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

Chop, Chop

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

On a flop of {A-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{2-Spades}, Erik Seidel fired out 1,500. Sam Iola raised to 3,600. That knocked Phil Collins and Dan Heimiller out of the way, but Seidel made the call.

The turn brought the {6-Clubs} and Seidel checked. After a minute, Iola fired 7,200. Seidel called.

The river completed the board with the {A-Diamonds} and Seidel checked. Iola fired 20,075. Seidel came back with a raise all in and Iola quickly called.

All the excitement was thrown aside when both players turned up the {A-}{10-} for the nut full house and chopped up the pot.

Tags: Erik SeidelDan HeimillerPhil CollinsSam Iola

ElkY Makes Two Pair On Bergeron

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

On the flop of {K-Spades}{10-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier fired 1,550. Craig Bergeron raised to 4,200 and Grospellier made the call.

The turn card added the {J-Hearts} to the board and both players checked to see the {3-Diamonds} fall on the river. Grospellier fired 8,800 and Bergeron went into the tank. He eventually called and Grospellier tabled the {K-Clubs}{J-Clubs} for a turned two pair. Bergeron mucked his hand and wasn't happy about it, dropping back to 31,000 in chips. Grospellier increased to 79,000.

Tags: Craig BergeronBertrand Grospellier

Double For Gruneberg

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

The board read {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and it appeared that Zach Gruneberg check-raised all in against an opponent for 12,425. After a few moments his opponent called {A-Spades}{9-Diamonds}, up against Gruneberg's {Q-Spades}{J-Hearts}. The turn brought the {J-Diamonds} to give Gruneberg the lead. The river fell the {3-Clubs} and Gruneberg found a timely double up to about 27,000.

Tags: Zach Gruneberg

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
125,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
64,000
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
56,000
6,000
6,000
Vanessa Rousso us
Vanessa Rousso
54,000
4,000
4,000
PokerStars
Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
51,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
49,000
-1,000
-1,000
Will Molson ca
Will Molson
48,000
-2,000
-2,000
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
48,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matt Marafioti ca
Matt Marafioti
46,300
-3,700
-3,700
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
46,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Jason Somerville us
Jason Somerville
43,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
43,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
41,000
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
34,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Josh Bergman us
Josh Bergman
31,000
Carter Phillips us
Carter Phillips
22,000
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
15,000
-3,000
-3,000
Zach Gruneberg us
Zach Gruneberg
13,000
-37,000
-37,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

Duhamel Raises Young Off River

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

With 5,900 chips in the middle, Jordan Young fired 3,750 on the board of {Q-Spades}{J-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{3-Spades}. Jonathan Duhamel thought for a bit and then raised to 9,450. Young went into the tank for a minute or two before folding his hand. Duhamel picked up the pot and increased to 87,000 in chips. Young was knocked back to 52,300.

Tags: Jonathan DuhamelJordan Young

Racener Straightens Out Benyamine

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

On a {Q-Hearts}{J-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} board, David Benyamine check-called 3,300 from John Racener and when the {7-Hearts} river fell, Benyamine checked again. Racener fired 11,000 and was quickly called, showing {A-Spades}{10-Spades} for the nuts. Benyamine mucked and slipped to 22,000, while Racener is up to about 76,000

Hachem Forced to Fold Again

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

With the board reading {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{2-Spades}{J-Clubs}, there was slightly over 58,000 chips in the middle on this hand between Steven Levy and Joe Hachem. Hachem was facing a decision as Levy had moved in on the river for 30,300. Hachem tanked for a few minutes and then finally folded his hand. He lost the pot and saw his stack fall to 18,000 in chips. Levy increased to 88,000.

"I'm just going to fold every hand I play," commented Hachem as Levy was pulling in the pot.

Tags: Joe HachemSteve Levy

A Few Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
105,000
55,000
55,000
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Anthony Gregg us
Anthony Gregg
98,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Brandon Steven us
Brandon Steven
83,000
33,000
33,000
Nick Mitchell
Nick Mitchell
75,000
25,000
25,000
73,000
23,000
23,000
Craig Bergeron us
Craig Bergeron
67,000
17,000
17,000
Sandra Naujoks de
Sandra Naujoks
65,000
15,000
15,000
Fernando Brito pt
Fernando Brito
64,000
-36,000
-36,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
55,000
5,000
5,000
Frank Calo
Frank Calo
51,000
1,000
1,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
41,000
-9,000
-9,000
PokerStars
37,000
-13,000
-13,000
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
17,000
-33,000
-33,000
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner