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2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Niklas Hambitzer opened for 90,000 in early position and saw Benjamin Pollak make it 255,000 in middle position. Hambitzer came back with 650,000, and Pollak mucked his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Niklas Hambitzer |
2,520,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
Benjamin Pollak |
620,000
-245,000
|
-245,000 |
Two players have been eliminated by quads already, and this time Scott Baumstein was the one happy with quads even though he only got half the pot. He four-bet all in preflop from the cutoff against Kevin Schulz in the small blind, and Baumstein's found a board of against .
Dylan Linde opened for 90,000 in middle position and was called by three players. He wasn't afraid to continuation-bet the flop though, and Ratharam Sivagnanam made the call from the cutoff for 190,000. Linde's 370,000 bullet on the took it down.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dylan Linde |
2,530,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
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Ratharam Sivagnanam |
1,000,000
-305,000
|
-305,000 |
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Scott Baumstein raised it up to 80,000 in the small blind, and Chance Kornuth made it 205,000 in the small blind. Baumstein shipped it in for 1.325 million, and Kornuth took off his glasses, thought briefly, and made the call.
Kornuth:
Baumstein:
Baumstein's cards were live, but that's all he had going for him still after the flop missed both. The turn and river did likewise, leaving ace-high best.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chance Kornuth |
4,600,000
1,345,000
|
1,345,000 |
|
||
Scott Baumstein | Busted | |
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Former chip lead Emrah Cakmak opened for 85,000 on the button and four-bet all in to 1.28 million after Diego Ventura three-bet to 240,000 in the big blind. Ventura snapped it off with , and Cakmak had . A run out of left Cakmak drawing stone dead on the turn.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Diego Ventura |
2,860,000
995,000
|
995,000 |
|
||
Emrah Cakmak | Busted |
Pratyush Buddiga opened for 90,000 in the cutoff, and Diego Ventura called on his left. Ratharam Sivagnanam shoved it in for 995,000 in the big, and Buddiga called.
Buddiga:
Sivagnanam:
Sivagnanam found himself dominated, and his three-outer was nowhere to be found on the community.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pratyush Buddiga |
4,350,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
Ratharam Sivagnanam | Busted |
Dylan Linde opened to 90,000 in middle position and was called by two players. Everyone checked the flop, and Linde bet 150,000 on the turn after Pratyush Buddiga checked. Uwe Ritter raised to 325,000, chasing Buddiga out, and Linde shoved. Ritter called with , locked into a double against Linde's .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Uwe Ritter |
1,510,000
780,000
|
780,000 |
Dylan Linde |
1,400,000
-1,130,000
|
-1,130,000 |
|
Juan Martin Pastor opened to 70,000 in middle position and got three calls. Everyone checked the flop, and Pastor bet 180,000 on the turn, getting a call from only Chance Kornuth on the button. Pastor then fired bigger with 410,000 on the river, and Kornuth made the call after briefly thinking.
Pastor revealed for trips, and Kornuth mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chance Kornuth |
4,300,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
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Juan Martin Pastor |
3,200,000
600,000
|
600,000 |