$25,000 High Roller
Day 2 Started
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$25,000 High Roller
Day: 2
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
Day 2 Almost Set To Begin
The first day of the $25,000 High Roller event here at the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure drew an impressive 151 entrants into the $25,000 High Roller and after eight levels, 90 players ramin
The chip leader to start Day 2 is Ryan "toetagU" Fair with 217,000. Hot on his heels is 2010 PCA High-Roller Champ William Reynolds with 170,800. Joining Fair and Reynolds towards the top of the counts are Ty Reiman (205,400), Kyle Julius (173,500) and Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez (167,600).
Play resumes 12:00 P.M. local time and the plan is to play down to a final table. We'll see you at the top of the hour.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
Iola Dispatched by Richey
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Sam Iola was all in for his last 23,500 with 
and up against the 
of Brett Richey. The 
flop was disaster for Iola, but the 
turn gave him a gut-shot straight draw. Unfortunately for him, the river was the 
and he was eliminated early on Day 2 of the $25,000 High Roller.
Team PokerStars Pro Shot Down
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Team PokerStars Pro (Germany) Sandra Naujoks was down to about 17,000 and put her tournament life on the line with 
. She was up against the 
of Matt Affleck and in bad shape when the flop fell 
.
When the dealer burned and turned the 
, Naujoks was left drawing dead. The 
was put out on the river for good measure as Naujoks exited the tournament area. Affleck is up to 68,000 after the win.
Rousso Crippled
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
On a board reading 
, Taylor Paur bet 13,000 and Vanessa Rousso popped it to 35,000 from the button. Paur thought for a bit before tossing in a call.
Rousso confidently showed 
for two pair with ace high; however, Paur showed 
for a full house. Rousso must've only seen the ace as she thought it was a chop. The dealer pointed out the queen and Rousso dropped to 29,000 after the hand.
Affleck's Tournament Life at Stake
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Matt Affleck was all in preflop for 69,000 holding 
and up against the of Chino Rheem. It was off to the races as the flop came down 
. Affleck had survived the flop and just needed to sweat two more cards.
The 
changed nothing and brought Affleck one step closer to a double. When the peeled off on the river, that double came to fruition. Affleck is now up to 141,000 while Rheem was left with just 24,000.
Paur Hanks
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
After a couple raises in front of him, Brent Hanks moved all in for 22,500 more from the big blind. Only Taylor Paur made the call and the cards were turned up:
Paur: 
Hanks:
It was another race situation but not so much after the flop fell 
. Paur was still ahead and left Hanks drawing thin. The turn changed nothing and neither did the 
river. Hanks was eliminated from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller Tournament, while Paur chipped up to around 145,000.
Josephy Eliminated by Pocket Rockets
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Matt Affleck was under the gun and opened for 2,800. Kyle Julius was next to act and made the call. Cliff Josephy was next in line and moved all in for a total of 28,200. Action folded all the way back to Affleck and he quickly called. Julius folded and the cards were turned up:
Affleck:
Josephy:
Josephy desperately needed an eight but couldn't connect as the board ran out 
. He was eliminated from the High Roller tournament while Affleck continued his Day 2 hot streak.
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200