2018 Caribbean Poker Party

$25,500 MILLIONS World
Day: 1b
Event Info

2018 Caribbean Poker Party

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
108
Prize
$2,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,500
Prize Pool
$10,000,000
Entries
394
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
0

Noah Schwartz Finds a Huge Double Up

Level 5 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

After a raise to 25,000 from middle position, Ioannis Angelou-Konstas three-bet to 75,000 just one seat over. Noah Schwartz was in the big blind and stuck in a three-bet to 218,000. The initial raiser got out of the way but Angelou-Konstas wanted to see a flop.

The dealer fanned the flop of {10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and Schwartz led out for 183,000. Angelou-Konstas still called and the {q-Hearts} landed on the turn. Both players took a minute to think before knuckling the table and the {8-Diamonds} completed the board.

Schwartz announced that he was all in for 825,000 and Angelou-Konstas asked for a count. About 30 seconds later, he called and the cards were tabled. Schwartz turned over {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} while Angelou-Konstas showed {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}. It was surprising to not see all of the chips get in the middle a little sooner but they eventually did and Schwartz earned himself a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
2,450,000
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas gr
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas
110,000

Tags: Ioannis Angelou KonstasNoah Schwartz

Movers and Shakers

Level 5 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The rapid influx of entries has somewhat slowed down with a total of 169 entries at the start of level five. There are 144 players remaining and the chips are slowly being juggled around. One player who continued to be on the rise is Ali Imsirovic who is the only player in the field that is over the 3,000,000 chip mark.

Some of the latest entries include Martin Jacobson and Upeshka De Silva while Thomas Muehloecker and Michael Sklenicka have re-entered the field.

Player Chips Progress
Ali Imsirovic ba
Ali Imsirovic
3,340,000 1,120,000
Laszlo Bujtas hu
Laszlo Bujtas
2,260,000 1,260,000
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
2,150,000 930,000
Daniel Strelitz us
Daniel Strelitz
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
1,930,000 930,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
1,790,000 790,000
Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
WSOP 3X Winner
1,770,000
Chris Hunichen us
Chris Hunichen
1,650,000 650,000
Romain Lewis fr
Romain Lewis
WSOP 1X Winner
1,630,000 630,000
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
1,610,000 610,000
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
1,420,000 420,000
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
1,390,000 390,000
Sam Soverel us
Sam Soverel
WSOP 2X Winner
1,370,000 370,000
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
1,320,000 320,000
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
1,300,000 300,000
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
1,160,000 160,000
Aymon Hata gb
Aymon Hata
1,080,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
870,000 -130,000
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
WSOP 2X Winner
670,000 -330,000

Tags: Ali ImsirovicMartin JacobsonMichael SklenickaThomas MuehloeckerUpeshka De Silva

Level: 5

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Tsoukernik Doubles Up with Rags

Level 4 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Leon Tsoukernik
Leon Tsoukernik

Eduards Kudrjavcevs opened to 20,000 in middle position and was called by Leon Tsoukernik on the button and the small blind. Michael Sklenicka three-bet to 125,000 from the big blind and all three players called.

"If I hit something, I'm going all in," Tsoukernik exclaimed with only 227,000 behind. The flop fell {7-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{2-Spades} and the action checked to Tsoukernik who kept his word and moved all in. The small blind folded and Sklenick also quickly shoved all in for 919,000. Kudrjavcevs asked for a count and then called after a minute.

Leon Tsoukernik: {4-Hearts}{3-Hearts}
Eduards Kudrjavcevs: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Michael Sklenicka: {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}

"I've already won! Ship it here!" Tsoukernik shouted, still needing to complete his straight to have a hope. The dealer burned and turned the {6-Hearts} and Tsoukernik did indeed make a straight. The {2-Clubs} on the river changed nothing and Tsoukernik scored himself a full triple up.

Kudrjavcevs, meanwhile, took down the larger side pot and Sklenicka was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Eduards Kudrjavcevs lv
Eduards Kudrjavcevs
2,010,000
Leon Tsoukernik cz
Leon Tsoukernik
1,190,000 1,190,000
Michael Sklenicka cz
Michael Sklenicka
Busted

Tags: Eduards KudrjavcevsLeon TsoukernikMichael Sklenicka

Zajmovic on Fire

Level 4 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Ema Zajmovic
Ema Zajmovic

Ema Zajmovic just recently recorded her biggest live tournament score at the partypoker WPT Main Event in Montreal, Canada. Zajmovic finished in second place after running a triple-barrel bluff in a hand that went viral to finish the tournament. Zajmovic has never backed down from a challenge and here she is playing in her first $25,000 high roller event. The spotlight doesn't seem to face the Canadian as she is already closing in on the 2,000,000 chip mark early on in Day 1b.

The field has continued to grow through the first half of the day with the total number of entries reaching 147 thus far. Some other big names to join include Patrik Antonius, Stefan Schillhabel, Toby Lewis, Martin Kabrhel, and Michael Addamo.

Player Chips Progress
Ema Zajmovic ba
Ema Zajmovic
WPT 1X Winner
1,940,000 940,000
Carlos Chadha us
Carlos Chadha
1,900,000
Matt Berkey us
Matt Berkey
1,680,000 280,000
John Racener us
John Racener
WSOP 1X Winner
1,350,000 350,000
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
1,220,000 220,000
Stefan Schillhabel de
Stefan Schillhabel
WPT 1X Winner
1,000,000
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
1,000,000
Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
EPT 1X Winner
1,000,000
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
1,000,000
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
1,000,000
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
WSOP 2X Winner
1,000,000
Romain Lewis fr
Romain Lewis
WSOP 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
WSOP 4X Winner
1,000,000
Paul Michaelis de
Paul Michaelis
1,000,000
Harrison Gimbel us
Harrison Gimbel
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
735,000 -265,000
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
450,000 -550,000

Tags: Ema ZajmovicMartin KabrhelMichael AddamoPatrik AntoniusStefan SchillhabelToby Lewis

Level: 4

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Imsirovic is the Early Leader

Level 3 : 3,000/7,000, 7,000 ante
Ali Imsirovic
Ali Imsirovic

Ali Imsirovic is recently coming off a Poker Masters title in September and appears to be carrying much of his confidence into the early going of the Caribbean Poker Party. Imsirovic was one of the first players to take a seat in the $25,500 MILLIONS World today and has accumulated over 2,200,000 in chips coming back from the first break of the day, good enough for the early chip lead.

Just a couple of months ago, Imsirovic broke through into the live poker scene with a spectacular showing at the Poker Masters in Las Vegas. He appeared at three final tables in the prestigious high roller series and managed to win two of them. In the $25,000 event, Imsirovic pocketed himself $462,000 for the win and just one day later he took down the $50,000 event for $799,000. That proved to be his largest scored to date and has helped move him over $2.5 million in career earnings.

Imsirovic conquered some of the greatest poker players in the world then and is looking to do the same now in what is shaping up to be one of the greatest $25,000 Super High Roller events ever.

Player Chips Progress
Ali Imsirovic ba
Ali Imsirovic
2,220,000 1,220,000
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
WSOP 2X Winner
1,840,000 840,000
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
1,560,000 560,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
WSOP 1X Winner
1,530,000 530,000
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
1,460,000 460,000
Seth Davies us
Seth Davies
WPT 1X Winner
1,420,000 420,000
Matt Berkey us
Matt Berkey
1,400,000 400,000
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
1,350,000 1,350,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
1,270,000 270,000
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
1,230,000 230,000
Lauren Roberts us
Lauren Roberts
1,210,000 210,000
Chris Hunichen us
Chris Hunichen
1,000,000 1,000,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
1,000,000 1,000,000
Will Givens us
Will Givens
WSOP 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Gal Yifrach us
Gal Yifrach
WSOP 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Sam Soverel us
Sam Soverel
WSOP 2X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
1,000,000 1,000,000
Dylan Wilkerson us
Dylan Wilkerson
WPT 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
WSOP 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Jeremy Ausmus us
Jeremy Ausmus
WSOP 6X Winner
360,000 -640,000

Tags: Ali Imsirovic

Live Stream is Underway

Level 3 : 3,000/7,000, 7,000 ante

One of the tables has been moved onto the stage and the live stream is about to kick off in a matter of minutes. The table features Richard Seymour, Matt Stout, Taylor Black, David Peters, and Marc MacDonnell and the feature table will be switched up on every break. There will be hole cards available and the stream will be on a 30-minute delay to protect the integrity of the game. You can catch all of the action on partypoker live or by clicking here.

Tags: David PetersMarc MacDonnellRichard SeymourTaylor BlackMatt Stout

Level: 3

Blinds: 3,000/7,000

Ante: 7,000

Over 100 Entries at the First Break

Level 2 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Another level has passed and the players are about to head on their first 15-minute break of the day. The field has grown to over 100 entries thus far with 106 in total and 104 players remaining. Some of the latest notables to take a seat include Matt Berkey, Seth Davies, Rainer Kempe, Alex Foxen, Mustapha Kanit, and Mike Leah.

Only two players have seen their luck turned upside down thus far but with late registration open throughout the entire day, there is still plenty of opportunities to re-enter. When the players return to their seats, the blinds will increase to 3,000/7,000 with a 7,000 button ante.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Berkey us
Matt Berkey
1,000,000 1,000,000
Michael Sklenicka cz
Michael Sklenicka
1,000,000 1,000,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Ema Zajmovic ba
Ema Zajmovic
WPT 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Lauren Roberts us
Lauren Roberts
1,000,000 1,000,000
Seth Davies us
Seth Davies
WPT 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten
1,000,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
1,000,000 1,000,000
Damian Salas ar
Damian Salas
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
WSOP 2X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Jonathan Jaffe us
Jonathan Jaffe
WPT 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
1,000,000 1,000,000

Tags: Alex FoxenMatt BerkeyMike LeahMustapha KanitRainer KempeSeth Davies