2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Main Event
Day: 3
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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Team PokerStars Pro de Korver Hits the Rail

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Pieter de Korver
Pieter de Korver

Just before the break, we saw the cameras swarm the table of Pieter de Korver and made our way over. Upon arrival we discovered a three-way, all-in pot between de Korver, Bryan Colin, and Dmitriy Stelmak. The board read {6-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{5-Hearts} with the following cards laid out in front of each player:

Colin: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Stelmak: {9-Spades}{K-Hearts}
De Korver: {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}

As it broke down, Stelmak won the main pot to triple up to around 400,000 while Colin won the side pot, keeping him with a stack of about 650,000; meanwhile, de Korver was left with the short end of the stick, and no chips to boot. He has been eliminated from the 2011 PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure.

Tags: Bryan ColinDmitriy StelmakPieter de Korver

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Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

Oliver Wins 2 Million-Chip Pot, Eliminates Kaczka

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Harry Kaczka - eliminated in brutal fashion.
Harry Kaczka - eliminated in brutal fashion.

Before the break, Chris Oliver started things off with a raise to 23,000 from middle position and the action folded to Harry Kaczka who three-bet to 65,000 from the blinds. Oliver thought for a bit before four-betting to 112,000 and Kaczka responded with a five-bet to 255,000.

Then things got crazy.

Oliver six-bet shoved for effectively 1.2 million and Kaczka snapped it off making this the biggest hand of the tournament. The hands?

Oliver: {7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}
Kaczka: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

"Just a two million-chip pot," Kaczka said irritably at the sight of Oliver's hand.

With mountains of chips in the middle and a crowd of spectators gathering, the dealer rapped the table, burned a card and delivered the flop.

{5-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

The spectators exploded. Kaczka was now a heavy underdog to win the hand and looked disgusted. Neither the {j-Diamonds} on the turn nor the {6-Hearts} could save Kaczka and he smacked his chips all over the table before storming out of the ballroom. Tournament officials tried to track Kaczka down to pay him for finishing 88th, but he was long gone.

Oliver couldn't hold back a devilish grin as he raked in his newfound chips and he is now sitting on a massive, 2.28 million-chip stack.

Tags: Chris OliverHarry Kaczka

Sands Stuck in Reverse

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

With 150,000 in the pot and a board reading {K-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{8-Spades}{A-Diamonds}, David "Doc" Sands led out for 67,000 from the big blind. His sole opponent, Mike Sowers, then moved all in behind. Sands had 256,000 behind and Sowers easily had him covered. Sands tanked for a solid three minutes before silently releasing his hand, dropping to well below the chip average in the process.

Tags: David SandsMike Sowers

Oliver Keeps It Going, Busts Middleton

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Chris Oliver
Chris Oliver

Tom Middleton is the latest to run into the unstoppable force, a.k.a Chris Oliver.

After a series of raises, Middleton was all in for about 800,000 with {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs} against Chris Oliver's {J-Spades}{J-Clubs}. Oliver was in bad shape preflop, but that changed quickly when the flop came down {J-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{2-Spades}. Middleton found no help from the {4-Diamonds} turn or {9-Diamonds} river, busting at the beginning of Level 20.

Oliver is still busy collecting his new chips, but we estimate he has atleast 3,100,000, probably a tad more.

Tags: Chris OliverThomas Middleton

Golka Doubles Through Pham

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

Rafael Golka raised to 26,000 only to have Edward Pham reraise to 70,000. Action folded back to Golka and he wasted little time in moving all in for a total of 188,000. Pham called and the cards were turned up:

Pham: {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Golka: {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}

Golka was in good shape to double if he could just avoid a ten. He managed to do so when the flop came down {Q-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}. Pham seemed resigned to his fate when the {2-Diamonds} hit the turn. When the dealer followed that deuce with the {2-Hearts} on the river, Golka received a double-up to over 400,000.

Tags: Rafael GolkaEdward Pham

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