2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
$1,134,930
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$3,626,000
Entries
148
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

Neuville Barreling Into Little

Pierre Neuville
Pierre Neuville

Lawrence Greenberg raised from early position to 2,800 and Jonathan Little called from the button. Team PokerStars Pro Pierre Neuville reraised frm the small blind to 8,600. Greenberg folded and Little called.

The flop came down {7-Hearts}{4-Spades}{3-Hearts} and Neuville bet 11,400. Little made the call.

The turn was the {3-Spades} and paired the board. Neuville bet 17,000 and Little called again.

The river completed the board with the {3-Diamonds} and Neuville bet all in, having Little and his remaining 22,000 or so covered. Little gave it up and Neuville won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
153,000
116,000
116,000
Jonathan Little
Jonathan Little
22,000
-66,000
-66,000

Tags: Jonathan LittleLawrence GreenbergPierre Neuville

Big Stacks

Here's a look at some of the big stacks. A little note about Nick Yunis is that he busted this event on his first buy-in, ran over to hop in a single-table $2,600 satellite, won that and then hopped back into the event. Looks like that second bullet has paid off so far.

Player Chips Progress
Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
310,000
206,500
206,500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Chris McClung ca
Chris McClung
301,000
78,000
78,000
Nick Yunis cl
Nick Yunis
254,000
144,000
144,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
248,000
8,000
8,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
235,000
120,000
120,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
210,000
-5,000
-5,000

Tags: Nick Yunis

Perkins Busts Lacay

Chris Hunichen raised to 2,700 from the hijack seat and Steve O'Dwyer called from the cutoff. In the small blind, Bill Perkins reraised to 12,700. Ludovic Lacay tank-called the three-bet from the big blind before Hunichen and O'Dwyer got out of the way.

The flop came down {8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} and Perkins bet all in, having Lacay's remaining 48,000 covered by a little bit. Lacay called and rolled over the {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}. Perkins held the {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}.

The turn was the {Q-Clubs} and river the {A-Spades}. Both missed Lacay and he was eliminated from action. Perkins moved back to 135,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Bill Perkins us
Bill Perkins
135,000
-40,000
-40,000
StakeKings
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Bill PerkinsChris HunichenSteve O'DwyerLudovic Lacay

Greenstein Fires Flop and Turn Into Markholt

Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein

From under the gun plus one, Team PokerStars Pro Barry Greenstein raised to 3,000. Lee Markholt called from the cutoff seat and Bill Perkins called from the button. From there, the three players took a flop of {10-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and Greenstein bet 5,000. Markholt called and Perkins folded.

The turn brought the {Q-Diamonds} and both players checked to see the {9-Clubs} on the river. Greenstein fired 15,000 on the end and Markholt folded.

Player Chips Progress
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
144,000
85,000
85,000
Lee Markholt us
Lee Markholt
80,000
30,000
30,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Barry GreensteinLee MarkholtBill Perkins

Kings vs. Queens

Amit Makhija finds a double.
Amit Makhija finds a double.

Vanessa Rousso started the action, raising to 2,800. Shaun Deeb three-bet to 7,700, Amit Makhija moved all in on his direct left, and the action folded back to Deeb who snap-called.

Showdown
Makhija: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Deeb: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

The {q-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} flop propelled Deeb into the lead, but the {k-Clubs} spiked on the turn, giving Makhija a better set. The {9-Diamonds} bricked on the river, and Makhija doubled to around 113,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Amit Makhija us
Amit Makhija
113,000
80,000
80,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
65,000
-25,000
-25,000
$25K Fantasy
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner

Tags: Vanessa RoussoAmit MakhijaShaun Deeb

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Julius Out

Ryan Julius - Eliminated.
Ryan Julius - Eliminated.

We missed the hand, but we heard a dealer yell "seat open" from across the room. We looked over, and saw that Ryan Julius was leaving the tournament area and there were no chips at his seat. He may be out of the High Roller, but his younger brother Kyle is currently the chip leader at the unofficial final table of the Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Julius
Ryan Julius
Busted

Tags: Ryan Julius

Mortensen Doubles

Connor Drinan loses a big pot.
Connor Drinan loses a big pot.

Connor Drinan and Carlos Mortensen were heads up with the board reading {a-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{2-Hearts}. After a series of bets and raises, Mortensen was all in and at risk.

Showdown
Mortensen: {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Drinan: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}

The {q-Diamonds} on the turn was clean, but the {10-Hearts} spiked on the river, giving Mortensen a winning flush. The 2001 Main Event Champion doubled to over 170,000 chips, while Drinan is left with under 20,000.

Player Chips Progress
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
172,000
90,000
90,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 3X Winner
Connor Drinan
Connor Drinan
19,300
-70,700
-70,700

Tags: Carlos MortensenConnor Drinan

Augdal Busts Cajelais

Terje Augdal opened to an unknown amount and Erik Cajelais reraised to 10,000. Augdal four-bet to 20,000 and then Cajelais moved all in for 80,000 or so. Augdal called and tabled the {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades}. Cajelais held the {A-Spades}{6-Hearts}.

The flop, turn and river ran out {A-Hearts}{6-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for a little suck-resuck action and Cajelais headed out the door.

Player Chips Progress
Terje Augdal
Terje Augdal
270,000
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Erik CajelaisTerje Augdal