High Roller Day 1 | 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-12-2012 20:07 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Bill Perkins	232,000 52,000	52,000
Chris McClung	223,000 150,000	150,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	207,000 46,000	46,000

Mike Sowers	163,000 13,000	13,000
William Thorson	155,000 15,000	15,000
Jonathan Duhamel	132,000 2,000	2,000

Keven Stammen	115,000 65,000	65,000

Lawrence Greenberg	111,000 6,000	6,000

Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel and Philipp Gruissem were heads up with the board reading {j-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {6-Diamonds} . Duhamel checked, Gruissem tossed out 1,700, and Duhamel check-raised to 5,100. Gruissem tank-called.

The turn was the {5-Diamonds} , and Duhamel led for 5,400. Gruissem called.

The {8-Clubs} completed the board, and Duhamel moved all in, having Gruissem covered. Gruissem shrugged, then threw his three remaining blue T5,000 chips in the middle, signifying a call. Duhamel tabled {k-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} for a flush, and Gruissem mucked his hand and hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Duhamel	130,000 61,600	61,600

Philipp Gruissem	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Duhamel Philipp Gruissem

01-12-2012 19:45 UTC-4

More Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Cajelais	155,000 105,000	105,000

Mike Sowers	150,000 64,000	64,000
Lawrence Greenberg	105,000 55,000	55,000

Jonathan Little	88,000 25,050	25,050
William Reynolds	84,300 34,300	34,300
Connor Drinan	79,000 29,000	29,000
Chris McClung	73,000 23,000	23,000
Galen Hall	61,000 11,000	11,000

Yevgeniy Timoshenko	58,100 8,100	8,100
Randy Lew	56,000 6,000	6,000

Mike McDonald	56,000 6,000	6,000

Peter Jetten	56,000 -24,000	-24,000
Chris Klodnicki	55,000 11,000	11,000
Bryn Kenney	45,000 -5,000	-5,000
Christian Harder	44,000 -6,000	-6,000
Sam Stein	40,100 -23,900	-23,900
Shawn Buchanan	35,200 -14,800	-14,800
Micah Raskin	34,500 -15,500	-15,500
Daniel Negreanu	33,500 -16,500	-16,500

Ludovic Lacay	27,000 -23,000	-23,000

Dmitry Gromov	24,700 -25,300	-25,300

Josh Arieh	20,400 -29,600	-29,600

Manny Jo	20,000 -30,000	-30,000
Liv Boeree	16,200 4,400	4,400

Mohsin Charania	9,100 -40,900	-40,900

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

01-12-2012 19:41 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Bill Perkins	180,000 40,000	40,000
William Thorson	140,000 90,000	90,000
Martin Finger	58,000 -8,500	-8,500

Chance Kornuth	57,000 7,000	7,000

Eli Berg	53,500 10,500	10,500
Nicolas Chouity	52,000 2,000	2,000

Barry Greenstein	52,000 2,000	2,000

Athanasios Polychronopoulos	51,500 1,500	1,500

Govert Metaal	50,500 500	500
Jude Ainsworth	50,000
Noah Schwartz	48,000 -2,000	-2,000

Leo Fernandez	48,000 -2,000	-2,000

Scott Baumstein	46,000 -4,000	-4,000
Viktor Blom	45,000 2,000	2,000

Jen Harman	43,000 -7,000	-7,000
Sean Getzwiller	40,000 -10,000	-10,000

Ty Reiman	35,000 -15,000	-15,000
David Benefield	31,000 -13,000	-13,000
Tyler Kenney	25,000
Justin Smith	23,000 -52,000	-52,000
Frank Kassela	Busted

01-12-2012 19:31 UTC-4

Hall Check-Raises to a Win

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Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

From early position, William Thorson raised to 900. He was called by Govert Metaal in the hijack seat, Micah Raskin in the cutoff seat and Galen Hall in the big blind. The four players took a flop of {10-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} and action checked to Metaal. He bet 1,700 and Rasking folded. Hall check-raise to 5,875 and Thorson folded. Metaal also gave it up and Hall won the pot.

Tags: Galen Hall Micah Raskin William Thorson Govert Metaal

01-12-2012 19:30 UTC-4

Chouity Drops a Deuce on Raskin

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Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

From under the gun, the 2011 PCA Main Event champion Galen Hall raised to 800. Nicolas Chouity, champion of the 2010 EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, three-bet to 2,300 from the hijack seat. Micah Raskin called from the button and then action folded back to Hall. He also called and action went three ways to the flop.

The flop came down {J-Hearts} {8-Clubs} {4-Hearts} and Hall checked. Chouity fired a bet, but the amount he announced was unheard as he tossed out a single blue T5,000 chip. Raskin raised to 10,000 and Hall folded. Chouity came back with a reraise to 18,300 and Raskin called.

The turn was the {3-Clubs} and both players checked to see the {5-Clubs} land on the river. Chouity fired 23,400 and Raksin tank-folded. Chouity showed the lowly {2-Diamonds} and scooped in the pot.

Tags: Micah Raskin Galen Hall Nicolas Chouity

01-12-2012 19:20 UTC-4

Glantz Barreling Away

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Matt Glantz fired a bet of 3,400 on the {J-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} flop and Taylor Paur made the call in position to see the {7-Clubs} land on the turn. Glantz bet 6,500 and Paur made the call again.

The river completed the board with the {K-Clubs} and Glantz bet 16,700. Paur gave it up and Glantz won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Paur	103,500 21,500	21,500

Matt Glantz	65,000 -14,000	-14,000

Tags: Matt Glantz Taylor Paur

01-12-2012 19:18 UTC-4

Tondeur gets There Against O'Brien

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With about 7,000 chips in the middle on the {J-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} flop, Dan O'Brien and Roger Tondeur raised back and forth to get all of the money in. Tondeur was the player at risk and all in for 47,175 with the {Q-Spades} {Q-Hearts} . O'Brien had flopped top two with the {J-Spades} {10-Hearts} .

The turn was the {9-Spades} to give Tondeur some more outs to a straight. He nailed that straight when the {K-Spades} fell on the river and was able to come from behind to double up. O'Brien was knocked back to the starting stack while Tondeur moved to over 100,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Tondeur	101,350
Dan O'Brien	50,000 -41,000	-41,000

Tags: Dan O'Brien Roger Tondeur

01-12-2012 19:09 UTC-4

Selbst Nearing 100K Again

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Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst and Michael Mizrachi, who recently re-entered, were heads up with the board reading {k-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {j-Spades} . Mizrachi checked, Selbst fired 4,700, and Mizrachi check-raised to 11,000. Selbst called.

The {6-Clubs} completed the board, and Mizrachi instantly bet 16,000. Selbst called.

"Missed my flush," Mizrachi said, tabling {10-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} .

"I was hoping for a diamond," Selbst responded, flipping over {a-Diamonds} {j-Diamonds} for a better missed flush, and, more importantly, a pair of jacks. She raked in the pot, and now has 97,000 chips.