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

Jimmie Guinther Eliminated in 23rd Place ($75,000)

Jimmie Guinther - 23rd Place
Jimmie Guinther - 23rd Place
We just had an all-in-and-a-call at two tables simultaneously. Here's the first one from the outer table:

From the hijack seat, Benjamin Zamani opened the pot to 105,000, and Jimmie Guinther moved his shortening stack all in. Zamani quickly made the call, and the cards were tabled.

Showdown
Zamani: {8-Diamonds} {8-Clubs}
Guinther: {7-Hearts} {7-Spades}

The news was not good for the at-risk player, just pipped by his opponent's overpair. The board blanked off, coming {2-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {9-Hearts}. Unable to improve, Guinther has been knocked off in 23rd place.

Tags: Benjamin ZamaniJimmie Guinther

A Double Up for Praz Bansi

Bansi sees the bad news
Bansi sees the bad news
Darren Keyes opened the pot with a raise before the flop. John Duthie flat-called and when the action reached Praz Bansi, he moved all in over the top for 360,000. Keyes made the call and tabled {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}, having Bansi's {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} dominated.

The {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{K-Spades} flop hit Keyes hard, giving him trips and leaving Bansi drawing to a jack. The {7-Hearts} on the turn was no help to Bansi, but the {J-Spades} fell on the river completing his straight.

Bansi improved to 800,000 in chips after the hand while Keyes dropped to 1.1 million.

Tags: Praz Bansi

Robert Mizrachi Eliminated in 22nd Place ($75,000)

Robert Mizrachi - 22nd Place
Robert Mizrachi - 22nd Place
American Tyler Reiman has just eliminated fellow Yank Robert Mizrachi from the PCA Main Event.

Rieman opened the pot with a raise to 130,000. Mizrachi then came over the top with a 400,000 three-bet. Reiman moved all in putting Mizrachi to a decision for his tournament life and Mizrachi made the call.

Mizrachi: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}
Reiman: {J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}

The ensuing board ran out {9-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{3-Clubs} and Reiman's jacks held up to send Mizrachi packing.

After the hand, Reiman stacked up just under four million in chips.

Tags: Robert Mizrachi

Luc Greenwood Eliminated in 21st Place ($75,000)

Luc Greenwood - 21st Place
Luc Greenwood - 21st Place
From the hijack seat, Ryan D'Angelo came in raising to 120,000. Big blind Luc Greenwood came along with the call, and the two men watched the flop come {2-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {J-Spades}. Greenwood check-called a bet of 130,000, and he would call another 340,000 when the turn brought the {K-Diamonds}.

The river was the {K-Hearts}, pairing the board. Not slowing down now, D'Angelo moved all in to put the heat on his opponent. Greenwood tanked it up for several long minutes before sticking the remainder of his chips into the pot, putting himself at risk.

D'Angelo tabled {K-Spades} {9-Clubs} for trips, and Greenwood returned his cards to the muck. With a quiet, "Good luck," to his table mates, Greenwood made his way out of the ropes and off to the payout desk to collect his 21st-place money.

D'Angelo is now all the way up to 9.2 million chips.

Tags: Luc GreenwoodRyan D'Angelo

Jeff Madsen Eliminated in 19th Place ($87,500)

Jeff Madsen gets a consolation interview following his 19th-place elimination
Jeff Madsen gets a consolation interview following his 19th-place elimination
Jeff Madsen moved all in from under-the-gun for his last 600,000 holding {A-Clubs}{J-Spades}. Action folded around the table to Aage Ravn in the big blind who made the call with a pocket pair of fours.

The {K-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{5-Spades}{9-Spades} board was no help to Madsen who would settle for 19th place, a finish worth $87,500.

Tags: Jeff Madsen

Toth Doubles Up

Richard Toth opened the pot with an all-in shove for 505,000 from the cutoff seat. In the small blind, Aage Ravn made the call with the covering stack, and Toth was now at risk of elimination. He tabled {J-Spades} {J-Clubs}, and he was in good shape to stay alive and double against Ravn's {A-Diamonds} {10-Clubs}.

Board: {Q-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {K-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {K-Spades}

That's safe for Toth, and he's picked up a double back over 1 million chips. Ravn has slipped to 3.6 million.

Tags: Aage RavnRichard Toth

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

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

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