2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

2010 PCA Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$2,200,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
1,529
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
20,000

Who's That Lady?

A player in early position open-raised to 550, and the player to his left made the call. Action came to Vicky Coren in the small blind, and she reraised to 1,200. The big blind and both of the original contenders would come along with calls, and it went off to a four-handed flop.

The dealer spread out {10-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {9-Spades}, and Coren led out with a bet of 3,000. The big blind and initial raiser both called, while the fourth player elected to duck out of the way. The three remaining players watched the turn card bring the {K-Spades}. Not slowing down now, Coren fired out another 5,000. This time nobody wanted to continue; her opponent's mucked in turn, and the put was pushed to the Team PokerStars Pro.

Coren is back up to 33,000 courtesy of that pot.

Tags: Vicky Coren

More Chips for Mort

Juan Carlos Mortensen
Juan Carlos Mortensen
Juan Carlos Mortensen has just improved to 68,000 in chips after a recent hand against a PokerStars online qualifier at his table.

Mortensen opened the pot with a preflop raise to 525 holding {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}. His opponent then kicked it up to 1,700 and Mortensen made the call.

The flop came down {8-Spades}{7-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and Mortensen checked to the raiser who fired a continuation bet of 2,500. Mortensen then check-raised to 7,000 and his opponent made the call, bringing the action to the turn: {Q-Clubs}.

Here, Mortensen continued to put on the pressure, firing a 10,000 bet which was called by his nemesis.

The last card off the deck was the {K-Hearts} and Mortensen fired another 10,000 bet leaving himself about that much behind. His opponent dove into the tank for a few minutes before a player sitting to his right apologized and then called the clock. A floorperson approached the table and gave Mortensen's opponent a minute to act. With about 10 seconds left on the countdown clock, a call was made and Mortensen revealed his hand. Disgruntled, his opponent tossed his cards into the muck and Mortensen raked in the pot.

Tags: Juan Carlos Mortensen

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

Gray's Spades Neuter Opponent

A short-stacked opponent was all in before the flop against Jason Gray, Gray holding {A-Spades} {Q-Spades} to his opponent's {Q-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}.

The board frowned on the at-risk player as it came out {9-Clubs} {9-Spades} {5-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {6-Spades}. Five spades equals a flush all day, and Jason Gray's ace-high flush is plenty good enough to win him the pot and tally the knockout, moving his stack up to about 36,000.

Tags: Jason Gray

Fish Snags the Bait

Daryll "DFish" Fish
Daryll "DFish" Fish
Daryll Fish fired a bet of 1,000 on the flop of {9-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} facing one opponent. The player called and the turn brought the {J-Clubs}. Fish fired 2,100 this time and again his opponent called.

The river completed the board with the {8-Spades} and Fish checked. His opponent took some time and then fired a bet of 6,200. It was now Fish's turn to tank. The massage therapist kept working on Fish's back muscles while his brain worked out the answer to the equation. Finally, he made the call.

"I don't have a pair," announced Fish.

"I don't either," said his opponent, tabling {A-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds}. Fish then showed {A-Clubs} {10-Spades} and held the past hand, with his ten kicker playing.

"They're playing on a different level," commented the player. Fish is up to 65,000 chips.

Tags: Daryll Fish

Sarwer Drops One

Jeff Sarwer
Jeff Sarwer
From under the gun, Jeff Sarwer raised to 800. Tony Cousineau called from middle position, Liz Lieu called from the small blind and the big blind called as well.

The flop came down {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} and the two blinds checked to Sarwer. He fired a continuation bet of 2,100. Cousineau folded, as did Lieu. The big blind made the call though.

The turn brought the {6-Hearts} and the big blind checked. Sarwer fired 3,500 and his opponent called.

The river was the {8-Clubs} and the big blind fired 4,300. Sarwer looked him up with the call, but his opponent wasn't fooling around as he revealed {K-Hearts} {8-Hearts} for a full house on the river. Sarwer is down to 50,000.

Tags: Jeff Sarwer

Deeb Left Low

On a flop of {10-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {7-Clubs}, Adam "Roothlus" Levy bet out 1,075. Freddy Deeb raised to 2,200. Levy made the call.

The turn brought the {K-Diamonds} to the board and both players checked. After the river fell the {J-Diamonds}, Levy fired 7,000, which was enough to put Deeb all in for his last 6,500. Deeb mucked and Levy scooped the pot to push back up to 20,000.

Tags: "Roothlus"Adam LevyFreddy Deeb

De Korver KO'd

Pieter de Korver has begun this new year running pretty poorly. An ugly pot early on left de Korver with less than 20,000 after his pocket kings were run down by an opponent's ace-king.

Just moments ago, we spotted de Korver doing an interview with the Dutch television crew, so we assumed he had been eliminated. A chat with the Team PokerStars Pro a few minutes later confirmed his demise, and he filled us in on the details.

With the blinds at 150/300, an opponent opened the pot with an over-raise to 3,000. De Korver looked down at pocket aces and moved all in for about 16,000. His opponent immediately called with pocket kings. The flop was pretty uneventful, but a third club hit fourth street, and the only club in either hand was the king of the covering player. Sure enough, de Korver's hopes were slashed as a fourth club peeled off on the river, flushing him out of here in the middle of Day 1b.

Tags: Pieter de Korver

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25