We caught up with this hand on the 
board with action between Bolivar Palacios and Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov. Palacios fired a bet of 1,150 and Lykov came back with a raise to 3,100. After a couple of minutes tanking, Palacios folded his hand and Lykov picked up the pot.
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Bill Perkins, Justin "Boosted J" Smith, and Viktor "Isildur1" Blom saw a flop of 
. The action checked to Blom on the button, and he fired 4,800. Perkins got out of the way, and Smith check-raised to 10,900. Blom called.
The turn was the 
, and Smith checked again. Blom quickly tossed out 16,000, and Smith mucked his hand. Blom peaked at his cards, turned over the , and mucked his hand.
"Was there a six on board?" Perkins asked as the dealer washed the cards.
Someone shook their head "no," and Perkins' attention returned to his iPad. Blom, who dropped below the 40,000-chip mark, is now back up to the starting stack.
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The field size for this $25,000 High Roller is up to 105 with about 15 minutes left in the field level. Last year, the field Will Molson topped was 151 players strong. With registration open for a full four levels of play in this one, we should see things get up near that same mark.
The 2009 and 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champions are seated beside one another here in the Imperial Ballroom, and they've both had success thus far at the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.
Last night, Team PokerStars Pro Joe Cada shipped a $2,000 side event, banking $175,550. It was his biggest cash since winning the Main Event in 2009 - his previous biggest cash came at last year's PCA, where he finished 11th in this event for $51,450. Fellow Team Pro Jonathan Duhamel has had an incredible PCA - he's made three final tables, including the $100,000 Super High Roller (4th, $313,600), a $5,000 Turbo Eight-Max Event (5th, $17,990), and a he won the $5,000 Eight-Max Event ($239,830).
Both players have certainly performed like champions this week, and we'll keep an eye on them as the day progresses.
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When we reached the table, the board read 
. Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was heads up with an opponent who checked, and Grospellier fired 2,250. His opponent called.
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completed the board, and Grospellier's opponent checked again. ElkY tossed out 5,225, his opponent called, and Grospellier turned over 
for a busted flush draw. His opponent also turned over two diamonds, but the 
was good for a pair, and the pot.
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The cards are in the air for the first day of the $25,000 High Roller.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
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