$25,000 High Roller Event Day 1 | 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-11-2010 21:08 UTC-4

Cada's Straight Beats Sointula's Set

donpeters

Jani Sointula checked the board of {7-Hearts}

to Joe Cada. The reigning WSOP Main Event champion bet 2,150 and Sointula called.

The river card was the {10-Hearts}

and Sointula led for 3,800. Cada tanked and then made the call. Sointula turned over a rivered set of tens with the {10-Spades}

. Cada rivered a straight though with the {8-Diamonds}

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Cada is up to 110,000 and Sointula is down to 26,000.

Tags: Jani Sointula Joe Cada

01-11-2010 21:15 UTC-4

Chips

donpeters

Isaac Baron - 121,000
Dario Minieri - 111,000
Ton Kleijnen - 90,000
Lisa Hamilton - 60,000
Tommy Vedes 60,000
Daniel Negreanu - 55,000
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow - 49,675
Lee Markholt - 47,600
Jason Mercier - 42,000
Isaac Haxton - 37,000
Alexandre Gomes - 35,000
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier - 31,000

01-11-2010 21:20 UTC-4

Dinner Break

donpeters

The players are on a dinner break. They'll be back in an hour and 15 minutes to resume play.

01-11-2010 22:32 UTC-4

Back From Dinner

donpeters

The players have returned, stomachs full and the cards are in the air. We're still in the same level of play.

01-11-2010 22:42 UTC-4

Mortensen Doubles Through Sointula

donpeters

Carlos Mortensen and Jani Sointula got all of the money in on a board of {Q-Hearts}

. Mortensen held {A-Spades}

and doubled up to 35,000. Sointula dropped to 7,500 holding {K-Clubs}

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Tags: Carlos Mortensen Jani Sointula

01-11-2010 22:56 UTC-4

Gloomy Day in Brown Town

donpeters

On a board of {6-Hearts}

, Chad Brown checked over to James Calderaro. Calderaro fired 8,000. After tanking for some time, Brown mucked his hand and was l;eft with just 17,000 chips.

Tags: Chad Brown James Calderaro

01-11-2010 22:58 UTC-4

The Mouth Talking Squeeze

donpeters

After a player raised to 850, Lee Markholt called from the cutoff and the button seat called. Mike "The Mouth" Matusow was in the big blind and reraised to 6,150.

The original raiser tanked for a minute before Matusow chimed in, "C'mon, I don't squeeze that often, let me get away with it once."

Eventually, the raiser folded, as did Markholt and the other player that called preflop. Matusow got away with his "squeeze play" and moved up to 48,000 chips.

Tags: "The Mouth"Lee Markholt Mike Matusow

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

01-11-2010 23:03 UTC-4

Gettin' Crunk with Quads

Mickey Doft

On a board of {4-Spades}

, Yevgeniy Timoshenko check-called a bet of 5,000 from Brett Richey.

The river fell the {4-Hearts}

and Timoshenko quickly checked. Richey wasted little time, firing 15,000 into the pot. Timoshenko thought for a few moments before raising to 45,000.

Richey called all in for his remaining chips immediately and tabled {4-Clubs}

, doubling to 70,000 with quads. Timoshenko dropped to 24,000.

Tags: Brett Richey Yevgeniy Timoshenko

01-11-2010 23:16 UTC-4

Cash or Tourney for Matusow?

donpeters

On a board of {Q-Diamonds}

, there was about 8,000 chips in the middle. Mike "The Mouth" Matusow was facing a bet of 3,800 from his opponent. After taking about a minute to think about things, Matusow said, "I don't mind if I lose this hand," and then made the call.

Both players held {A-?}

and chopped up the pot.

"If that game wasn't going over there, I'd probably have folded," said Matusow, referring to a juicy cash game going on in the pit.

Tags: "The Mouth"Mike Matusow