From under the gun, Anton Ionel raised to 135,000. Shayne Khanna reraised all in from the cutoff seat for 730,000 after action moved over to him. Ionel made the call and the hands were tabled.
Ionel:
Khanna:
Although Ionel was dominated, he took the lead as the flop ran out . The turn brought the and the river the to finish off Khanna and send him home in 18th place. Ionel improved his stack to 3.4 million.
James St. Hilaire was all in on the feature table just moments after Bryan Colin busted in 20th. He was all in for 595,000 and up against Sam Stein. St. Hilaire held the for two suited broadway connectors, but Stein was crushing him with the .
The flop came down and St. Hilaire picked up a flush draw to help him out. The case hit the turn and that quickly ended things with St. Hilaire drawing dead as the final card to the board was the .
Stein is now up to approximately 4.3 million in chips.
From the hijack seat, Grayson Ramage raised to 110,000. Philippe Plouffe flatted in the small blind before Chris Oliver squeezed in a three-bet from the big blind to 305,000. Ramage four-bet to 585,000 and that knocked Plouffe out of the way. Oliver was back up and moved all in. Ramage quickly called.
Ramage:
Oliver:
The run-like-god of Oliver continued again as the flop rolled out and he picked up a set of eights to take the lead. The turn brought the and the river the . Ramage's kings fell and after doubling up to 2.6 million just moments ago, he hit the rail in 21st place. Oliver now has just under six million.
Galen Hall raised under the gun and Philippe Plouffe reraised to 350,000 from the hijack seat. Grayson Ramage moved all in for 1.145 million from the big blind and Hall got out of the way. Plouffe called.
Plouffe:
Ramage:
The flop came down and now Ramage was on a freeroll having picked up one spade. Plouffe found no diamonds.
The turn brought the and now Plouffe had a sweat. He needed a non-spade card on the river in order to dodge this one and chop the pot with Ramage.
The river smacked the board with the and Ramage hit his backdoor flush. He won the pot and doubled up to over 2.6 million. Plouffe dropped to 1.3 million.
From under the gun, Sam Stein raised up the action. Joel Patchell reraised all in from the cutoff seat for 530,000 more. The first raise size was unknown. Stein called.
Stein:
Patchell:
The flop came down and gave Patchell the lead with a pair of queens. The turn brought the and then the river delivered the to smack Stein. Patchell was eliminated in 22nd place.
Welcome to the penultimate day at the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Yesterday wrapped up with only 22 players remaining and it's hard to believe that several days ago this event had over 1,500.
Chip leader Ana Marquez is the last woman standing and heads the other 21 players with 3.805 million in chips. Hot on her heels with 3.765 million is 2003 WSOP Main Event champion and Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker. Along with them, NAPT Venetian runner-up Sam Stein is in the field as is Mike Sowers.
Play kicks off at 12:00 P.M. here in the Bahamas. PokerNews will have all the action for you as we grind down to a final table. The $5,000 NAPT Bounty Shootout also kicks off today at noon and you should follow that coverage as well.
. The turn brought the 
and the river the 
to finish off Khanna and send him home in 18th place. Ionel improved his stack to 3.4 million.
for two suited broadway connectors, but Stein was crushing him with the 
.
and St. Hilaire picked up a flush draw to help him out. The case 
hit the turn and that quickly ended things with St. Hilaire drawing dead as the final card to the board was the 
.
. He was up against Galen Hall who had him dominated with the 
and he picked up a set of eights to take the lead. The turn brought the 
and the river the 
. Ramage's kings fell and after doubling up to 2.6 million just moments ago, he hit the rail in 21st place. Oliver now has just under six million.
for the at-risk Weinberg. The board ran out 
and now Ramage was on a freeroll having picked up one spade. Plouffe found no diamonds.
to smack Stein. Patchell was eliminated in 22nd place.
