$25,000 High Roller Day 2 | 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-13-2013 21:54 UTC-4

Rachid Ben Cherif Eliminated in 17th Place ($59,980)

Chad Holloway

Rachid Ben Cherif had a heater earlier in the day, but since then his stack has done nothing but go down. To make matters worse, Cherif was just eliminated in one of the nastiest ways possible.

It happened when Nick Schulman opened for 20,000 under the gun and Cherif shoved all in for 259,000 from the small blind. Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst then asked for a count from the big blind before moving all in over the top. Schulman snap-folded and the cards were tabled.

Cherif:
Selbst:

It was a race, but the flop made Cherif a big favorite. In fact, the PokerNews Odds Calculator tells us that he was a 70.4% favorite to double. The river made that 79.55%, but then the spiked on the river to counterfeit Cherif and send him home in 17th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Selbst	1,500,000 380,000	380,000

Rachid Ben Cherif	Busted

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01-13-2013 21:47 UTC-4

Martin Finger Eliminated in 18th Place ($59,980)

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Martin Finger opened to 20,000 from the hijack seat, Vladimir Troyanovskiy three-bet to 52,000 from the big blind, and Finger called.

The flop fell , Troyanovskiy led out for 52,000, and Finger moved all in for 250,000 or so. Troyanovskiy tanked for the better part of 90 seconds, then called.

Finger:
Troyanovskiy:

The turn and river bricked , respectively, and Finger was eliminated.

Troyanovskiy, who started the day as the chip leader, is up to 980,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	980,000 260,000	260,000
Martin Finger	Busted

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01-13-2013 21:35 UTC-4

Ty Reiman Eliminated in 19th Place ($59,980)

Chad Holloway

A short-stacked Ty Reiman moved all in for 102,000 and action folded around to Micah Smith in the small blind. Smith obviously did not see Reiman's shove as he dropped in what he thought was a raise to just over 20,000. Ole Schemion, also oblivious to Reiman's shove, then dropped in enough to call Raskin's "raise."

The dealer, who had immediately announced that Reiman was all in, stopped the action. With the floor's assistance it was explained to Raskin that he had two choices: 1.) he could call the all-in shove or 2.) he could fold his hand and sacrifice his hand. Raskin, who was wearing headphones, chose the former option.

Given that the action had changed in front of Schemion, who was also wearing headphones, he was given the options of either calling or taking his chips back minus the big blind. He chose the latter, which left Reiman and Raskin heads up.

Raskin:
Reiman:

Reiman got it in as a huge favorite, but that doesn't always matter in poker as he found out when the flop fell . Raskin paired his ten and was suddenly in the lead. Reiman was up out of his chair before the dealer even put out the turn, which was the . Reiman picked up a few more outs, but he'd be left wanting as the blanked on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Micah Raskin	1,100,000 130,000	130,000
Ty Reiman	Busted

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01-13-2013 18:59 UTC-4

Joey Weissman Eliminated in 20th Place ($59,980)

donpeters

From under the gun plus one, Joey Weissman raised all in for 77,000. Action then folded to Tobias Reinkemeier, and he made the call from the cutoff seat before play fell on Rachid Ben Cherif on the button. He slid out a tall stack of yellow T25,000 chips for a reraise to 500,000.

Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst was next to act in the small blind. She looked at her hand, capped her cards with a chip, then tanked. After about two minutes, Selbst announced that she was all in.

Nick Schulman quickly folded from the big blind, and Reinkemeier also folded, leaving three-handed action with both Weissman and Selbst at risk.

Ben Cherif had the most chips and held the . Selbst had the , and then the shortest stack, Weissman, held the .

On the flop, the fell, and Selbst picked up a set of queens. The turn was the , which left Ben Cherif with a chance if a ten peeled on the river. Weissman was drawing dead at this point.

After the fell on fifth street, Selbst could breathe out and begin to collect her pot. She was all in for 659,000 and skiyrocketed all the way up to just under 1.5 million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Selbst	1,487,000 832,000	832,000

Rachid Ben Cherif	340,000 -725,000	-725,000

01-13-2013 18:41 UTC-4

Brandon Steven Eliminated in 21st Place ($54,980)

Chad Holloway

Action folded around to Chris Klodnicki on the button and he opened with a raise. A short-stacked Brandon Steven, who was one of only two Day 1 casualties to reenter at the start of Day 2, then moved all in for around 50,000 from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way, Klodnicki called, and the cards were turned up.

Steven:
Klodnicki:

It was a classic flip, but Steven needed to improve to keep his tournament life alive. Unfortunately for him, he'd receive none a the board ran out . Two buy-ins in this event equals $50K, but at least Steven was able to turn a small profit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Klodnicki	875,000 75,000	75,000

Brandon Steven	Busted

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01-13-2013 18:32 UTC-4

Max Silver Eliminated in 22nd Place ($54,980)

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Max Silver opened to 12,000 from the hijack seat, Sam Stein called in the cutoff, and Shaun Deeb three-bet to 41,000 on the button. Silver four-bet jammed for what looked like 200,000 or so, Stein folded, and Deeb snap-called.

Silver:
Deeb:

The board ran out , and Silver was eliminated. Deeb now has 960,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	960,000 360,000	360,000

Max Silver	Busted

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01-13-2013 18:23 UTC-4

Jeff Gross Eliminated in 23rd Place ($54,980)

Chad Holloway

"You've had a nice run of cards over there," Jeff Gross told Ole Schemion upon discovering some bad news.

Before we get to that, let us set the stage. Ole Schemion had opened for 12,000 only to have Mickey Petersen three-bet to 25,000. Gross then four-bet all in from the button for around 140,000, the blinds folded, and Schemion moved all in over the top. Petersen quickly got out of the way and Schemion tabled .

"That's true," Schemion replied to Gross' aforementioned observation. Gross then flipped over the inferior .

"I due to get lucky," Gross said. No sooner did he say it than the dealer diminished his hopes with a dry flop. The turn gave Gross some hope with an open-ended straight draw, but he was not due to get lucky on the river as the blanked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole Schemion	800,000 45,000	45,000

Jeff Gross	Busted

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01-13-2013 18:17 UTC-4

Brandon Meyers Eliminated in 24th Place ($54,980)

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Action folded to short stack Brandon Meyers in the hijack seat, and he raised all in for 50,000. Mike Watson called on the button, and everyone else folded.

Watson tabled the to dominate Meyers' .

On the flop, Meyers picked up additional outs with a flush draw as the fell. The turn was the and river the , missing Meyers and sending him out the door in 24th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	605,000 50,000	50,000

Brandon Meyers	Busted

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01-13-2013 18:07 UTC-4

Petrangelo is the Bubble Boy

Chad Holloway

The money bubble has burst on just the fourth hand of hand-for-hand play with Nicholas Petrangelo finishing as the unfortunate bubble boy.

It happened when a short-stacked 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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Buchanan	600,000 100,000	100,000

Nicholas Petrangelo	Busted

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01-13-2013 17:25 UTC-4

Celestino Eliminated in Major Blind-vs-Blind Cooler

Chad Holloway

Some hands are just flat out bad luck, but that doesn't make them any less disgusting, especially when such hands happen so close to the money. That's exactly what happened to Ariel Celestino as he was just coolered in a blind-vs-blind situation.

When we arrived, Rachid Ben Cherif had 81,000 laid out in front of him in the small blind while Celestino had 42,000 out in front in the big. The latter responded by making it 142,000 to go, Cherif moved all in, and Celestino called off for a little over 400K.

Celestino:
Cherif:

It was a major cooler and Celestino looked devastated. He was up out of his seat and went to his rail for consolation. He turned back to watch the cards, but one by one they fell until the board read . Celestino failed to get lucky and he watched his big stack pushed over to Cherif.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rachid Ben Cherif	900,000 484,000	484,000
Ariel Celestino	Busted

Tags: Ariel Celestino Rachid Ben Cherif