2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Wade County

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 200 ante

Tristan Wade raised to 5,300 from the cutoff seat. Pieter de Korver reraised to 12,600 from the small blind. Wade came back over the top with another raise to 28,900. After a minute, de Korver flat-called.

The flop came down {K-Hearts}{5-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and de Korver checked after thinking for a minute. Wade bet about 76,000, which was just about all of his chips, essentially moving all in. De Korver mucked his hand and Wade won the pot.

De Korver dropped back to 255,000 while Wade improved to 147,000.

Tags: Tristan WadePieter de Korver

Ainsworth Can't Beat Top Pair

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 200 ante
Jude Ainsworth
Jude Ainsworth

Jude Ainsworth is another member of Team PokerStars and just lost some chips to drop back to 194,000.

After check-calling the {Q-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} flop for 14,500, the {8-Spades} fell on the turn. Both players checked and the {2-Clubs} fell on the river. Ainsworth checked and his opponent fired 18,000. AInsworth made the call, but mucked after seeing his opponent table the {K-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}.

Tags: Jude Ainsworth

Even More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
265,000 -15,000
Pieter de Korver nl
Pieter de Korver
255,000
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
WPT 1X Winner
231,000 31,000
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
WPT 1X Winner
225,000 150,000
Bernard Lee us
Bernard Lee
173,000 -2,000
Dario Minieri it
Dario Minieri
155,000 -35,000
Michael Binger us
Michael Binger
150,000 -10,000
David Sands us
David Sands
135,000 60,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
125,000 55,000
Dan Heimiller us
Dan Heimiller
WSOP 2X Winner
115,000 -115,000
Greg Debora ca
Greg Debora
105,000 50,000
Brandon Adams us
Brandon Adams
100,000 32,200
Orel Hershiser
Orel Hershiser
75,000 -27,000
John Spadavecchia
John Spadavecchia
66,000 -4,000
Gustavo Kuerten
Gustavo Kuerten
60,000
Andrew Robl us
Andrew Robl
34,000 -56,000
Nenad Medic us
Nenad Medic
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
21,000 -39,000
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
Busted
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
Busted

Khan Doubles

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 200 ante

From under the gun, Hafiz Khan moved all in for 33,000 even. Dan Heimiller made the call fromt he small blind and the hands were opened.

Khan: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}
Heimiller: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}

The flop came down sizzling for Khan, {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{9-Clubs} to give him two pair. The turn was the {7-Clubs} and the river the {3-Spades}. Heimiller dropped back to 230,000 in chips.

Tags: Hafiz KhanDan Heimiller

Stein Chips Up with a Three-Bet

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 200 ante
Brandon Adams
Brandon Adams

Brandon Adams raised to 7,000 from the hijack seat and the player in the cutoff flat-called. Sam Stein was in the small blind and three-bet to 24,800 when action got to him. Adams and the cutoff both folded, allowing Stein to chip up to 215,000.

Tags: Brandon AdamsSam Stein

Reijmer Fires Into ElkY

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 200 ante

From under the gun, Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier raised. Daniel Reijmer reraised from the small blind and Grospellier made the call. The amounts were unknown.

The flop came down {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{9-Hearts} and Reijmer fired 18,000. Grospellier stuck around to see the {6-Spades} be added to the board on the turn. Reijmer didn't slow down here. He fired 35,000 and that was good enough to win the pot.

Reijmer moved to 245,000 while Grospellier dropped back to 150,000.

Tags: Daniel ReijmerBertrand Grospellier

Some Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
260,000 70,700
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
240,000 20,000
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
WSOP 2X Winner
230,000 5,000
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
WPT 3X Winner
155,000 85,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
150,000 -30,000
Jason Senti us
Jason Senti
140,000 -20,000
Ted Lawson us
Ted Lawson
WSOP 1X Winner
90,000 35,000
Dag Palovic sk
Dag Palovic
80,000 22,600
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
WSOP 2X Winner
78,000 -71,400
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
73,000 -8,900
Nicholas Binger
Nicholas Binger
70,000 -5,000
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
70,000 -13,500
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
70,000 31,100
Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
64,000 13,400
Hoyt Corkins us
Hoyt Corkins
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
62,000 -8,000
Tyler Reiman us
Tyler Reiman
42,000
Jose Barbero ar
Jose Barbero
34,000 -17,000
Praz Bansi gb
Praz Bansi
WSOP 2X Winner
28,500 -73,500
John Strzemp us
John Strzemp
Busted

E-Fro Doubles Through Colin

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 200 ante
Eric Froehlich
Eric Froehlich

A series of raises preflop led to Eric Froehlich being all in for his tournament life against Bryan Colin. We arrived at the table and found the action on Froehlich, facing a raise of about 26,000 from Colin. Froehlich re-raised all in for about 105,000 and Colin went into the tank.

About three minutes passed and Colin called, showing {2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}. Froehlich tabled {Q-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} and help up as the board ran out {A-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{K-Clubs}.

Froehlich: Up to about 225,000
Colin: Down to roughly 150,000

Tags: Bryan ColinEric Froehlich