2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
2010 PCA Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
1,529
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 1529
Filter
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 300
Bansi opened the pot with a standard raise before the flop from early position and Alvarado made the call from the big blind. The flop came down
and Alvarado passed the first action to Bansi who fired a continuation bet of 7,000. Alvarado then check-raised to 21,000 and Bansi responded with a three-bet to 45,000. Alvarado answered with another raise, kicking it up to 90,000 -- and understandably so, as he held the mortal nuts -- 
. Bansi just called the four-bet.When the dealer burned and turned the
, Alvarado checked to Bansi who moved all in; he had Alvarado covered. Alvarado made the call for the rest of his chips -- a little over 200,000 -- only to see Bansi turn over 
for a turned flush. The river blanked, (
), and Bansi's flush held up to take down what was the biggest pot of the day, bringing him to a field-leading 720,000 in chips.
. Obrestad held a dominated 
.The board ran out
to eliminate Obrestad. Graham moved to 460,000.
, and about 85,000 chips piled in the middle of the table. Justin Bonomo was all in for 118,000 total, and the decision was on his lone opponent who was deep in the think tank.The unknown player was chatting to himself, insisting that he knew Bonomo had pocket tens. After a long mental tussle, he made the call to put ZeeJustin at risk, tabling
. Sure enough, Bonomo showed up 
for the set, and he'd need only to fade the two remaining aces to double up.The river was a friendly
, and ZeeJustin rakes in a huge pot. He's all the way up to 330,000 now courtesy of that double dip.
First in from the button, McLaughlin opened to 5,500. In the small blind, Tommy Vedes (who ironically finished 19th in that same Main Event) three-bet to 17,000, and McLaughlin took his pause. After a minute or so, he slid out a tall stack of uncounted blue chips for a re-reraise. Vedes stacked together his remaining chips and moved all in for a small raise on top of that, about 95,000 total. His opponent took care of the extra few thousand chips to put him at risk, and the cards were turned up:
McLaughlin:
Vedes:
The dealer fumbled the flop a little bit, but when he re-spread the cards, they showed
. Just like that, Vedes was drawing dead to runner-runner. The 
on the turn ended the hand right there, and Vedes was already ten paces away from the table by the time the hit the river.2009 was a hell of a year for Tommy Vedes, but 2010 has started off pretty poorly. Marc-Étienne McLaughlin, on the other hand, appears to have taken over the chip lead with his stack of 495,000.
where both Cassidy and his opponent checked. The turn was the 
and both checked again.The river completed the board, adding the
. Cassidy checked and his opponent fired 8,000. Cassidy called. His opponent turned over 
for a flush, using his nine. Cassidy flashed pocket sevens with the 
and mucked.Cassidy is still sitting all right though with around 350,000 chips.
. The other player held 
.The board ran out
and Johnson doubled to over 90,000.
'The Bulldog' got it all in holding
on a flop and was looked up by an unknown player who challenged with 
. The turn and river filled out , and Hershiser took down the pot with a queen high heart flush.
