$25,000 High Roller
Day 2 Completed
2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$25,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$4,998,000
Entries
204
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante
The 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller continued on Sunday with Day 2 action from the Atlantis Resort and Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. After a full day of play, the returning field of 79 players was whittled down to the final table of eight. Leading the way is Shaun Deeb, who bagged up 2,536,000. He will be joined by Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst; Day 1 chip leader Vladimir Troyanovskiy, who also made the final table of the $100,000 Super High Roller; and €50,000 Majestic High Roller champion Mike Watson.
| Place | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaun Deeb | 2,536,000 |
| 2 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | 1,625,000 |
| 3 | Ole Schemion | 1,227,000 |
| 4 | Mike Watson | 1,620,000 |
| 5 | Bryn Kenney | 484,000 |
| 6 | Micah Raskin | 389,000 |
| 7 | Tobias Reinkemeier | 876,000 |
| 8 | Vanessa Selbst | 1,512,000 |
The 2013 PCA $25,000 High Roller drew 198 entries on Day 1, but only 158 of them were unique players. That’s because the tournament featured one optional reentry, of which there were 44. Throw in some late entries at the start of Day 2, and registration officially closed with 204 entries—which created a prize pool of $4,998,000.
Dozens of hopefuls were looking to finish in the top 24 and claim a portion of the prize pool, but many of them left empty handed. They included Phil Hellmuth, Erik Seidel, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Marvin Rettenmaier, Ben Lamb, Jason Somerville, Dan Smith and Vivek Rajkumar, just to name a few. Likewise, Team PokerStars Pros Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Jason Mercier, Jonathan Duhamel, Isaac Haxton and Daniel Negreanu all fell short of the money.
When just 25 players remained, the money bubble was in full effect and it didn’t take long to burst. On just the fourth hand of hand-for-hand play, a short-stacked Nicholas Petrangelo moved all in under the gun for 79,000 holding 
and he cleared the field all the way around to Shawn Buchanan, who woke up with 
in the big blind. The call was made, and immediately the cameras, media and other players surrounded the table to watch.
Petrangelo was in need of a nine to keep his 2013 PCA $25,000 High Roller hopes alive, but it just wasn't in the cards as the board ran out an uneventful 
. All things considered, Petrangelo seemed to take being the bubble boy in stride.
From there, the in-the-money eliminations began to mount. They included Jeff Gross (23rd-$54,980), Ty Reiman (19th-$59,980), Christian Harder (16th-$69,980), Nick Schulman (14th-$79,960) and PokerStars Team Online Mickey Petersen.
Petersen’s elimination actually came at the hands of Selbst, his fellow PokerStars Pro. In the hand, Petersen opened for 32,000 from the hijack only to have Selbst three-bet to 74,000 from the big blind. Petersen thought long and hard before moving all in, and Selbst snap-called.
Selbst: 
Petersen: 
The online pro got it in as a huge favorite, but Selbst pulled closer to even when the 
flop delivered her a flush draw. "That a good flop for you," Petersen said. No sooner had he completed the sentence then the dealer burned and turned the 
. Selbst had hit her flush to leave Petersen drawing dead.
"Nice hand," Petersen said as the dealer put out the meaningless 
on the river. "Good luck, guys." Despite busting, Petersen immediately took to Twitter to express his excitement for 2013:
Busted 13th with AKs vs @VanessaSelbst AQs for 80k I think, gl to her and the other heroes still in. Great start to the year :) #firstofmanyJanuary 13 2013Follow
As far as Deeb is concerned, he got his chips in the last level of the night in a huge pot with Micah Raskin. It happened with just nine players left in Level 21 with the blinds at 10,000/20,000/3,000 when Deeb opened for 45,000 from early position and Ole Schemion called from middle position. Raskin then three-bet to 95,000 from the button, and after both blinds folded, Deeb four-bet to 295,000. Schemion quickly got out of the way, Raskin called, and the two saw a flop of 
.
Deeb continued for 255,000, Raskin made a quick call, and the dealer burned and turned the 
. "You've only got one move," Raskin said as Deeb, who had 687,000 behind, spent some time in the tank. Eventually he emerged by going all in and Raskin snap-called with 
. Deeb then showed and was a huge favorite to double; in fact, Raskin needed either a five or six on the river win. The dealer burned one last time and put out the 
. Deeb doubled into the chip lead while Raskin was left with just 125,000.
The final table will start at 13:00 EST on Monday, but it won’t be live streamed until 14:00 EST. Of course you can watch the live stream right here on PokerNews while following along with our live updates. Until then, good night from the 2013 PCA $25K!
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,536,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
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1,625,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
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1,620,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
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1,512,000
-138,000
|
-138,000 |
|
||
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1,227,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
||
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876,000
106,000
|
106,000 |
|
484,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
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389,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante
Please stay tuned for our full recap of the day's action, which will include a look back at the notable bustouts and official end-of-the-night chips counts.
It didn't take long for the final table bubble to burst, and it wasn't Micah Raskin. Instead, it was Chris Klodnicki.
It happened when Klodnicki opened for 40,000 from middle position and action folded to Mike Watson in the small blind. Watson looked over at Bryn Kenney's short stack in the big and decided to just move all in. Kenney quickly folded and after a moment's hesitation, Klodnicki committed for right around 400,000.
Klodnicki: 
Watson: 
It was the worst possible spot for Klodnicki as he had run straight into pocket rockets. The 
flop was as dry as could be for Klodnicki, and the turn left him drawing dead. The meaningless 
was put out on the river for good measure, and Klodnicki exited the tournament in ninth place. With that, the final table is set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Micah Raskin opened-jammed for 179,000 from middle position, and Vladimir Troyanovskiy called in the small blind.
Raskin: 
Troyanovskiy: 
Raskin threw his jacket over his shoulders, and was ready to leave, but the 
kept him at the table. His two pair held as the turn and river came , 
respectively, and he doubled to 365,000 chips.
Troyanovskiy slipped to around 1.51 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,510,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
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365,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante
Shaun Deeb is still chasing that first big money title - is this the one? Read more at the PokerStars Blog?
We've seen some big pots in this tournament, but none of them compare to the one we just saw take place between Micah Raskin and Shaun Deeb.
It began when Deeb opened for 45,000 from early position and Ole Schemion called from middle position. Micah Raskin then three-bet to 95,000 from the button, and after both blinds folded, Deeb four-bet to 295,000. Schemion quickly got out of the way, Raskin called, and the two saw a flop of .
Deeb continued for 255,000, Raskin made a quick call, and the dealer burned and turned the . "You've only got one move," Raskin said as Deeb, who had 687,000 behind, spent some time in the tank. Eventually he emerged by going all in and Raskin snap-called with . Deeb then showed and was a huge favorite to double; in fact, Raskin needed either a five or six on the river win.
The dealer burned one last time and put out the . Deeb doubled into the chip lead while Raskin was left with just 125,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,400,000
1,130,000
|
1,130,000 |
|
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125,000
-1,120,000
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-1,120,000 |
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante
Vanessa Selbst opened to 40,000 from under the gun, Mike Watson called in the cutoff, and Micah Raskin moved all in for 1.24 million from the small blind. Perturbed, Selbst examined Raskins stack, rechecked her cards, then folded. Watson folded instantly.
Tobias Reinkemeier opened to 28,000 from under the gun, Chris Klodnicki three-bet to 85,000 in middle position, and the action folded back to Reinkemeier, who moved all in for 378,000. Klodnicki slowly reached for a stack of blue T5,000 chips, grabbed them, and begrudgingly plopped them forward.
Reinkemeier: 
Klodnicki: 
The flop fell , changing very little, but the on the turn gave Klodnicki a flush draw. Any diamond would eliminate Reinkemeier and bring us to an official final table, but the bricked on the river.
The German doubled to 770,000 chips, while Klodnicki dropped down to 460,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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770,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
|
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460,000
-365,000
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-365,000 |
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