2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Main Event
Day: 4
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

Chips At Break

Player Chips Progress
Chris Oliver us
Chris Oliver
3,190,000 -810,000
Max Lehmanski de
Max Lehmanski
2,794,000 -706,000
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
2,600,000 100,000
Philippe Plouffe
Philippe Plouffe
2,460,000 40,000
Gregory Baksic
Gregory Baksic
2,100,000 1,480,000
Bolivar Palacios pa
Bolivar Palacios
2,060,000 1,037,000
Edward Sabat us
Edward Sabat
1,690,000 190,000
Paulo Rink
Paulo Rink
1,639,000 89,000
Joel Patchell
Joel Patchell
1,600,000 800,000
Mike Sowers us
Mike Sowers
1,557,000 197,000
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
1,471,000 -165,000
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
WSOP 2X Winner
1,440,000 -660,000
Nicholas Kamen
Nicholas Kamen
1,400,000 142,000
Grayson Ramage us
Grayson Ramage
1,285,000 -5,000
Anton Ionel ro
Anton Ionel
1,231,000 74,000
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
1,185,000 206,000
Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
1,136,000 166,000
Wesley Wiemes nl
Wesley Wiemes
1,095,000 195,000
Matt Lichtie
Matt Lichtie
1,000,000 -200,000
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
950,000 35,000
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
901,000 -89,000
Dmitriy Stelmak
Dmitriy Stelmak
879,000 -424,000
Aaron McCready
Aaron McCready
840,000 358,000
Ilan Rouah
Ilan Rouah
794,000 -406,000
Rafael Golka
Rafael Golka
785,000 -265,000

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Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,000

Break Time

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante

We've got about 90 minutes of poker behind us, and the players are taking their first 15-minute break of the day. There are 37 players remaining.

Ruiz Out

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Pablo Martin-Romo Ruiz
Pablo Martin-Romo Ruiz

Pablo Martin-Romo Ruiz, Dmitriy Stelmak, Max Lehmanski and Mike Sowers all saw a flop of {8-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. The action checked to Sowers who bet 130,000 and only Ruiz called. Ruiz moved all in after the {q-Clubs} turned and Sowers snapped it off.

Ruiz: {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}
Mike Sowers: {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}

Ruiz needed a diamond to stay alive, but instead the {3-Clubs} rivered giving Sowers quads for kicks and giggles.

Tags: Dmitriy StelmakMax LehmanskiMike SowersPablo Martin-Romo Ruiz

One for Sabat

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante

Eddy Sabat was faced with calling 124,000 from Galen Hall on the turn with the board reading {K-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. Sabat did indeed make the call to see the river complete the board with the {J-Clubs}. Hall fired 275,000 and Sabat called again.

Hall tabled the {6-Spades}{5-Spades} for nothing, having to play the board. Sabat tabled the {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} for a straight and won the hand.

Sabat is up to 1.5 million while Hall dropped to 915,000.

Tags: Eddy SabatGalen Hall

RInk Sends Givens Out the Door

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Paulo Rink
Paulo Rink

From the hijack seat, Mike Sowers raised. William "Imahustla1" Givens moved all in from the button for right around 400,000. In the small blind, Paulo Rink moved all in covering Givens. Sowers folded.

Givens: {A-Diamonds}{5-Spades}
Rink: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran out {Q-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{J-Spades}{4-Clubs} and Givens hit the rail in 39th place. Rink found himself stacking up to 1.55 million in chips after winning the hand.

Rink may not be known for his prowess on the felt quite yet, but more so for his skill on the pitch. Rink is a retired Brazilian-born German football (or soccer for us Americans) forward who gave up professional play in 2007.

Atletico Paranaense of the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A league was the club where Rink got his start before moving to the German team Bayer Leverkusen. He was transferred to the team for the hefty sum of $6 million USD, which up until that point, no one had been transferred from Atletico Paranaense for that sum of money.

Although he spent four years from 1997-2001, scoring 29 goals with Bayer Leverkusen in 88 appearances, Rink played for numerous other clubs. Nuremberg, Energie Cottbus, Olympiakos Nicosia, Vitesse, Jeonbuk, Omonia Nicosia and Atletico-PR were all stints for him following Bayer Leverkusen. Out of that latter group, Rink made the most appearances with Olympiakos Nicosia (21) and scored the most goals with Omonia Nicosia (23).

Outside of club play, Rink earned 13 international caps between 1998 and 2000 with the German national team. Rink was a naturalized German citizen due to his great-grandfather emigrating from Germany to Brazil in 1904, and became the first Brazilian to play for Germany. Although he didn't score any goals with that team, Rink has 98 career goals on his resume. It is said that Rink can't even walk the streets of Germany without being mauled by fans.

Back in August of last year, Rink placed 29th in the LAPT Florianopolis Main Event for $5,547. He's deep here int he 2011 PCA Main Event and has already locked up the largest cash of his career.

Tags: Mike SowersPaulo RinkWilliam Givens

Jansen Out

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Sander Jensen
Sander Jensen

On the board of {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{5-Spades}{A-Spades}, Sander Jansen was all in with the {K-Spades}{4-Clubs} against Calvin Anderson holding the {K-Clubs}{J-Hearts}. The river was the {10-Hearts} and Jansen was eliminated in 40th place. Anderson increased to 990,000.

Tags: Calvin AndersonSander Jansen

Marquez Doubles With Set Over Set

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Ana Marquez
Ana Marquez

Philippe Plouffe opened to 54,000 with the button and Ana Marquez three-bet to 130,000 from the big blind. Plouffe called.

Both players checked the {a-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} flop, but after the {9-Diamonds} turned the fireworks started. Marquez led, Plouffe raised to 275,000 more, Marquez re-raised to 515,000, Plouffe moved all in and Marquez snapped it off.

Marquez: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Plouffe: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}

Plouffe missed the one outer when the {10-Diamonds} rivered, dropping his stack to 2.42 million chips. Marquez won a monster pot doubling to 2.5 million chips.

Tags: Ana MarquezPhilippe Plouffe