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

Three Weis Tens

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

On a {10-Spades}{k-Spades}{q-Hearts}{8-Hearts} board, Melaine Weisner and a fellow tablemate checked to a player in late position who bet 4,450. Weisner tanked for a very long time before calling and the third player released his cards.

The river was the {10-Diamonds} and Weisner calmly gathered all of her 17,600 chips and cooly plopped them in the middle. Her opponent called immediately, only to muck his hand upon seeing Meisner's {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for trip tens.

Thanks to the double up Weisner is now up to 40,000 chips.

Tags: Melanie Weisner

A Gift For Bronshtein

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

We arrived at the table and found about 6,600 in the pot on a board reading {7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}. An older gentlemen bet 3,000 and Yuval Bronshtein responded by shoving with the bigger stack. After a few moments, Bronshtein's opponent called all in for about another 20,000.

Bronshtein: {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}
Opponent: {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}

It couldn't have been much less of a sweat for Bronshtein. His opponent found no miracle turn and river, helping to up Bronshtein's stack to about 70,000.

Tags: Yuval Bronshtein

Raymer Lets One Go

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

A player in middle position raised to 1,500 and 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Greg Raymer called from the cutoff. It was heads-up action to the flop, which came down {6-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}. The original raiser continuation bet 2,200 and Raymer picked up his cards and tossed them in the muck. It was nothing special, just an opportunity to mention the "Fossil Man" is sitting with around 68,000.

Tags: Greg Raymer

Some Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
David Sands us
David Sands
80,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
80,000 1,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
70,000 -3,000
Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
53,000 26,000
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
52,000 10,000
Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
WSOP 1X Winner
51,000 17,000
Matthias Habernig at
Matthias Habernig
50,000 35,000
David Bach us
David Bach
WSOP 3X Winner
48,000 21,000
Vivek Rajkumar in
Vivek Rajkumar
WPT 1X Winner
41,000
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
39,000 27,000
Pat Pezzin ca
Pat Pezzin
38,000 5,000
Anh Van Nguyen ca
Anh Van Nguyen
37,000 3,000
Melanie Weisner us
Melanie Weisner
34,000 3,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
29,000 -1,000
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
25,000 5,000
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
WSOP 2X Winner
25,000 15,000
Jean-Robert Bellande us
Jean-Robert Bellande
WSOP 1X Winner
24,000 -20,000
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
23,000 -2,000
Zachary Clark us
Zachary Clark
22,000 -7,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
11,500 -44,500
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
Busted

Luske Acts Quick

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

On a board of {10-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}, Marcel Luske checked to his sole opponent on the button, who then bet 5,200. Luske quickly called as the {4-Spades} peeled off on the river. Again Luske checked, the button bet 9,200, and Luske snap-called.

"Nice call," said the button as he showed {A-}{3-}. Luske tabled {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades} for a pair of kings and it was good enough for the pot. He is up to 42,000.

Tags: Marcel Luske

Win the Main Event, Get Called by Bottom Pair

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante
"Everyone is a station against me."
"Everyone is a station against me."

When we reached 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel's table the board read {2-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{7-Clubs}{5-Hearts}. Duhamel's opponent checked prompting the Canadian to bet 5,000. After mulling the decision over for about a minute, his opponent called and Duhamel unhappilly tabled {9-Spades}{8-Spades} for nine-high. His opponent opened up {9-Clubs}{2-Spades} for bottom pair and shipped the pot.

Tags: Jonathan Duhamel

Grospellier Happy To Find Aces

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante
Bertrand Grospellier
Bertrand Grospellier

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier opened to 1,325 from early position and the player in the hijack popped it to 3,100. Action folded back to Grospellier and he four-bet to 6,600. His opponent was not backing down, five-betting to 14,600. Grospellier ended the shenanigans and put in the rest of his stack, quickly seeing his opponent call for the rest of his stack (roughly 13,000).

Grospellier: {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}
Opponent: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}

The board ran out a safe {8-Spades}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for Grospellier and he is now sitting on a stack of about 79,000.

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier

Greenstein Chips Up

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante
Greenstein is still alive and well.
Greenstein is still alive and well.

A player in late position opened and another flatted near the button before Barry Greenstein shoved for 21,350 more in the big blind. Both players folded and Greenstein chipped up to 28,000.

Tags: Barry Greenstein

De Oliveira Severino Leading The Pack

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

At the moment, the biggest stack in the room belongs to Bruno De Oliveira Severino with about 170,000.

Right before the dinner break, he took down a small pot where Eugene Katchalov opened the action with a raise to 1,000 from early position. A player in middle position called and De Oliveira Severino popped it to 4,500 in the cutoff. The player in the big blind called, Katchalov folded, and the middle-position player called.

The flop came down {7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and it was check to De Oliveira Severino. He bet 6,500 and only the middle-position player called. The {J-Spades} hit the turn and both checked. When the {6-Hearts} fell on the river, the middle-position player bet a measly 2,500. De Oliveira Severino called instantly, with his {J-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} besting his opponent's {9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}.

Tags: Bruno De Oliveira Severino

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75