Sergey Serafimov of Bulgaria just took down a nice pot in a hand against Kevin Saul to move to 270,000 in chips.
Serafimov opened the pot with a raise to 5,500 from middle position and Saul three-bet to 13,500. After some serious contemplation, Serafimov opted to just call and the two saw a flop, which both checked.
The fell on 4th Street and Serafimov checked to Saul who fired a 21,000 bet. Serafimov couldn't get his chips into the middle fast enough, insta-calling Saul's bet.
The last card off the deck was the and on this street it was Serafimov who dictated the action, firing a 30,000 bet. Saul made the call with little hesitation and Serafimov turned over for top pair. Saul mucked his cards and was left with 157,000 in chips after the hand.
According to one of the dealers in action, Daniel Negreanu lost a huge chunk of chips and is down to 105,000 after folding a set. Here's the information we pieced together from the dealer.
After a raise preflop, Negreanu called out of the big blind. The flop came down and Negreanu check-raised a bet of approximately 8,000 to 23,000. The player called and a hit the turn. Negreanu led for about 40,000. His opponent then moved all in and had Negreanu covered. Negreanu folded pocket tens after a while in the tank.
This has been a great level to some of the pros left in the field. Phil Ivey has moved to 225,000, Dario Minieri is over 300,000 and JC Alvarado is hovering around 200,000. Amnon Filippi looks to be topping the board right now with 315,000 chips. This could spell some trouble for everyone else in the field. We'll see how it plays out.
From the hijack seat, Amit "Amak316" Makhija raised to 4,000. Alex "AJKHoosier1" Kamberis called from the button. The big blind also called.
The three players took a flop of and the big blind checked. Makhija bet 7,000 before Kamberis raised to 17,500. The big blind folded and Makhija called.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Makhija checked. Kamberis bet 23,500 and Makhija tank-folded. Kamberis is up to 225,000 chips. Makhija dropped to 46,000.
The 1,529 runners for the 2010 PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure created a prizepool worth $14,831,300. Although this number far exceeds last year's number, the winner will take home less money due to a flatter payout structure. Poorya Nazari took home $3 million for his win last year. This year, the winner is set to receive $2.2 million. In all, 224 players will make the money.
If you happen to come in the top four this year, you'll be a poker-made millionaire. Only the top three made over $1 million in 2009. Also, just squeaking into the money will net you $2,500 more than it did a year ago. Here's how the final table payouts look.
World Series of Poker Europe champion Barry Shulman started the day with just over 100,000 in chips but has since dropped to ~45,000, largely due to a recent heads-up pot he played against Johan Svahn.
We caught up to the hand on the flop with the board showing . Action was checked to Shulman in middle position and he fired a 10,000 bet. Next to act from the cutoff, Svahn kicked it up to 26,500. A third unknown player in the hand got out of their way and Shulman made the call, opting to see the turn: .
Here, Shulman passed the first option to Svahn who fired a big 41,300 bet. Shulman then immediately moved all in (a raise of just 12,600 as Shulman had Svahn well-covered), and a call was made prompting the following showdown:
Shulman:
Svahn:
Shulman would need to catch a queen, a seven, or a ten to win the pot, but the river blanked () and Svahn's full house held up to win the pot.
After the hand, Svahn stacked up right around 180,000 in chips to move into the top half of the leaderboard.
In the back corner of the room at Table 99, there's a few notable names sitting at the table. Justin Bonomo, Glen Chorny, Jonathan "FatalError" Aguiar, Dario Minieri and Praz Bansi are all seated at the table.
Terrence "Unassigned" Chan just joined them a couple of minutes ago, which prompted Aguiar to question, "Wait, are we at a Bellagio 15k or something? What is this?"
Three players were involved on a flop of . One was in the small blind, one in the big blind and one in middle position. The player in the big blind was Wayne Bentley. The small blind checked, Bentley fired 7,000 and the next player called. The small blind then folded.
The turn brought the and Bentley fired 15,000. His opponent called.
The river produced the and Bentley checked. His opponent fired a whopping 45,000 and Bentley mucked his hand. Bentley slipped to 160,000 and has been on a steady downslide since returned to play for Day 2.
We walked up to the table just in time to see Ludovic Lacay push the rest of his chips into the middle on a flop of . His opponent looked him up with , but Lacay had flopped lucky with . The turn came the , and the that filled out the board locked up a much-needed double for Lacay. Starting the hand with just under 40,000 in chips, the French pro now finds himself sitting over the 80,000-chip mark.