2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$2,300,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$15,132,000
Entries
1,560
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
25,000
Players Left 1 / 1,560
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The Phantom Limp

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 100 ante
BrokeLivingJRB
BrokeLivingJRB

Over on Jean-Robert Bellande's table a player busted before his small blind, so naturally in the next hand there was only supposed to be a big blind. However, while pitching the cards, the dealer asked Bellande to put out a big blind (even though he was technically the under the gun player) and he obliged. Action folded to the actual big blind who checked and then Bellande tried to put in raise thinking he was the big blind. The table was dumbfounded at the situation and rather than resolve it themselves the dealer called for the floor.

No answer.

Another player shouted to no avail and then Bellande too command belting, "CAN WE GET A FLOORPERSON THAT WILL RULE IN MY FAVOR PLEASE?!?!?!"

Finally a floorperson made it to the table and ruled that since Bellande's "blind" was posted after the first card was dealt, the hand was dead. Bellande showed {a-}{10-} before sending his cards into the muck and the hand was re-dealt with the proper blinds.

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande

Chip Update

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ilan Rouah
Ilan Rouah
215,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Bruno De Oliveira Severino
Bruno De Oliveira Severino
191,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
155,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
138,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Casey Jarzabek us
Casey Jarzabek
130,000
91,000
91,000
Profile photo of Dave Sands
Dave Sands
115,000
Profile photo of Ty Reiman us
Ty Reiman
115,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
114,000
70,000
70,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Timothy Finne us
Timothy Finne
105,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Allen Bari us
Allen Bari
97,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Andrew Robl us
Andrew Robl
95,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Steve Gross us
Steve Gross
93,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
78,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Glen Chorny ca
Glen Chorny
72,000
14,000
14,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tristan Wade us
Tristan Wade
70,000
55,000
55,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Poorya Nazari ca
Poorya Nazari
64,000
25,000
25,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nenad Medic us
Nenad Medic
53,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sandra Naujoks de
Sandra Naujoks
47,000
21,000
21,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
40,000
27,000
27,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
39,000
3,000
3,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Alexandre Gomes br
Alexandre Gomes
35,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Steven Burkholder
Steven Burkholder
35,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
34,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Zach Gruneberg
Zach Gruneberg
25,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Tom Koral us
Tom Koral
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

Sowers Wins One Against "ElkY"

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was in the big blind and in front of him, saw a raise to 2,600 with two callers. Grospellier popped it to 8,600, with only Mike Sowers calling from the small blind.

Both checked the {K-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} flop. The {3-Clubs} hit the turn and Sowers checked again. Grospellier bet 7,700 and Sowers quickly called, seeing the {5-Hearts} hit the river. Both checked once again and Sowers tabled {3-Spades}{3-Hearts}. Elky was unable to beat it, slipping to 52,000. Sowers upped his stack to about 86,000.

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierMike Sowers

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
205,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
pokerstars
Profile photo of Praz Bansi gb
Praz Bansi
145,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of David Sands us
David Sands
131,000
51,000
51,000
Profile photo of Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
130,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Vivek Rajkumar in
Vivek Rajkumar
112,000
40,000
40,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alex Kostritsyn
Alex Kostritsyn
95,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Orel Hershiser
Orel Hershiser
90,000
40,000
40,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Men Nguyen vn
Men Nguyen
86,000
34,000
34,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Senti us
Jason Senti
80,000
17,000
17,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
80,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Gustavo Kuerten
Gustavo Kuerten
70,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
68,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
65,000
5,000
5,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
64,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Jean-Robert Bellande us
Jean-Robert Bellande
60,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
58,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Ted Lawson us
Ted Lawson
53,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
50,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
50,000
19,000
19,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
46,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
40,000
22,000
22,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Anh Van Nguyen ca
Anh Van Nguyen
40,000
3,000
3,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
37,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of John Duthie gb
John Duthie
36,000
2,000
2,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
34,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars

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Moneymaker Wins a Monster

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker

Swarms of people were surrounding Chris Moneymaker's table in the ballroom here at the Atlantis, so of course we zoomed over to catch what happened. When we arrived {9-}{9-} was laying in front of Moneymaker and he was raking in a humongous pot.

According to a spectator, Moneymaker moved all in after the river on a board which contained a {10-} and a {9-}. Moneymaker's opponent, who already had plenty invested, folded {10-}{9-} face up and Moneymaker showed him the two nines for a set.

It took the 2003 WSOP Main Event Champion over a minute to stack his new chips, and when it was all said in done he had 175,000 in front of him.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker

De Melo Eliminated

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Fatima de Melo was recently eliminated from the tournament. She got the remainder of her stack in the middle with a wired pair of eights against an opponent's {a-}{j-}, but did not win the race as the board ran {k-}{10-}{9-}{a-}{q-}.

Tags: Fatima de Melo

Kostritsyn Makes The Right Call

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

After a player in middle position raised, Alex "joiso" Kostritsyn raised an additional 3,500 from the button. The player in the big blind shoved for another 23,400 more and the original raiser folded. Kostritsyn, though, sensed some shenanigans from the four-bettor and called.

Kostritsyn: {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Big Blind: {10-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}

The board ran out {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{5-Clubs}{6-Hearts}, notching the win for Kostritsyn. He is up to about 90,000.

Tags: Alex Kostritsyn

Senti's Smooth-Talking

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Jason Senti increasing his stack.
Jason Senti increasing his stack.

An opponent in middle position opened to 2,600 and the action folded to November Niner Jason Senti who flatted on the button.

"No three-bet this time?" the original raiser needled.

"Only when I have aces," grinned Senti.

"Wait," his opponent blurted. "You had aces that hand?"

The blinds released and flop fell {6-Spades}{4-Clubs}{7-Clubs}.

"Of course," Senti replied.

His opponent continued for 3,300 and Senti quickly called. There were no more words spoken after the {9-Spades} turned and Senti's opponent opted to check. Senti took the opportunity to fire 7,200 and his opponent folded.

The November Niner joyfully stacked his newfound chips and now has 63,500 in total.

Tags: Jason Senti