$100,000 Super High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$3,743,000
Entries
38
Level
20
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Official End-of-Day Chip Counts
Straight off the bags and right to your screen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
896,000 | |
|
848,000 | |
|
828,000 | |
|
705,000 | |
|
622,000 | |
|
551,000 | |
|
494,000 | |
|
483,000 | |
|
459,000 | |
|
409,000 | |
|
401,000 | |
|
390,000 | |
|
330,000 | |
|
324,000 | |
|
318,000 | |
|
269,000 | |
|
249,000 | |
|
209,000 | |
|
202,000 | |
|
148,000 | |
|
134,000 | |
|
116,000 | |
|
99,000 |
Reinkemeier Steals the Lead to End Day 1
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Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
The poker world has been waiting patiently for the start of the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, and Thursday was finally the day. The eighth annual festival of sunshine kicked off inside the massive ballroom inside the even-more-massive Atlantis Resort and Casino on Paradise Island. This year's gathering started off with a bang as the $100,000 Super High Roller event is the first date on the schedule. When this opener was first announced announced, the staff was hopeful they'd be able to fill two or three tables; instead, a full 38 players showed up to play, generating a prize pool of 3.743 million of which $1.5 million will go to the eventual champion. Among the runners were some of the biggest names in poker.
The list of people with $100,000 to drop on a single event is small, and the fact that everyone is already more-or-less familiar with each other created a unique and entertaining experience for the railbirds in attendance. PokerStars was well represented, sending Daniel Negreanu (Canada), Jason Mercier (USA), Humberto Brenes (Costa Rica), Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier (France), Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel (Canada), and Friend of PokerStars Bill Chen to the felt today. Of them, the Canadian had the best day, bagging up 848,000 chips to lead his fellow Team members into Day 2.
Negreanu's stack would have been the biggest in the room if the day had ended one hand earlier. It didn't, however, and Shawn Buchanan's aces didn't hold against Tobias Reinkemeier's pocket jacks, either. On the final hand of the night, Reinkemeier ran down a straight to crack Buchanan's aces and take the chip lead, stuffing 896,000 chips into his bag at day's end.
A hundred grand is several years' wages for some, but a handful of the players managed to burn through their six figures within just a few hours. After [Removed:39]'s cooler of an exit, businessman Bill Perkins was next to fall. He was down to about 100,000 chips (from his starting stack of 250,000) when he moved in with 
on a 
flop. Vivek Rajkumar snap-called with 
, and Perkins could not catch up on the 
turn or 
river. Just behind him went Scott Seiver after he reluctantly called off his stack with pocket queens against Phil Laak's 
. David Baker was one of the last to register and turn up – and one of the first to leave again. He got his money in good with against James Obst's 
, but the cruel 
board flushed away all but 7,000 of Baker's chips. Others who took the walk of shame today included Guy Laliberte, Masa Kagawa, Hoyt Corkins, Bill Chen, Jason Somerville, Ashton Griffin, Viktor Blom, Grospellier, and Duhamel.
That's a fine list of players, but it pales in comparison to the list of those set to return for Day 2. Laak is still alive, though he's got the shortest stack of just 99,000 chips left. His pal Antonio Esfandiari also survived, as did Daniel "jungleman12" Cates, Nick Schulman, Andrew Lichtenberger, Vivek Rajkumar, James "Andy McLEOD" Obst, Andrew Robl, Mike "Timex" McDonald, David Benyamine, and a total of 23 sharks.
Day 2 is slated to start at high noon again tomorrow, and we'll be back here to pick up the story. Until then, all that's left is goodnight!
Reinkemeier's Monster Finish
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
The chip bags were already out on one table, and we were busy scratching down table draws and counts when a big pot broke out across the way.
Shawn Buchanan opened the pot to 15,000 from the hijack seat, and Tobias Reinkemeier three-bet to 35,000 next door. The two men have been playing a lot of pots together today, and Buchanan four-bet to 80,000 total. Reinkemeier's response was an all-in shove for about 400,000 total, and Buchanan snap-called. Reinkemeier knew his pocket jacks were in trouble, and indeed, Buchanan tabled two aces, five cards from a million chips.
The dealer had other ideas, however, and Reinkemeier managed to river a straight to give his jacks the big pot. Buchanan's aces are cracked to drop him down around 200,000, while Reinkemeier has stolen the chip lead on the final hand of the night. He's got 896,000 now.
Buchanan Doubles Through McDonald
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Shawn Buchanan raised from the hijack seat to 15,000. Tobias Reinkemeier reraised to 35,000 from the cutoff seat. Mike "Timex" McDonald four-bet to 75,000. Buchanan moved all in for 250,000 and Reinkemeier folded. McDonald made the call.
Buchanan:
McDonald: 
The board ran out 
and Buchanan was able to double up. McDonald was left with 110,000 in chips.
Mercier Five-Bets Pimenta
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Caio Pimenta raised to 15,000 and Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier reraised to 38,000. Pimenta came back over the top with a four-bet to 92,000 and then Mercier five-bet to 148,000. After a couple minutes of though, Pimenta folded and Mercier won the pot.
Mercier improved to 550,000 while Pimenta dropped to 410,000.
Grospellier Eliminated
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
After a losing a flip to get knocked under 20,000 in chips, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was all in for 15,000 after Sorel Mizzi raised to 15,000. Daniel Negreanu also made the call.
The flop came down 
and Negreanu checked. Mizzi also checked. The turn was the 
and Negreanu bet 20,000. Mizzi made the call. The river completed the board with the 
and Negreanu checked. Mizzi bet 15,000 and Negreanu called.
Mizzi held the 
and Negreanu the 
. They chopped up the pot with two pair, aces and threes playing the ten kicker on board. Grospellier mucked his hand and shot out the door in an instant.
Level: 9
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Chip Check
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
963,000 | 28,000 |
|
|
735,000 | 105,000 |
|
|
557,000 | 95,000 |
|
|
532,000 | -83,000 |
|
|
525,000 | 244,000 |
|
|
487,000 | 32,000 |
|
|
475,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
440,000 | -55,000 |
|
|
434,000 | 44,000 |
|
|
431,000 | 31,000 |
|
|
430,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
424,000 | -228,000 |
|
|
400,000 | |
|
|
385,000 | -80,000 |
|
|
321,000 | 128,000 |
|
|
320,000 | 124,000 |
|
|
251,000 | 83,000 |
|
230,000 | 6,000 |
|
192,000 | -69,000 |
|
|
190,000 | -102,000 |
|
|
165,000 | -72,000 |
|
|
153,000 | -27,000 |
|
|
147,000 | -133,000 |
|
|
130,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
104,000 | -181,000 |
Break
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
One last 15-minute break for the night. We'll be back to play one more level shortly.