Cheong and Baker final table $5k PLO, Zakharau wins $68k
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Vladimir Zakharau beat Joseph Cheong and David Baker to the cheese in the $5,000 PLO turbo. Read about it at the PokerStars Blog.
2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$10,000 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$9,573,900
Entries
987
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Some More Early Day 2 Casualties
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Moorman Eliminated
Action folded to Martin Raus in the cutoff and he went all in for about 22,000. Chris Moorman called all in for about 10,000 from the big blind and tabled 
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Raus turned over 
and won the race when the board ran out 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Griffin Continues to Pad Stack
The board read 
and Ashton Griffin was heads up with an opponent. Griffin checked and his opponent fired out a bet of 2,500. Griffin called and his opponent threw up 
.
Chip leader Griffin, however, showed 
for a rivered pair of sixes and the best hand. With this win he's now flirting with 260,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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258,000 | 4,300 |
Liu Eliminated
Last year's fourth-place finisher, Xuan Liu, has been eliminated. The last of her chips were in the middle with 
, racing with an opponent's 
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Unfortunately for Liu, the board ran out 
to bring her Main Event to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Hakim Eliminates Hilton
Picking up the action on a 
flop, Jeff Hakim bet 4,200. David Hilton popped it 10,200, Hakim called, and the 
landed on the turn. Hakim bet 13,500 this time and Hilton just called, resulting in the river. Hakim quickly put out a stack of blue T5,000 chips and Hilton called all in for about 28,000.
Hakim tabled 
for the nut flush, besting Hilton's hand to score the elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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You Think You're A Funny Guy, Eh?
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Over at Table 1 Seat 4 is a man named Gerard Donoghue. That may not sounds familiar to the masses, but his alias of Gerry Dee might. Today he's a poker player, but by night he's a successful stand-up comedian from Canada who has appeared on the popular TV show Last Comic Standing.
Born on December 31, 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario, Dee was a physical education teacher and hockey coach at De La Salle College. Since moving into the realm of comedy, where he uses his past experiences as material, Dee has had a comedy special on The Comedy Network in Canada, performed at the Montreal Just for Laughs International Comedy Festival, appeared in television commercials and has graced the stage at prominent comedy clubs such as Just For Laughs and Yuk Yuks.
Even with an impressive comedy résumé, Dee is perhaps best known for finishing in third place on the fifth season of Last Comic Standing, where he missed the birth of his daughter while appearing on the show.
In January 2012, Dee premiered his sitcom, Mr. D, on CBC Television. Dee's comedy success inspired PokerStars.net to reach a sponsorship agreement with the comedian in which he agreed to appear in TV commercials and at live poker tournaments. In exchange, PokerStars.net and the site has signed on as the title sponsor of the Gerry Dee Comedy Tour.
"I'm better at math and statistics than the teacher you see on TV, so I'm not a bad poker player," Dee said in a PokerStars Press Release. "I'm no pro but I've always been a bit of a poker buff. I really admire the skill it takes to compete at the top level. I'm excited about this partnership and am looking forward to improving my game!"
Dee is attending the PCA and filming his experience in the Bahamas for a TV special.
"I've played poker with quite a few actors over the years and many are surprisingly good players," said Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu in the press release. "It will be interesting to see how Gerry does at the PCA. I'm happy to have him join the contingent of Canadian players representing PokerStars, but I think he'll need a bit of beginner's luck in the Bahamas!"
Vaillancourt Takes A Hit
We came across the table to find a short stacked David Bokor all in and at risk holding 
against Noah Vaillancourt's .
The board brought 
and Bokor's set of nines held as the best hand. Vaillancourt was forced to ship over 28,100 for the all in and is now left right around 24,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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24,000 | -11,600 |
Little Gone
We recently learned that Jonathan Little has been eliminated from play. Little was all in and at risk before the flop holding 
. Little was looking for help against Daniel Dvoress's 
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The board of 
was of no help to Little and he saw an early exit here on Day 2.
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Johnson Runs Into Aces
A short-stacked Colin Johnson, who only had 5,500 from the 45,500 he started the day with, shoved all in holding only to run into the of Alexander Isenberg.
The 
flop wasn't particularly interesting for Johnson, but the was as it gave him a flush draw. Unfortunately for him, the river failed to complete it and he exited the tournament early on Day 2.
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