$25,000 High Roller
Day 1 Started
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$25,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$25,000
Entries
151
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Bring On the High Rollers
It may be a day off for the Main Event, but there's still plenty of action going on at the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Along with Day 2 of the NAPT Bounty Shootout, the start of the $25,000 High Roller event is today.
Last year, 84 entrants ponied up the hefty buy-in to play the event with young superstar William Reynolds taking home the title after besting Will Molson heads up. This year should be much of the same with the field size, but there are high hopes of breaking the 100-player mark.
The usual suspects will be in the buiding including Team PokerStars Pros Lex Veldhuis and Daniel Negreanu. We expect plenty of other big names in the field and once they all begin to arrive, we'll let you know who's here.
Play kicks off at 12:00 P.M. local time down here in the Bahamas and it's going to be a great event. Be sure to stay tuned for all of the coverage coming up shortly!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
The cards are in the air.
Who's Here?
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
There's plenty of notables in the field and here's who we've spotted thus far.
Masa Kagawa
Phil Collins
Scott Seiver
Jonathan Little
Joe Cada
Olivier Busquet
Dave "Doc" Sands
Daniel Alaei
Felipe Ramos
Brandon Steven
Shawn Buchanan
Josh Arieh
John Duthie
Jason Koon
Dan Kelly
Pierre Neuville
Caio Pimenta
Joseph Cheong
Humberto Brenes
Justin Bonomo
Will Molson
Johnny Lodden
Shannon Shorr
Nick Schulman
Adolfo Vaeza
Darren Elias
Isaac Haxton
Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy
Matt Affleck
Andre Akkari
Alex Timman
Amit Makhija
Dan Kelly Eliminated In Brutal Fashion
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Well that was quick. Dan Kelly got it in with the nuts, but was eliminated by Fernando Brito.
Under the gun, Brito raised to 400. Kelly popped it to 1,400 from middle position and action folded back around to Brito. He made it 3,900 to go and Kelly called, landing an 
flop. Brito checked, Kelly bet 5,600, and Brito made it 18,000 to play. Kelly went all in for about the starting and Brito called without hesitation.
Kelly: 
Brito: 
Brito was in horrible shape, but found a miraculous 
turn and 
river to make a full house, sending Kelly to the rail and chipping up to about 100,000.
Sands Takes Some From Richey
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
We caught up with the action on an 
board and Brett Richey bet 4,800 into David Sands. After a few moments Sands called and when the 
hit the river, Richey bet 7,800. Sands quickly called and Richey showed 
for top pair top kicker. However, Sands tabled 
for a straight to win the pot.
Sands: Up to about 73,000
Richey: Down to roughly 36,500
More Names
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Sandra Naujoks
Erik Seidel
Chino Rheem
David Peters
David "Bakes" Baker
Juan Maceiras
Ty Reiman
David Paredes
Alex Kravchenko
Jordan Young
Brett Richey
David Benyamine
John Racener
Eugene Katchalov
Anthony Gregg
Dmitriy Stelmak
Justin Smith
Viktor Blom
Matt Marafioti
Ryan Fair
Daniel Cates
Alex Gomes
Leo Fernandez
Frank Calo
Steve O'Dwyer
Jonathan Duhamel
Nick Mitchell
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Tobias Reinkemeier
Govert Metaal
Lex Veldhuis
Paul Berende
Max Lykov
Ryan Julius
One For "ElkY"
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was on the button and saw a 
flop with two opponents.
Action was checked to Grospellier and he bet 775, forcing one opponent out,. The other popped it to 2,100 and Grospellier called, landing the 
turn card. Once again action was checked to Grospellier and he bet 2,550, quickly getting called. Both players checked the 
river and Grospellier turned over 
, good enough to win the pot and up his stack to about 53,000.
Win One, Lose One for Veldhuis
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
With the board reading 
, Shannon Shorr fired 2,575. Lex Veldhuis called and the third player in the hand folded. The river completed the board with the and Shorr tanked for bit before checking. Veldhuis also thought for a bit and then checked behind. Shorr tabled the 
and Veldhuis the 
for the winner.
On the next hand, Veldhuis was in action against two players on the board of 
. He was first up and fired 400. The next player raised to 1,500 and the third player folded. Veldhuis thought for a few moments and then released his hand, losing this pot.