2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
$2,003,480
Event Info
Buy-in
$98,000
Prize Pool
$5,724,180
Entries
59
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Redraw

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The final 24 players have redraw to three tables:

TableSeatPlayer
11Phil Ivey
12David Benefield
13David Sands
14Bill Perkins
15Vanessa Selbst
16Vivek Rajkumar
17Scott Seiver
18Mike Watson
   
21Vladimir Troyanovsky
22Tobias Reinkemeier
23Philipp Gruissem
24Greg Jensen
25Cary Katz
26Daniel Negreanu
27Tom Marchese
28Jason Mercier
   
Feature1Dan Shak
Feature2Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Feature3Nick Schulman
Feature4Fabian Quoss
Feature5Timothy Adams
Feature6Antonio Esfandiari
Feature7Steve O'Dwyer
Feature8Erik Seidel

Selbst Successfully Five-Bets Ivey Out Of The Pot

Vanessa Selbst opened for 22,000 and was quickly met by a three-bet to 56,000 from Vivek Rajkumar. When action reached Phil Ivey in the big blind, he opted for a hefty four-bet to 175,000. Selbst thought for about a minute and then quietly announced that she was all in.

Rajkumar quickly got out of the way, and Ivey, who had a considerable stack, took about 90 seconds before conceding the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
1,280,000
230,000
230,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
655,000
-75,000
-75,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Vanessa SelbstPhil IveyVivek Rajkumar

Level: 12

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

The River Snatches Away ElkY's Double

In the last hand of Level 12, Steve O'Dwyer opened for 22,000 from the cutoff and then called when Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier moved all in for 70,000 from the small blind.

Showdown
O'Dwyer: {A-Spades}{4-Diamonds}
Grospellier: {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

Grospellier was way out in front and primed for a double, though the {5-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} flop did put out some chop options. The {A-Hearts} turn paired both and put out even more chop options, and wouldn't you know it, the {K-Hearts} spiked on the river to do just that. Both players held aces and queens with a king kicker and Grospellier watched the much-needed double slip through his hands.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
360,000
29,000
29,000
EPT 1X Winner
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier fr
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
80,000
-10,000
-10,000

Tags: Bertrand "ElkY" GrospellierSteve O'Dwyer

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Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

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Adams' Day Is Done

It’s hard to get all the details from the final table, but we managed to get a few surrounding the elimination of Timothy Adams.

We do know Nick Schulman opened from the hijack and received calls from Adams and Steve O’Dwyer on the button and big blind respectively. O’Dwyer then checked the flop, which contained a jack and two hearts, and Schulman bet. Adams raised to 103,000, O’Dwyer folded, and Schulman moved all in. Adams called and the cards were turned up.

Showdown
Adams: {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Schulman: Pocket Jacks

Adams held the nut-flush draw, which he needed to hit to overcome the flopped set of Schulman. Unfortunately for Adams, neither the {A-Clubs} turn nor {10-Diamonds} completed it and he was sent packing.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
1,150,000
450,000
450,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Timothy AdamsNick Schulman

Negreanu Sends Reinkemeier To The Rail

Daniel Negreanu opened for 27,000 from the hijack and cleared the field to Tobias Reinkemeier, who moved all in for around 220,000 from the big blind. Negreanu made the call and it was off to the races:

Showdown
Reinkemeier: {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}
Negreanu: {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}

It was a flip, but Reinkemeier was the one who needed to improve. He didn’t do it on the {7-Spades}{6-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} flop, nor on the {K-Clubs} turn. That meant he needed either an ace or a queen on the river to stay alive, but the {7-Clubs} was not it. Negreanu was pushed the pot while Reinkemeier sought consolation from Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree on the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
670,000
65,000
65,000
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
Busted

Tags: Daniel NegreanuTobias Reinkemeier

Perkins Doubles Through Seiver

A short-stacked Bill Perkins raised to 30,000 from early position and was met by a three-bet to 70,000 from Scott Seiver in the cutoff. The rest of the field got out of the way and Perkins moved all in for 243,000. Seiver made a quick call and once again it was a race situation.

Showdown
Seiver: {J-Hearts}{J-Spades}
Perkins: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}

“Wow, I guess I’m stone dead,” Seiver laughed when the {9-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds} flop hit Perkins and gave him the nut redraw. The {8-Spades} gave Seiver pause as it delivered him a gut-shot straight draw to a non-diamond ten, but the {6-Spades} river was not what he was looking for.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
1,750,000
100,000
100,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Bill Perkins us
Bill Perkins
510,000
270,000
270,000

Tags: Bill PerkinsScott Seiver

Rajkumar Takes Two Hits

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Vivek Rajkumar and JC Alvarado on the feature table
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Vivek Rajkumar and JC Alvarado on the feature table

Vanessa Selbst opened to 22,000 from early position, and four players called including Vivek Rajkumar (middle position), Scott Seiver (hijack seat), Phil Ivey (button), and David "Doc" Sands (big blind).

The flop fell {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}, and the action checked to Rajkumar who fired 75,000. Only Seiver called. The turn was the {10-Hearts}, Rajkumar checked, and Seiver tossed out 175,000. Rajkumar tank-called.

The river was a third heart - the {7-Hearts} - and Rajkumar checked again. Seiver cut out 375,000, then tossed it forward. Rajkumar instantly folded, later claiming that he knew that Seiver had hearts.

A few hands later, Sands opened to 27,000 in the cutoff. Rajkumar three-bet to 90,000 from the big blind, Sands four-bet to 157,000, and Rajkumar moved all in for effectively 515,000.

Sands instantly called.

Sands: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Rajkumar: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{7-Spades}{4-Hearts}{j-Clubs}, and Sands doubled to over one million chips. Rajkumar now has only 250,000.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
1,900,000
250,000
250,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
David Sands us
David Sands
1,075,000
460,000
460,000
Vivek Rajkumar in
Vivek Rajkumar
250,000
-880,000
-880,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: David SandsVivek RajkumarScott Seiver

ElkY's Turn To Double

Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier moved all in from the under-the-gun position for 81,000 and cleared the field all the way around to Dan Shak, who made the call from the big blind.

Showdown
Grospellier: King-Ten
Shak: Pocket Threes

The {K-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{A-Clubs} flop was kind to Grospellier as it delivered him two pair. The {2-Spades} turn was close to what Shak needed, but not close enough. The {6-Clubs} ended up blanking on the river and Grospellier received a much-needed double.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
560,000
-266,000
-266,000
$25K Fantasy
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier fr
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
182,000
102,000
102,000

Tags: Bertrand "ElkY" GrospellierDan Shak