
Vivek Rajkumar
|
20,000 | -681,000 |
PCA 2013: Vanessa Selbst's Engagement Brings Good Luck
Vanessa Selbst is crushing here on Day 2 of the Super High event, and she gives some of the credit for her good fortune to her recent engagement.
Cards Are Back In The Air
The dinner break is over and there's 16 minutes left in Level 14. The cards are now back in the air.
Dinner Break and Chips
The players are now on a 105-minute dinner break. Cards will be back in the air at 8:30pm local time.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nick Schulman
|
1,813,000 | -87,000 |
Dan Shak | 1,737,000 | 97,000 |
Scott Seiver
|
1,649,000 | -81,000 |
Vanessa Selbst | 1,628,000 | 53,000 |
Phil Ivey
|
1,190,000 | 90,000 |
Philipp Gruissem
|
1,003,000 | 3,000 |
Greg Jensen | 974,000 | -16,000 |
Jason Mercier | 767,000 | -33,000 |
Cary Katz | 742,000 | -112,000 |
Antonio Esfandiari
|
719,000 | -81,000 |
Vivek Rajkumar
|
701,000 | 41,000 |
David Sands | 681,000 | -79,000 |
Bill Perkins | 509,000 | -131,000 |
Vladimir Troyanovsky | 384,000 | 89,000 |
Fabian Quoss | 332,000 | -16,000 |
Last Two Tables
Here's how the last two tables look:
Table | Seat | Player |
---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Vladimir Troyanovsky |
1 | 2 | Fabian Quoss |
1 | 3 | Philipp Gruissem |
1 | 4 | Greg Jensen |
1 | 5 | Cary Katz |
1 | 6 | Dan Shak |
1 | 7 | Nick Schulman |
1 | 8 | Jason Mercier |
Feature | 1 | Phil Ivey |
Feature | 2 | Antonio Esfandiari |
Feature | 3 | David "Doc" Sands |
Feature | 4 | Bill Perkins |
Feature | 5 | Vanessa Selbst |
Feature | 6 | Vivek Rajkumar |
Feature | 7 | Scott Seiver |
Feature | 8 | --empty-- |