2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$25,000 High Roller Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$576,240
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$2,058,000
Entries
84
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

High Rollin'

ElkY will be looking to defend his title
ElkY will be looking to defend his title
The largest buy-in event on the schedule kicks off in a little while at 4:00 p.m. It costs $25,500 to buy in and should draw some of the biggest names in poker.

Last year, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier took home the High Roller title and $433,500 for first place. A slew of Team PokerStars pros and plenty of high-stakes players will be in action shortly and PokerNews will be here to bring you the coverage.

The event is slated to last four days, with play ending tonight around 2:00 a.m. Be sure to stay tuned right here for the live coverage.

Tags: "ElkY"Bertrand Grospellier

Level: 1

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

A Look At the Field

Walking out into the tournament floor where ti High Roller Event is being played, the field is packed with notable players. Here's a list of some of the names.

Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow
Matt Glantz
Ludovic Lacay
Nick Schulman
Poorya Nazari
Carter Phillips
Vivek Rajkumar
Barry Greenstein
Greg Raymer
John Duthie
Peter Eastgate
Justin "BoostedJ" Smith
Michiel Brummelhuis
Hafiz Khan
Dario Minieri
Christophe Benzimra
Alexandre Gomes
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger
Bryn Kenney
Jason Mercier
Scott Seiver
Daniel Negreanu
Joe Cada
Roland De Wolfe
Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron
Andre Akkari
Carlos Mortensen
René Angélil
Jani Sointula
Lex Veldhuis
Justin Bonomo

Kelopuro Down Early

On a flop of {J-Clubs} {7-Spades} {6-Spades}, one player checked to Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro. he fired 2,600 and the next player to act made the call. Vivek Rajkumar was on the button and called as well before the first player folded.

The turn card brought the {2-Hearts} and Kelopuro fired 7,000. The next player called and then Rajkumar folded.

The river card was the {4-Clubs} and Kelopuro checked. His opponent fired 9,000 and Kelopuro called.

Kelopuro mucked once his opponent rolled over two aces, dropping to 32,000 chips.

Tags: "LarsLuzak"Sami KelopuroVivek Rajkumar

Do Wolfe Wins One

On a flop of {J-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {3-Hearts}, a player fired 1,300 into Roland De Wolfe. De Wolfe put in a raise to 4,100 and his opponent called. Both players then checked the turn and river when it came {Q-Clubs}, {4-Spades}. De Wolfe tabled {A-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} and won the pot to move to 60,000.

Tags: Roland De Wolfe

More Names

Brett Richey, Kevin Saul, Bijan Zahmat, Leo Fernandez, Lee Markholt, Humberto Brenes, and Isaac Haxton have all arrived to the tournament area. Chad batista has also arrived, but it looks like he's going to have to wait a little bit until some more entrants file in to complete his table.

Right now, there's nine tables in play, which should increase to a few more.

Queen High Has Negreanu and Mercier Wondering

News of the call that Ryan D'Angelo made at the final table of the Main Event holding just queen high has made it out to the floor of the High Roller Event. Daniel Negreanu and Jason Mercier were both overheard talking about the hand. They did some guessing about how the hand was played and some speculated as to why it played out the way it did.

"Really weird hand," said Mercier.

Negreanu joked, "Sickest value bet of all time," in reference to how Benjamin Zamani floated the turn and then bet half-a-million on the river with just ace high.

Tags: Daniel NegreanuJason MercierRyan D'Angelo

Level: 2

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

Same Level

The structure for this tournament is not wrong, we're playing another hour of the same level with 150-300 blinds. After this hour is up, another 150-300 level will follow.