$100,000 Super High Roller
Day 2 Started
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$3,743,000
Entries
38
Level
20
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Second Verse
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Yesterday's PCA kickoff event welcomed 38 players to the felt for the $100,000 Super High Roller event. After nine hours of play, that field was trimmed down to 23, those survivors set to return today for the middle day of this three-day conquest. Germany's Tobias Reinkemeier is leading the way thanks to the final hand of Day 1 when his pocket jacks ran down a straight against Shawn Buchanan's pocket aces.
It sounds like a flukey thing that kept him alive, but Reinkemeier is no stranger to success in high-buy-in events. In May of last year, he took down the €25,000 High Roller event at the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo. There were 113 runners in that event, and Reinkeimer took close to €1 million (~$1.272 million) for that victory. This one's worth a bit more, $1.5 million, and Reinkemeier has himself in the top spot with 896,000 chips to his credit.
His lead is a small one, though, and danger lurks close behind him. Daniel Negreanu, Bryn Kenney, and Nick Schulman traded the chip lead around for the bulk of the day, and they're lined up in the next three places with Daniel "jungleman12" Cates rounding out the top five.
Also still in contention are three members of the PokerStars Team Pro family; Negreanu, Jason Mercier, and Humberto Brenes. They've all drawn Table 1 together.
The players are just beginning to wander into the room, and we're about twenty minutes from our scheduled start time of noon. Sit tight; we'll be back with the table draw for you in a moment.
Day 2 Draw
Table 1
Seat 1: Shawn Buchanan (209,000)
Seat 2: Daniel Negreanu (848,000)
Seat 3: Vivek Rajkumar (483,000)
Seat 4: Daniel Cates (622,000)
Seat 5: Bryan Colin (134,000)
Seat 6: Jason Mercier (459,000)
Seat 7: Humberto Brenes (318,000)
Seat 8: Antonio Esfandiari (330,000)
Table 2
Seat 1: Tobias Reinkemeier (896,000)
Seat 2: Mike McDonald (269,000)
Seat 3: Bryn Kenney (828,000)
Seat 4: Sorel Mizzi (249,000)
Seat 5: David Benyamine (202,000)
Seat 6: --empty--
Seat 7: Justin Smith (116,000)
Seat 8: Sandor Demjan (401,000)
Table 3
Seat 1: James Obst (390,000)
Seat 2: Nick Schulman (705,000)
Seat 3: Andrew Lichtenberger (494,000)
Seat 4: Matt Glantz (148,000)
Seat 5: Caio Pimenta (409,000)
Seat 6: Phil Laak (99,000)
Seat 7: Eugene Katchalov (551,000)
Seat 8: Andrew Robl (324,000)
Level: 10
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Let's Get it On
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
The cards are flyin', and Day 2 is a go.
Colin v. Buchanan
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Bryan Colin opened the last pot with raise from middle position, and Shawn Buchanan three-bet him from the small blind. It was 21,000 more for Colin to call, but he opted to fold and save his 125,000 chips for a better spot. Like, the next hand, for example.
Colin got himself all in for 124,000 one hand later, and Buchanan gave him action again. It was pair versus pair, and Colin's 
was crushing his opponent's 
.
The board ran 
, and Colin has found his double. Mark him down for 268,000, and it's now Buchanan who's in the danger zone.
Table Talk
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Table 1 is chattering like a group of schoolgirls right now, and the conversation has come around to Jason Mercier's free money yesterday. We reported yesterday that Phil Laak paid him $1,000 to learn Mercier's net worth once a year for life, and that's of the more interesting props we can remember.
When we joined the conversation, Vivek Rajkumar was asking Antonio Esfandiari if he'd take the same bet.
"For $1,000?" Esfandiari asked. "No way. Well, it depends who it was. For Phil, no chance. Zero."
"What about me?" Vivek asked. "Or Jason?"
"Probably not," Esfandiari eventually answered.
From across the table, Daniel Negreanu piped up. "How do you even calculate that sort of thing? Isn't it really hard?"
There was a brief moment of silence before Mercier spoke up: "It's easier when you don't have that much."
Chuckles all around.
Negreanu's Big Day
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
It's certainly not a surprise to see Daniel Negreanu's name near the top of the score sheet right now, and there are some serious implications riding on this event for the Team PokerStars Pro from Canada.
Negreanu's lifetime tournament poker earnings amount to $13,116,192 right now, and that makes him the second-biggest winner of all time. You can all guess who's in first (Phil Ivey), but Kid Poker trails by less than three-quarter million dollars. Second place in this Super High Roller is good for a cool $1 million which would pull Negreanu into the all-time lead.
We're betting he's not shooting for second place this week, though.
Benyamine Doubles Through Reinkemeier
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
With the board reading 
, Tobias Reinkemeier fired 58,000. David Benyamine moved all in for 160,000. After a minute in the tank, Reinkemeier made the call. Benyamine turned up the 
for a full house and Reinkemeier mucked.
Reinkemeier dropped back to 715,000 while Benyamine doubled up to 420,000.
No More Boost
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
from the cutoff seat, Justin Smith moved all in for 100,000. Action folded to Tobias Reinkemeier in the small blind and he asked for a count on the stack of Mike "Timex" McDonald in the big blind. After he got a rough estimate, Reinkemeier reraised all in. McDonald mucked and got out of the way. Smith turned over the 
and Reinkemeier tabled the 
.
The board ran out 
and left Smith with just a pair of nines. Reinkemeier's aces were best and Smith hit the rail. Reinkemeier moved back up to 840,000.