Main Event
Day 1b Started
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$15,132,000
Entries
1,560
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
25,000
Day 1b Almost Set To Start
Welcome back to the beautiful Atlantis Resort and Casino for Day 1b the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event. Yesterday, day 1a welcomed 647 entrants and when it was all said and done, only 272 remained in what was an exciting ten levels of poker. The top top ten counts at the end of the day were:
1. Pieter de Korver - 245,300
2. Ryan Olisar - 227,700
3. Guillaume Gignac - 219,600
4. Owen Crowe - 213,000
5. Chad Eveslage - 203,500
6. Justin Scott - 203,300
7. Mathieu Martin - 199,500
8. Dmitriy Stelmak - 186,500
9. Tyler Cornell - 183,800
10. Toby Lewis - 181,000
The tournament resumes today at 12:00 p.m. local time here with Day 1b and play will once again commence for ten levels. We expect a massive field to play today and PokerNews will be here on the floor to bring you all the coverage. We'll see you in about 20 minutes!
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Team PokerStars In the House
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
We've already spotted a handful of Team PokerStars Pro's in the field today including Maria Mayrinck, Daniel Negreanu (fresh off of his second place finish in the $100,000 Super High Roller event), Fatima de Melo, Jason Mercier and Jonathan Duhamel.
In fact, Mercier and Duhamel are sitting at the same table.
The field is expected to be much larger than yesterday's and we'll surely let you know who else is in the field.
Knock, Knock . . . Who's Here?
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Today's field is saturated with big names. Here is a list of players we spotted on just our first pass through the tournament area:
Men "The Master" Nguyen
Phil Laak
Brock Parker
Ted Lawson
David Benyamine
Pascal LeFrancois
Kathy Liebert
David Bach
Joseph Cheong
Matt Affleck
Lee Markholt
Petter Jetten
Dwyte Pilgrim
Jonathan Little
More PokerStars Pros
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
There is no shortage of Team PokerStars Pros in todays field. In addition to those already listed, we've spotted:
Barry Greenstein (USA)
Luca Pagano (Italy)
Anh Van Nguyen (Canada)
Pat Pezzin (Canada)
Bill Chen (Friend of PokerStars)
Viktor "Isildur1" Blom (Sweden)
George Lind III (Online)
Vanessa Rousso (USA)
Andre Akkari (Brazil)
Orel Hershiser (Friend of PokerStars)
Greg Raymer (USA)
Chris Moneymaker (USA)
Marcel Luske (Netherlands)
John Duthie (UK & Ireland)
Ivan Demidov (Russia)
Jude Ainsworth (UK & Ireland)
Table of Doom
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
OneWe've recently discovered a table that is by far the most stacked in the room, but unfortunately it'll be among the first to break. Seated at the table are:
Liv Boeree
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Will Failla
Sorel Mizzi
Praz Bansi
Carter Phillips
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
There are still a couple empty seats at the table, so one can only wonder who will sit down next!
Million Dollar Challenge Participant in Action
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
A while back on the PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge, a jovial man by the name of Johnny Whitt took his shot at $100,000. Whitt is a Southern jokester from Houston, Texas, with a great sense of humor and a pet rooster. He reminds one of mix between Doyle Brunson and Santa Claus, and was called called “a mountain of a man” by host Chris Rose. Whitt did quite well on the show, ultimately falling to Daniel Negreanu in Round Three. He then appeared on the "Challenge of Champions", but feel short there as well.
Whitt is back in action today at the PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure, and is looking for more PokerStars glory.
Islidur1 Shows a Deuce
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
An early position raiser made it 250 to go only to be reraised to 650 by a player in middle position. Viktor Blom, the newly outed "Isildur1", was next to act and smooth-called behind. The original raiser got out of the way and it was heads up to the flop, which came down 
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The middle position player was first to act and checked to Blom, who wasted little time in betting 500. Maybe it was intimidation knowing that the bettor was an online legend, but either way the middle position folded. Blom then showed the 
and raked in the small pot. He is down from the original starting stack, sitting with around 27,000.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0