2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
56
Prize
$1,775,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$10,398,400
Entries
1,072
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Adam Levy us
Adam Levy
229,000
-16,000
-16,000
Hoyt Corkins us
Hoyt Corkins
150,000
91,600
91,600
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Jonathan Jaffe us
Jonathan Jaffe
142,000
-40,000
-40,000
WPT 1X Winner
Jan Heitmann
Jan Heitmann
128,000
38,200
38,200
Phil Collins us
Phil Collins
99,000
8,100
8,100
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
75,000
25,700
25,700
EPT 1X Winner
Gualter Salles
Gualter Salles
58,000
-1,100
-1,100
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
56,000
-86,700
-86,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Heath Herring us
Heath Herring
52,000
-8,000
-8,000
Casey Kastle si
Casey Kastle
50,000
5,800
5,800
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
47,000
-17,400
-17,400
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
35,000
-25,200
-25,200
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
33,000
-19,900
-19,900
EPT 1X Winner
John Racener us
John Racener
22,000
-27,700
-27,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
20,000
-49,900
-49,900

This Is How We Do

After a series of preflop raises, Tommy Vedes was heads up with an opponent with the board reading {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}. Both players checked.

Vedes check-called a 7,600-chip bet after the {5-Hearts} turned, and the {9-Diamonds} completed the board. Vedes checked, his opponent fired 12,500, and Vedes tank-called. The player chose not to show his hand, and Vedes tabled {q-Hearts}{10-Spades} for a pair of tens.

"This is how we do, kid," Vedes told the player as he raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Tommy Vedes us
Tommy Vedes
170,000
93,600
93,600
WPT 2X Winner

Tags: Tommy Vedes

And More Chip Counts...

Player Chips Progress
RIchard Bruning us
RIchard Bruning
190,000
-3,100
-3,100
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
180,000
-2,900
-2,900
WPT 3X Winner
Elliot Smith ca
Elliot Smith
176,000
21,000
21,000
Anthony Gregg us
Anthony Gregg
119,000
48,100
48,100
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Jamie Rosen us
Jamie Rosen
113,000
47,900
47,900
Mark Herm us
Mark Herm
103,000
8,700
8,700
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
72,000
2,000
2,000
Matt Waxman us
Matt Waxman
65,000
-29,400
-29,400
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
David Bach us
David Bach
43,000
4,200
4,200
WSOP 3X Winner
Shane Schleger us
Shane Schleger
33,000
-21,500
-21,500
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
30,000
13,800
13,800
James Calderaro us
James Calderaro
18,000
-12,000
-12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
18,000
-30,800
-30,800
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Gabe Patgorski us
Gabe Patgorski
16,000
-14,000
-14,000

Gimbel and the Cowboys

Harrison Gimbel on Day 1b
Harrison Gimbel on Day 1b

Harrison Gimbel (button) and the small blind tangled up in a preflop raising war that left the opponent all in for 79,100 total. Gimbel had that covered, and his {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} was far the best hand. His opponent showed up {A-Diamonds} {10-Spades}, and the sweat was on.

There was no funny stuff on the {J-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {6-Spades} {4-Spades} board, and the knockout pot moves Gimbel all the way up to about 180,000 chips.

If, for some reason, you're having trouble placing the name Harrison Gimbel, have a read about this little tournament he won in this building two years ago.

Player Chips Progress
Harrison Gimbel us
Harrison Gimbel
182,000
67,500
67,500
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Harrison Gimbel

Chips

Player Chips Progress
Alex Venovski us
Alex Venovski
224,000
31,000
31,000
Alexey Repik
Alexey Repik
200,000
-20,100
-20,100
Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
177,000
77,000
77,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Tommy Vedes us
Tommy Vedes
152,000
-18,000
-18,000
WPT 2X Winner
Nikolaos Alafogiannis
Nikolaos Alafogiannis
135,000
50,900
50,900
Marc Tschirch
Marc Tschirch
112,000
-64,000
-64,000
Daniel Schmieding
Daniel Schmieding
110,000
-5,000
-5,000
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
100,000
61,300
61,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
94,000
-13,000
-13,000
Ori Miller il
Ori Miller
90,000
3,500
3,500
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
85,000
-15,200
-15,200
WSOP 2X Winner
Christian De Leon mx
Christian De Leon
78,000
-26,200
-26,200
Bolivar Palacios pa
Bolivar Palacios
63,000
9,800
9,800
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
49,000
600
600
Michael Telker us
Michael Telker
47,000
-7,900
-7,900
Ty Reiman us
Ty Reiman
40,000
-55,200
-55,200
Grayson Ramage us
Grayson Ramage
32,000
-21,100
-21,100
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
28,000
-32,000
-32,000
EPT 1X Winner
Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
24,000
-40,100
-40,100
WSOP 2X Winner

Alvarado and the Ladies

A player in middle position opened with a standard raise, and JC Alvarado three-bet to 8,100 in the blinds. Mr. Raiser called, and off they went heads-up.

The dealer spread out {10-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {2-Hearts}, and Alvarado continued out with 8,600. His bet was called, and the two men checked through the {A-Spades} turn. On the river, the {2-Diamonds} paired the board, and Alvardo fired back out with 12,800. Mr. Opponent spent a few long minutes in the tank before plunking the call into the pot.

Alvarado tabled {Q-Clubs} {Q-Spades} for queens up, and a muck from his opponent shipped him the pot to increase his count to about 140,000.

Player Chips Progress
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
140,000
32,800
32,800

Tags: JC Alvarado

QuadJacks

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 100 ante
William Reynolds on Day 1b.
William Reynolds on Day 1b.

A player moved all in for 18,900 from under the gun, Marcio Cid Holanda re-shoved on the button, and the action was on Will Reynolds in the small blind.

"The only thing I know about him," Reynolds said pointing at Holanda. "Is that you're not Andrew Feldman."

The table broke into laughter, and Reynolds continued to tank for another half of a minute. He finally folded, and the hands were opened.

Showdown
Holanda: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Shover: {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}

"I had jacks," Reynolds announced.

The flop: {j-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}. Bingo!

The turn and river came {9-Spades}, {7-Diamonds} respectively, giving the player under the gun a winning flush. Reynolds continued to bemoan the fact that he just folded quads, while Holanda wasn't too happy after having his aces cracked.

Tags: Marcio Cid HolandaWill Reynolds

More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
330,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jacob Bazeley us
Jacob Bazeley
184,000
81,600
81,600
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
151,000
11,700
11,700
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
133,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Philippe Plouffe
Philippe Plouffe
100,000
9,500
9,500
Anders Berg se
Anders Berg
97,000
47,000
47,000
Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
77,000
-17,000
-17,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
59,000
23,200
23,200
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
58,000
-22,900
-22,900
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
56,000
13,800
13,800
Mats Kristoffersen
Mats Kristoffersen
46,000
22,000
22,000
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
43,000
-50,000
-50,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Raj Vohra us
Raj Vohra
42,000
42,000
42,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David Peters us
David Peters
38,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
38,000
-73,000
-73,000
Lauren Kling us
Lauren Kling
37,000
23,000
23,000
Dennis Phillips us
Dennis Phillips
26,000
-10,100
-10,100
Joe Serock us
Joe Serock
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner