2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

2010 PCA Main Event
Day: 5
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

Double or Nothing for Haugen

Matthew Haugen was all in for 865,000 preflop with {7-Hearts} {7-Spades}, and he needed to hold his pair against the {A-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} of chip leader Ryan D'Angelo in order to stay afloat.

The dealer smiled on the at-risk Haugen as he ran out a board of {3-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {10-Clubs}. That's safe and clean for Haugen, and he's doubled his way up close to 1.9 million.

Tags: Matthew HaugenRyan D'Angelo

Bo Schultz Eliminated in 15th Place ($100,000)

Bo Schultz - 15th Place
Bo Schultz - 15th Place
Before the flop, Bo Schultz got his remaining 650,000 chips into the middle with {A-Spades} {K-Hearts}. He certainly would have been content to race for a double up, but Ryan D'Angelo made the call with one of the two hands that had him dominated, {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds}.

The flop provided nothing more than a couple backdoor possibilities as the dealer spread out {8-Clubs} {9-Spades} {Q-Spades}. Fourth street brought a blank {8-Diamonds}, leaving Schultz dead to one of the three remaining aces in the deck. The {Q-Diamonds} on the river was not an ace at all, and Schultz has been eliminated. He'll walk away with $100,000 for his work here in the Bahamas this week.

Tags: Bo SchultzRyan D'Angelo

Level: 27

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 5,000

Wayne Bentley Eliminated in 16th Place ($100,000)

Wayne Bentley - 16th Place
Wayne Bentley - 16th Place
We picked up the action on a flop of {J-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {3-Diamonds}. In a heads-up pot, Tom Koral fired out 160,000 chips, and Wayne Bentley moved all in for 550,000 total. In a blink, Koral called with his covering stack, and the cards were turned up.

Showdown
Koral: {A-Spades} {A-Hearts}
Bentley: {K-Clubs} {10-Spades}

Bentley was trailing with his naked pair of tens, and he'd need to catch a card to stay alive and double up. He ended up with two pair, but the turn and river {6-Spades} and {6-Clubs} made Koral the winning aces up. Bentley parlayed his monstrous Day 1 chip lead into a remarkable deep run this week, but his efforts have fallen short in 16th place.

Gloria Balding had a nice long chat with Mr. Bentley yesterday; we think you might enjoy this video as a parting gift:

Tags: Tom KoralWayne Bentley

The Keyes to Victory

Action folded around the table to Aage Ravn in the cutoff who opened the pot with a raise to 125,000. Harrison Gimbel made the call from the button and when the action reached Darren Keyes in the big blind, he moved all in for a total of 638,000. Ravn folded but Gimbel made the call and the following preflop showdown ensued:

Gimbel: {J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Keyes: {A-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}

The board then ran out {8-Spades}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} giving Keyes two pair and the double up.

After the hand, Gimbel dropped to 1.2 million in chips while Keyes improved to 1.4 million.

Tags: Darren Keyes

Win, Lose, and Redraw

We've lost one full table of players since Day 5 began, and the remaining 16 players have redrawn their seats at the final two tables. Here's how they're laid out:

Outer Table
Seat 1: Bo Schultz
Seat 2: Matthew Haugen
Seat 3: Dimitri Hefter
Seat 4: Ty Reiman
Seat 5: Tom Koral
Seat 6: John Duthie
Seat 7: Wayne Bentley
Seat 8: Ryan D'Angelo

Main Table
Seat 1: Barry Shulman
Seat 2: Aage Ravn
Seat 3: Harrison Gimbel
Seat 4: Benjamin Zamani
Seat 5: Darren Keyes
Seat 6: Richard Toth
Seat 7: Zachary Goldberg
Seat 8: James Tolbert

Gijs Verheijen Eliminated in 17th Place ($87,500)

Gijs Verheijen - 17th Place
Gijs Verheijen - 17th Place
Another one bit the dust up on the feature table. Gijs Verheijen has been eliminated from the tournament by American Tom Koral.

The two got it all in before the flop and racing; Koral with pocket nines and Verheijen with {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}.

The ensuing board ran out {4-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{3-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{4-Spades} and Koral took down the pot with two pair, nines and fours, improving to 4.1 million in chips in the process.

Tags: Gijs Verheijen

Praz Bansi Eliminated in 18th Place ($87,500)

Praz Bansi - 18th Place
Praz Bansi - 18th Place
We caught this hand from the projector screen adjacent to the feature table stage, so our details are limited.

Ty Reiman and Praz Bansi were pitted against each other in a preflop showdown:

Reiman: {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}
Bansi: {A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

For as dominated as he was, Bansi picked up some outs for a chop after the flop came {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}, but the turn and river delivered running fives and Bansi was eliminated in 18th place.

Reiman stacked up just under five million in chips after the hand.

Tags: Praz Bansi