$25,000 High Roller | 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-16-2011 15:12 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Fernandez	2,050,000 683,000	683,000

Max Lykov	1,548,000 28,000	28,000

Govert Metaal	755,000 165,000	165,000
Shander de Vries	661,000 101,000	101,000
Will Molson	645,000 -44,000	-44,000
Erik Seidel	625,000 -225,000	-225,000

David "Bakes" Baker	560,000 30,000	30,000

Matt Marafioti	375,000 -140,000	-140,000
Jason Mercier	324,000 -116,000	-116,000

Final Table Redraw

[user101598]

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Seat 1	David "Bakes" Baker
Seat 2	Jason Mercier
Seat 3	Govert Metaal
Seat 4	Will Molson
Seat 5	Leo Fernandez
Seat 6	Max Lykov
Seat 7	Matt Marafioti
Seat 8	Shander de Vries
Seat 9	Erik Seidel

Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,000

01-16-2011 15:29 UTC-4

Shander de Vries Eliminated in 9th Place ($110,985}

[user101598]

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Action folded to Shander de Vries in the small blind who moved all in and Erik Seidel made the call.

De Vries: {k-Spades} {8-Spades}
Seidel: {k-Hearts} {q-Hearts}

De Vries did not catch up on the {2-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {6-Spades} {2-Hearts} {10-Spades} board and was crippled to 6,000 chips.

The very next hand he got it in against fellow Dutchman Govert Metaal. De Vries was trailing again with {7-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} against Metaal's {k-Hearts} {j-Hearts} . The board ran {k-Clubs} {k-Spades} {8-Spades} {6-Hearts} {a-Hearts} and de Vries hit the rail.

Tags: Shander de Vries Govert Metaal Erik Seidel

01-16-2011 15:41 UTC-4

Jason Mercier Eliminated in 8th Place ($129,480)

[user101598]

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Action folded to Jason Mercier who moved all in for around 250,000 in the small blind. Govert Metaal called and the hands were turned face up.

Mercier: {q-Clubs} {6-Spades}
Metaal: {7-Hearts} {7-Diamonds}

Mercier only had one over and did not improve as the board ran {a-Hearts} {3-Spades} {8-Spades} {4-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} . Metaal chipped up to 1.13 million while Mercier, our chip leader entering the day, will have to settle with $129,480.

Tags: Jason Mercier Govert Metaal

01-16-2011 15:58 UTC-4

Matt Marafioti Eliminated in 7th Place ($166,480)

[user101598]

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Leo Fernandez opened to 80,000 from the hijack seat before Matt Marafioti moved all in for 272,000 on the button. The blinds released and Fernandez called.

Fernandez: {8-Hearts} {8-Diamonds}
Marafioti: {a-Clubs} {q-Diamonds}

It was a race, but no card higher than a seven came when the board ran {5-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {2-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} . Marafioti finished seventh in this event last year as well, but his $166,480 prize this year nearly doubled the $87,465 he made last year.

Leo Fernandez is alive and well, with 2.24 million chips.

Tags: Leo Fernandez Matt Marafioti

01-16-2011 16:19 UTC-4

David "Bakes" Baker Eliminated in 6th Place ($203,475)

[user101598]

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

David "Bakes" Baker open-shoved all in for 494,000 in the hijack seat and Leo Fernandez re-shoved from the small blind. Max Lykov released his big blind and the hands were opened.

Baker: {4-Spades} {4-Diamonds}
Fernandez: {a-Clubs} {q-Hearts}

Baker was racing for his tournament life, and he retained his small lead after the flop came {3-Diamonds} {k-Hearts} {j-Spades} . Fernandez snatched the lead away when the {q-Clubs} turned however and Baker was left with just two outs. The {j-Diamonds} on the river could not save Baker and he was eliminated in 6th place taking home $203,475.

Fernandez extended his chip lead and now has nearly 3 million in his stack.

Tags: Leo Fernandez David Baker

01-16-2011 16:23 UTC-4

Seidel Takes One Off Lykov

Mickey Doft

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

From the cutoff, Max Lykov raised to 60,000. Next to act was Erik Seidel on the button and he made it 140,000 to play. Action folded back to Lykov and he four-bet to 262,000, quickly getting called by Seidel.

The flop came down {K-Spades} {5-Spades} {3-Hearts} and Lykov checked. Seidel bet about 250,000 and after a few moments, Lykov gave it up.