2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Isaac Baron is down to 26,500 early after losing a recent pot to an unknown opponent.

Baron opened the pot with a raise from the button and his nemesis repopped it an additional 550 from the big blind. Baron made the call.

The flop came down and Baron called a 750 continuation bet from his opponent.

Both players checked the on the turn, sending the action straight to 5th Street which brought the . Baron's opponent then fired a 2,100 value bet and Baron made the call only to see his opponent turn over for a runner-runner top two. Baron mucked, leaving himself with 26,500 in chips.

Eight levels of intense poker action await us. Let's get down to business, shall we? After some last-minute instructions from T.D. Mike Ward, the microphone was handed over to the newest Team PokerStars Pro, and the newest World Champion of poker, Joe Cada. He thanked everyone for coming out before uttering the most famous words in poker. With dealers heeding his command, the cards are in the air on Day 1b!

The PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure will beginning Day 1b shortly. The event kicked off yesterday with 669 runnners and there plans to be a lot more than that today. The staff is projecting over 1400 runners in all.

Wayne Bentley emerged as the end-of-the-day chip leader with over 300,000 chips. Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Amnon Filippi and Kevin Saul all finished with impressive stack sizes.

Humberto Brenes, Vanessa Rousso, Peter Eastgate and Johnny Lodden are a few of the PokerStars Pros planning to play today. There will be a slew of others including WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Cada.

Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews as play will begin shortly.