2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
56
Prize
$1,775,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$10,398,400
Entries
1,072
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000

"I'm The New ElkY"

Ten minutes after winning a massive pot with aces, PokerStars Team Pro Arnaud Mattern was dealt pocket rockets again, and won another massive pot.

Mattern opened to 500 from early position, Robson Carlos Venturini three-bet to 1,200 near the button, and the action folded back to Mattern who four-bet to 4,400. Venturini responded by throwing out a rainbow stack of chips in the middle, Mattern moved all in, and Venturini snap-called.

Showdown
Mattern: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}
Venturini: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{j-Spades}{4-Clubs}{j-Clubs}, and Venturini stormed away from the table, muttering what we can only guess were "earmuff" words in Portuguese.

"I'm the new ElkY," Mattern chuckled. "This is such an easy game."

"That's ridiculous," tablemate and fellow Team Pro Liv Boeree added.

Mattern is on an absolute tear, and leads the pack with over 140,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
147,000
51,000
51,000

Tags: Arnaud MatternTeam PokerStars

Jarvis Takes One Out

Picking up the action on an {A-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} flop, Matt Jarvis and David Bach checked to the third player in the hand who bet 2,800.

Only Jarvis called to see the {8-Diamonds} turn and he fired 5,100. His opponent called, landing the {K-Diamonds} on the river. Jarvis took a few moments before betting enough to cover his opponent's stack, who quickly called all in for about 20,000.

Jarvis tabled {4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}, beating his opponent's {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts} to score the knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Jarvis ca
Matt Jarvis
70,000
36,000
36,000

Tags: Matt Jarvis

Mattern Flying High with Rockets

Arnaud Mattern is up to nearly 100,000 after picking up a nice pot with two aces, eventually making a full house.

There was a raise, a reraise from Nam Le on the button and then a cold four-bet to 3,900 from the small blind before action fell on Mattern in the big blind. He five-bet to 7,250. Action folded back around to the small blind and he called, leaving himself with right around 16,000 to work with heading into the flop out of position against the French Team PokerStars Pro.

The flop came down {A-Hearts}{8-Spades}{5-Diamonds} and both players checked to see the {9-Clubs} land on the turn. The small blind checked and Mattern bet extra small with a wager of 2,600. His opponent made the call.

The river completed the board, and paired it, with the {9-Spades}. The small blind checked and Mattern bet 2,950. His opponent called and watched Mattern roll over the {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} for aces full of nines. The small blind mucked and Mattern raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
96,000
11,000
11,000

Tags: Nam LeArnaud Mattern

More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
98,000
13,000
13,000
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
64,000
1,000
1,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
44,000
10,000
10,000
Ryan D'Angelo us
Ryan D'Angelo
44,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Steve Gross
Steve Gross
42,000
-6,000
-6,000
Owen Crowe ca
Owen Crowe
39,000
David Bach us
David Bach
37,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
35,000
5,000
5,000
Matt Jarvis ca
Matt Jarvis
34,000
Ricky Fohrenbach
Ricky Fohrenbach
33,000
3,000
3,000
Sami Kelopuro fi
Sami Kelopuro
32,000
John Racener us
John Racener
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Eddy Sabat us
Eddy Sabat
25,000
-11,000
-11,000
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
19,000
-6,000
-6,000

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Justin Schwartz us
Justin Schwartz
77,000
8,000
8,000
Ivan Demidov ru
Ivan Demidov
59,000
5,000
5,000
Phil Collins us
Phil Collins
46,000
1,000
1,000
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
44,000
-2,000
-2,000
Jake Bazeley us
Jake Bazeley
35,000
5,000
5,000
Jean-Robert Bellande us
Jean-Robert Bellande
33,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
32,000
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
32,000
Christophe De Meulder be
Christophe De Meulder
32,000
2,000
2,000
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
31,000
1,000
1,000
WPT 2X Winner
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
31,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Toni Judet ro
Toni Judet
31,000
Tommy Vedes us
Tommy Vedes
29,000
2,000
2,000
WPT 2X Winner
David Williams us
David Williams
29,000
1,000
1,000
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
28,000
EPT 1X Winner
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
24,000
$25K Fantasy
WPT 3X Winner
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
23,000
-7,000
-7,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Amnon Filippi us
Amnon Filippi
22,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
14,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Top, Top for Lex

Eddy Sabat checked the {A-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{4-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} flop to Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis. Veldhuis fired 1,200 and Sabat made the call.

The river completed the board with the {9-Hearts} and Sabat checked again. Veldhuis fired 2,300 and Sabat called after a minute. Veldhuis showed the {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} for top pair, top kicker and Sabat mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
63,000
3,000
3,000
Eddy Sabat us
Eddy Sabat
36,000
-3,500
-3,500

Tags: Lex VeldhuisEddy Sabat

The Last Longer

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
Isildur1 crushes blackjack too.
Isildur1 crushes blackjack too.

You're probably aware that PokerStars Team Pro Viktor "Isildur1" Blom won the Super High Roller last night, banking over $1.25 million. He's also a sicko (you probably know that too), and he just booked a last longer with Harry "UgotaBanana" Kaczka.

"How much?" Blom asked Kaczka.

"Any amount that will motivate you," Kaczka responded.

The two agreed on $10,000 because that's the buy in, but they continued the negotiations away from the table, and the wager could easily be higher. Blom also added that he won $4,000 playing blackjack last night.

It's nice to be king.

Tags: Viktor BlomHarry Kaczka