2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
$1,134,930
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$3,626,000
Entries
148
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

Congratulations to Leonid Bilokur, $25,000 High Roller Champion ($1,134,930)!

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Champion Leonid Bilokur
Champion Leonid Bilokur

The 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller is all said and done. Coming out on top after besting a great final table was Leonid Bilokur. He'll walk away with the $1,134,930 first-place prize.

Bilokur came into the final table fourth in chips. He played very steady throughout the final table and some might say even a bit too tight at times. Despite what people may say, he played very solid and began to pick up more and more steam as other players at the table were eliminated. As play progressed, Bilokur began to pick up chips and open up his game. That proved to be the recipe for success as he soon found himself heads up against Team PokerStars Pro and 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel.

Duhamel had eliminated start-of-the-day chip leader Jason Koon in fourth place and then Isaac Haxton in third place to set the stage for the heads-up match. When it began, Duhamel held the lead with 5.43 million in chips to 1.96 million for Bilokur.

From there, Bilokur clawed and scratched to get himself right back into the mix before taking the lead over Duhamel. At one point on the commentary, it was mentioned by Barry Greenstein that Duhamel was simply trying to "outplay" Bilokur too much and that's what caused him to slip.

On the final hand, it was Bilokur's {A-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} versus Duhamel's {K-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} all in preflop. The board ran out {A-Spades}{J-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{A-Clubs} and Bilokur's full house was the winning hand.

For his runner-up finish, Duhamel walked away with $634,550 in prize money and will add that to the $571,420 he's already collected from the 2012 PCA. He previously took fourth place finish in the $100,000 Super High Roller for $313,600. first place in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em for $239,830 and fifth in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo for $17,990.

Final Table Payouts

PlacePlayerPrize
1Leonid Bilokur$1,134,930
2Jonathan Duhamel$634,550
3Isaac Haxton$380,730
4Jason Koon$271,950
5Nicolas Fierro$217,560
6Govert Metaal$181,300
7Michael Telker$145,040
8Randy Lew$108,780

Congratulations to Bilokur for his victory and also to all of the other winners in the event. Next up on the PokerStars tours will be EPT Deauville at the end of the month, so be sure to follow along with all of PokerNews' coverage coming up.

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