Michael Binger had Darren Kennedy worked back down to 34,000 leading up to another all-in clash. Binger open-shoved the button with , and Kennedy made the call with . The flop was a good one for Kennedy, and he stayed in front on the turn and river.
That's another double for Kennedy, and he's right back to 68,000 now.
Darren Kennedy raised to 9,000 from the button, and Michael Binger called to see a flop.
It came , and Binger check-called a bet of 10,000. He checked again on the turn, then called another 18,500 from Kennedy. The filled out the board on fifth street, and Binger decided to make his move. He led out with an all-in shove, the two men pretty close in chips. Kennedy had him slightly covered with 45,100 chips left in his stack, and he tanked for a good long while before surrendering his cards.
Binger is up to 105,000 again, but closing this match out has proven to be much easier said than done.
Michael Binger open-shoved all in from the button and Darren Kennedy called for his last 39,700.
Binger:
Kennedy:
Binger had previously doubled Kennedy six times in a row in all-in situations, but he'd have to get extremely unlucky to do so now. The flop kept Binger in the lead and so did the turn.
"Really?" Binger asked the dealer, "You're going to do it to me on the river?" The dealer wasn't so mean and put out the . After an epic heads-up battle, one that started many hours ago, Binger finally defeated Kennedy.
The 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure hosted the $5,000 + $250 Bounty Shootout on Thursday with 216 players spread out among 36 tables. By the end of Day 1, each of those tables crowned a single winner who'll return tomorrow for Round 2. Some of the more notable names who advanced were PokerStars Team Pros Dario Minieri (Italy), Greg Debora (Canada), Barry Greenstein (USA), George Lind III (Online), Ville Wahlbeck (Finland), and Jude Ainsworth (Ireland).
Some other players that'll be joining them are Faraz Jaka, Nick Binger, Michael Binger, Brandon Adams, David "ODB" Baker, Jeff Madsen, Shaun Deeb, and Amnon Filippi. While all of these players were fortunate enough win their respective tables, not everyone was so lucky. Five out of every six players hit the rail for a total of 180 eliminations. Among them were Daniel Negreanu, Scott Seiver, Sorel Mizzi, Andrew Lichtenberger, Jason Mercier, Eric Baldwin, Dwyte Pilgrim, Bertrand Grospellier, Viktor Blom, Joe Hachem, Greg Raymer, Jonathan Duhamel, and Melanie Weisner, just to name a few.
The remaining 36 players will return tomorrow to play in one of two heats. The first heat will begin at 12 P.M. EST and will feature Tables 1-3; Tables 4-6 will then return at 7 P.M. EST. By the end of Day 2, only six players will remain to determine the final table of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Bounty Shootout. Be sure to join us then as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team brings you all the action and eliminations from the Bahamas.