2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

2010 PCA Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$2,200,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
1,529
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
20,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

V for Victor(y)

Victor Ramdin
Victor Ramdin
Just as we walked up to his table, Team PokerStars USA Pro Victor Ramdin tabled {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts} in a showdown against an unknown opponent who held {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}. Ramdin was all in for 36,900 and his opponent had him covered.

A raggish board of {3-Clubs}{5-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{6-Hearts} fell in favor of Ramdin, who doubled through to 78,000 in chips with the win.

Tags: Victor Ramdin

Eastgate Eliminated by Supernova Elite

Peter Eastgate
Peter Eastgate
2008 WSOP Main Event champion and Team PokerStars Pro Peter Eastgate has just been eliminated from the PCA main event by PokerStars Supernova Elite player Tomer Berda.

We caught up to the hand with Eastgate all in for his last 20,400 in chips and Berda was considering a call. There was about 10,000 worth of chips already in the middle.

After some thought, Berda made the call and tabled {K-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}, in bad shape against Eastgate's {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}. The former main event champ held the lead in the hand through the turn as the board filled out {7-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{8-Spades}, but the {K-Spades} fell on the river pairing Berda's kicker and thus eliminating Eastgate from the tournament.

Berda stacked up right around 80,000 in chips after the hand.

Tags: Peter EastgateTomer Berda

Lacay Looking Good

Lacay sweats the turn and river
Lacay sweats the turn and river
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 {J-Spades} {9-Clubs} {7-Clubs}. His opponent looked him up with {A-Spades} {A-Hearts}, but Lacay had flopped lucky with {9-Diamonds} {9-Hearts}. The turn came the {3-Clubs}, and the {10-Clubs} 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.

Tags: Ludovic Lacay

Bentley Loses More Parts

Three players were involved on a flop of {Q-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {2-Hearts}. 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 {6-Clubs} and Bentley fired 15,000. His opponent called.

The river produced the {A-Clubs} 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.

Tags: Wayne Bentley

Scoreboard Update

Here's a few of the notables in the field and how they're doing.

Amnon Filippi - 310,000
Robert Mizrachi - 230,000
Dario Minieri - 208,000
JC Alvarado - 200,000
Joe Cassidy - 195,000
Gavin Smith - 195,000
Eric Froelich - 190,000
Matt Graham - 175,000
Daniel Negreanu - 172,000
Ludovic Lacay - 130,000
Dennis Phillips - 120,000
Phil Ivey - 102,000
Mike McDonald - 77,000
Freddy Deeb - 75,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg - 62,000

Stacked Table in the Back Corner

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?"

Shulman Tumbles to 45k

Barry Shulman on Day 1a of the main event
Barry Shulman on Day 1a of the main event
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 {4-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}. 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: {Q-Clubs}.

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: {Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Svahn: {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}

Shulman would need to catch a queen, a seven, or a ten to win the pot, but the river blanked ({8-Clubs}) 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.

Tags: Barry ShulmanJohan Svahn