Level: 5
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$3,743,000
Entries
38
Level
20
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Baked
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Level 5
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
David Baker was down under 7,000 chips after that run-in with James Obst just before the break. One hand after the break, Baker has lost the rest to become the fifth casualty of the day.
Baker was all in preflop with the 
and up against the 
for Masa Kagawa. The flop came down 
to gibe Baker the lead, but after the 
fell on the turn, the 
gave Kagawa a straight and sent Baker out the door.
Preflop Aggression
Level 5
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
James Obst raised to 6,500 from under the gun and was flatted by Phil Laak in the cutoff seat. Masa Kagawa was on the button and reraised to 26,000. Obst folded and Laak followed suit to give Kagawa the pot.
On another table, Antonio Esfandiari raised to 10,000 and Shawn Buchanan reraised to 26,000. Esfandiari was in the hijack seat and Buchanan in the cutoff. Jason Somerville was in the big blind and four-bet to 66,000. Everyone folded and Somerville won the pot.
Kenney Goes Boom
Level 5
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
From under the gun, Bryn Kenney raised to 7,000. Phil Laak flat-called and then Masa Kagawa reraised to 29,000 from the cutoff seat. This was the second hand in a row at this table that Kagawa had three-bet after a player opened and another flatted. Action folded back around to Kenney, the original raiser. He four-bet to 67,000. That knocked Laak out of the way. Kagawa didn't go so easily. In fact, he ramped things up with an all-in bet, covering Kenney. Kenney doubled checked his hand quickly and made the call, tabling the 
. Kagawa held the 
.
The flop came down 
and Kenney added a set to really take control of the hand. Kagawa needed runner-runner jacks or straight cards to win the hand.
The turn brought the 
and paired the board to give Kenney an unbeatable full house. The river completed the board with the 
.
Kenney was all in for 250,200 and now has over 510,000 in chips. Kagawa was left with 11,400.
Hearts A'Plenty
Level 5
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
We picked up the heads-up action as the dealer ran out a flop of 
. Tobias Reinkemeier led out with 6,000 chips, and Sandor Demjan raised to 21,000 straight. Reinkemeier called, and the two would check it down after the turn and 
river.
Neither player wanted to be the first to show their cards, and the floor had to be called to decide that it was Reinkemeier who was first to showdown. He tabled 
, and a frustrated Demjan flashed his 
and began chatting in his native language with his friend on the rail as he mucked.
Perhaps he shouldn't be too frustrated as that missed flush has likely allowed him to hang on to his 102,000 remaining chips for a little while longer.
Kagawa KO'd
Level 5
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Masa Kagawa was down close to just 10,000 chips when he flipped for the double up with Bryn Kenney. It was Kenney's 
a slight favorite to eliminate his opponent's 
.
The 
flop meant Kagawa was looking for a jack to stay alive. He'd find one on the river, but not before another peeled off on the turn. Kagawa was already drawing dead to Kenney's full house before he made his meaningless Broadway straight, and his day is done.
Katch and the Ladies
Level 5
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 5,500 from the button, and Eugene Katchalov three-bet to 20,000 straight from the big blind. Not to be outdone, Esfandiari four-bet right back to 55,500, and Katchalov flatted this time to see some community cards.
The board ran 
with six uneventful checks leading to a cheap showdown. Katchalov showed his 
first, and it was good. Esfandiari mucked with a frown, dropping right back to his starting stack with about 251,000.
Prizepool and Payout Information
Level 5
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
The 38 players that came out for this event created a prizepool worth $3,743,000. nearly half of that, $1.5 million, goes to the winner with the top five places being paid out. Here's the payout breakdown.
1st: $1,500,000
2nd: $1,000,000
3rd: $643,000
4th: $400,000
5th: $200,000
Somerville Tank-Folds River to Buchanan
Level 5
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
On the flop of 
, Jason Somerville fired 16,500. Sandor Demjan folded before Shawn Buchanan made the call.
Fourth street brought the to the board and Somerville checked. Buchanan fired 25,000 and Somerville made the call.
The river completed the board with the 
and Somerville checked. Buchanan fired out 110,000 and that sent Somerville into the tank for a couple minutes. He eventually mucked his hand and Buchanan won the pot, moving up to 443,000 in chips. Somerville slipped back to 190,000.
Obst Increases
Level 5
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier fired 4,200 on the flop of 
. James Obst raised to 11,500 and Mercier called.
The fell on the turn and Mercier check-folded to a bet of 21,000 from Obst. Mercier slipped back to 130,000 while Obst improved to 450,000.