2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$25,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$1,072,850
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Entries
151
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000

$25,000 High Roller

Day 1 Completed

Fair Game

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Ryan Fair
Ryan Fair

The first day of the $25,000 High Roller event here at the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is in the books. An extremely impressive and large field of players came out for the event with the final tally reaching 151.

The total prizepool created was $3,699,500 and the winner will walk away with $1,072,850. Grabbing the pole position after Day 1 is Ryan “toetagU” Fair. He bagged up 217,200 in chips and will enter Day 2 as the chip leader. Fair won the 2010 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker $10,300 Main Event for $1,162,350 back in May and has over two million in career earnings on PokerStars alone.

The defending champion, William Reynolds, had a very solid day on the felt as well. He bagged up 170,800 in his title-defense run. Joining Fair and Reynolds towards the top of the pack will be Ty Reiman (205,400), Kyle Julius (173,500) and Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez (167,600).

Play resumes tomorrow at 12:00 P.M. with under 100 players remaining. The plan is to play down to a final table, but that may be a stretch. The money bubble is set at 16 and with first place over $1 million, you can bet everyone will be returning with the best game.

We'll see you then!

Tags: Ryan Fair

Eight More

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The tournament staff has announced that they randomly selected eight more hands to be played out. Once that's done, the remaining players will bag and tag for the night.

Mercier Doesn't Fold to Hachem

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

With a little less than 10,000 chips in the middle, Rachid Ben Cherif checked to Jason Mercier on the flop of {Q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}. He bet 4,100 and Joe Hachem made the call. Ben Cherif folded.

The turn card was the {2-Diamonds} and Mercier led for 7,300 into his opponent. Hachem raised to 16,500 and Mercier thought for a bit before calling.

The {9-Diamonds} fell on the river and Mercier tapped the table to check to Hachem. His fellow Team PokerStars Pro fired a hefty 27,000 into the pot. The bet sent Mercier into the tank for a couple minutes. Eventually, he committed the chips to make the call.

"You never fold, do you?" asked Hachem as he turned over the {7-Spades}{6-Spades} for just a pair of sixes. Mercier tabled the {K-Spades}{Q-Hearts} for top pair and won the pot.

Mercier moved to about 125,000 while Hachem dropped back to 55,000.

Tags: Jason MercierJoe HachemRachid Ben Cherif

Prizepool and Payout Information

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

The 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller event attracted a whopping 151 players. That's 67 more than last year, nearly an 80% increase.

The total prizepool this year is a juicy $3,699,500! A total of 16 spots will be paid out with over $1 million going to first place. Just getting into the money will net you $55,490. Here are the entire payouts.

PlacePrize
1$1,072,850
2$554,925
3$369,950
4$295,960
5$240,470
6$203,475
7$166,480
8$129,480
9-10$110,985
11-12$92,490
13-14$73,990
15-16$55,490

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Moritz Kranich de
Moritz Kranich
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
175,000 -35,000
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
173,000 38,000
Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
172,000 9,000
Ryan Fair us
Ryan Fair
168,000 33,000
David "Bakes" Baker us
David "Bakes" Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
140,000 7,000
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
WPT 3X Winner
139,000 33,000
Matt Woodward us
Matt Woodward
135,000 5,000
Max Lykov
Max Lykov
124,000 4,000
Ty Reiman us
Ty Reiman
120,000 52,000
Brandon Steven us
Brandon Steven
118,000 35,000
Fernando Brito pt
Fernando Brito
114,000 50,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
106,000 54,000
Steven Levy
Steven Levy
103,000 20,000
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
88,000 50,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100