2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

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Event Info

2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$1,423,096
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$10,070,000
Entries
1,031
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Nines Full For Rheem

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We arrived at the table toward the end of action to find Chino Rheem in the tank. The completed board read {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and Rheem had fired a river bet of 23,000. Maria Ho raised the action to 48,000, causing Rheem to stir in his seat.

He took a moment and talked through the hand to himself before finally flinging out a flat call. He tabled {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for nines full of sixes which caused Ho to kick her hand into the muck. Rheem dragged in the pot and is now flirting with 180,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
178,000
105,000
105,000
WPT 3X Winner
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
65,000
-5,000
-5,000

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Chip Count Update

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Alexander Kuzmin ru
Alexander Kuzmin
177,000
105,000
105,000
WPT 1X Winner
Erik van den Berg nl
Erik van den Berg
112,000
82,400
82,400
Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
110,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
105,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
105,000
45,000
45,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Jude Ainsworth ie
Jude Ainsworth
100,000
-16,800
-16,800
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
100,000
-30,000
-30,000
Pascal Vos nl
Pascal Vos
95,000
-15,800
-15,800
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
82,000
-13,000
-13,000
WPT 2X Winner
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
80,000
-30,000
-30,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
72,000
1,500
1,500
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
70,000
15,900
15,900
Christian de Leon mx
Christian de Leon
70,000
50,000
50,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
64,000
-13,500
-13,500
Timothy Reilly us
Timothy Reilly
60,000
-50,000
-50,000
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
58,000
11,000
11,000
Badih Bou-Nahra
Badih Bou-Nahra
55,000
11,500
11,500
Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood
52,000
-12,000
-12,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Matt Berkey us
Matt Berkey
46,000
46,000
46,000
Joe Cassidy us
Joe Cassidy
45,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Alex Gomes
Alex Gomes
42,000
-74,000
-74,000
Carter Gill
Carter Gill
40,000
8,000
8,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
33,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Eugene Todd us
Eugene Todd
25,000
14,000
14,000
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
18,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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A Few More Chip Counts

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Shankar Pillai us
Shankar Pillai
280,000
145,000
145,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Alexander Nolan Condon
Alexander Nolan Condon
172,000
78,800
78,800
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
163,000
54,800
54,800
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Shyam Srinivasan ca
Shyam Srinivasan
155,000
36,200
36,200
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
140,000
62,000
62,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
140,000
53,500
53,500
EPT 1X Winner
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
90,000
29,300
29,300
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
78,000
43,900
43,900
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
70,000
-2,100
-2,100
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
67,000
6,800
6,800
WSOP 2X Winner
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
46,000
-19,800
-19,800

End of the Line for Walthaus

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Jorn Walthaus just came over to the media task to pick up his portable phone charger, which was plugged in under our desk.

"Time to hit the pool," Walthaus sighed as he wandered off.

"Ace-jack against ace-king," he added and that means we've lost another player.

Player Chips Progress
Jorn Walthaus nl
Jorn Walthaus
Busted

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Former SuperNova Elite Mike Ziemba on Surviving Black Friday and Grinding Online in NV

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Mike Ziemba
Mike Ziemba

Mike Ziemba is a former PokerStars SuperNova Elite player who had his dream job stripped from him when Black Friday struck the Internet poker world. Since that dark day in April 2011, Ziemba spent time traveling abroad to play, attempting to play live cash games in Las Vegas, and anxiously waiting for online poker's triumphant return to the United States.

While the volume of games may not be what it once was, online poker is back in Ziemba's home state of Nevada. Since its return, Ziemba has been back on the grind getting his life back in order, and he is easily one of the highest — if not the highest — volume players in the Silver State.

PokerNews senior writer Rich Ryan recently spent some time with Ziemba to get his story and find out first hand from the man himself what the entire experience has been like for the past couple of years through all of the ups and downs.

You can read the full feature story on PokerNews.com by clicking here.

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Stammdogg Doubles Through Timex

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

With the board reading {2-Hearts}{8-Spades}{5-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{9-Clubs} and more than 70,000 in the pot, Keven "Stammdogg" Stammen shoved for 58,800, sending Mike "Timex" McDonald into the tank for about four minutes before he called.

Stammen tabled {A-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for trip fives, besting McDonald's {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs} to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
190,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
45,000
-95,000
-95,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Keven StammenMike McDonald

Silver Loses One

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Max Silver raised to 2,100 from middle position. Miguel Cieri Di Pentima called on the button, and then action folded to Team PokerStars Pro Humberto Brenes in the big blind. Brenes was unaware that Di Pentima had called and folded his hand, showing the {2-Diamonds}.

The flop came down {K-Hearts}{8-Spades}{7-Hearts} between Silver and Di Pentima. Silver bet 4,100, and Di Pentima made the call to see the {2-Spades} land on the turn. Silver bet 7,000, and Di Pentima called with just about 13,000 behind after matching the bet.

The river finished off the board with the {10-Hearts}, and Silver set Di Pentima all in. Di Pentima called with the {A-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for the nut flush, and that was good enough to beat Silver's {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} for top pair.

Di Pentima won the pot to move to right around 57,000 while Silver was kicked back to 118,500.

Player Chips Progress
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
118,500
11,500
11,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Miguel Cieri Di Pentima
Miguel Cieri Di Pentima
57,000
6,900
6,900

Tags: Max SilverHumberto BrenesMiguel Cieri Di Pentima

Crosta Climbing

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Mark De Faria raised to 2,300 from middle postion and Chino Rheem called from the hijack. Morgan Frederick Crosta three-bet to 5,600 from the small blind, both De Faria and Rheem called, and the flop came down {A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}.

Crosta continued for 13,000 and only Rheem called to see the {8-Spades} turn where Crosta bet 23,000. Rheem gave it some throught, but ultimately folded.

Player Chips Progress
Morgan Frederick Crosta
Morgan Frederick Crosta
260,000
40,000
40,000
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
153,000
-25,000
-25,000
WPT 3X Winner

Tags: Chino RheemMorgan Frederick Crosta

More For Baker

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

After each committing 5,500 before the flop in unknown action, David "ODB" Baker and Christian de Leon saw a flop of {A-Spades}{10-Spades}{6-Diamonds}.

Baker checked the flop and the PokerStars Team Pro continued out for 4,600. Baker called and the board paired with the {6-Clubs} on fourth street. Two checks allowed the {9-Clubs} to complete the board and Baker took this opportunity to shoot out a bet of 4,500. De Leon called but mucked his hand after Baker tabled two jacks - {J-Clubs}{J-Hearts} - for the win.

Baker now has right around 150,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
150,000
45,000
45,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Christian de Leon mx
Christian de Leon
60,000
-10,000
-10,000

Tags: Christian de LeonDavid "ODB" Baker