2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Main Event
Day: 5
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

Alafogiannis Active From the Blinds

From early position, Anthony Gregg raised to 51,000. Nikolaos Alafogiannis called from the big blind to see the flop come down {K-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{9-Clubs}. Alafogiannis shoved all in for approximately 300,000 and Gregg quickly folded, claiming to have the "worst two pair possible."

On the next hand, Xuan Liu raised to 50,000 from early position and action folded to Alafogiannis in the small blind. He tanked for a couple minutes before Daniel Shiff in the big blind asked if Alafogiannis knew the action was on him. Alafogiannis didn't and was surprised. He checked his hand and then went to raise to 53,000. Of course, Liu had already made a raise to 50,000, so Alafogiannis was ruled to just call. Shiff then called as well.

The flop came down {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{J-Spades} and Alafogiannis bet 83,000. After Shiff folded, Liu raised all in. Alafogiannis folded and showed the {J-Hearts} from his hand and Liu scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Gregg us
Anthony Gregg
2,000,000
-80,000
-80,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
1,340,000
258,000
258,000
Nikolaos Alafogiannis
Nikolaos Alafogiannis
300,000
79,000
79,000

Tags: Nikolaos AlafogiannisDaniel ShiffAnthony GreggXuan Liu

A Double For the Fisherman

Under the gun, Alex Venovski shoved all in for about a half-million chips, and right next door, Ruben Visser did the same. He had Venovski covered by a bit, and when the rest of the table folded, the coin flip was shown down.

Showdown
Venovski: {A-Spades} {K-Hearts}
Visser: {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}

Visser's ladies held fast on the {4-Spades} {2-Spades} {7-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {10-Hearts} board, and Venovski has run out of chips. He'll notch a 23rd-place result worth $52,000 while Visser almost doubles up to about 1.1 million.

Player Chips Progress
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
1,100,000
500,000
500,000
EPT 1X Winner
Alex Venovski us
Alex Venovski
Busted

Tags: Alex VenovskiRuben Visser

Chevalier Eliminated

Danny Chevalier open-shoved three straight hands, and on the third, Daniel Shiff re-jammed from the cutoff seat. The action behind folded, and the hands were opened.

Showdown
Shiff: {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Chevalier: {a-Clubs}{10-Spades}

Shiff's kings held as the board ran {3-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{8-Spades}{3-Spades}, and Chevalier was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Shiff
Daniel Shiff
1,200,000
366,000
366,000
Danny Chevalier
Danny Chevalier
Busted

Tags: Danny ChevalierDaniel Shiff

Dibella Doubles Burbick

John Dibella raised to 65,000 from the button, and Corey Burbick moved all in for 510,000 in the small blind. It would cost Dibella about a third of his chips to call, and he did just that to put Burbick at risk. Dibella was dominated, though.

Showdown
Dibella: {A-Clubs} {J-Spades}
Burbick: {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades}

The {7-Spades} {6-Spades} {3-Spades} flop was a good one for Burbick, and the turn {3-Hearts} and river {K-Clubs} secured his double to move over a million chips.

Player Chips Progress
Corey Burbick us
Corey Burbick
1,068,000
517,000
517,000
John Dibella us
John Dibella
900,000
-506,000
-506,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Corey BurbickJohn Dibella

Level: 24

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

Drover Undeterred

First in from middle position, Anthony Gregg opened to 44,000, and Mark Drover three-bet to 106,000 in the cutoff. Next door, Byron Kaverman came in from the cold with another raise to 235,000 total, and that folded Gregg without incident. Not Drover, though. He popped it right back up to 505,000, and Kaverman surrendered his cards back to the dealer.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Gregg us
Anthony Gregg
2,080,000
-62,000
-62,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
1,900,000
-236,000
-236,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mark Drover
Mark Drover
1,620,000
237,000
237,000

Tags: Byron KavermanAnthony GreggMark Drover

The First Flop

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

It took about ten minutes of action to see a flop at any of the tables. Over on the feature, Faraz Jaka opened with a middle-position raise, and Phil D'Auteuil three-bet him a couple seats over. Jaka called, and off they went.

The dealer spread out {8-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}, and Jaka check-called another 103,000 from D'Auteuil to arrive at the {6-Hearts} turn. D'Auteuil fired 245,000 now, and Jaka took a look and folded.

Tags: Faraz JakaPhil D'Auteuil

Every Day I'm Shufflin'

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The small blind is 10,000, the large blind is 20,000. Antes? 3,000. Robbie Thompson has just called the dealers into action, and Day 5 is off and running.