2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Gimbel Gaining Ground

With the table folding around to the button, a player we don't recognize opened the pot to 5,200. Harrison Gimbel was in the small blind, and he three-bet to 9,800, but the button popped it right back to 25,400 total. After studying for about a minute, Gimbel shoved in, and Mr. Button was put to the test for his last ~125,000 chips. He spent a few long minutes agonizing in the tank, then open-mucked his {A-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} to send the pot to Gimbel.

The 2010 champion of this event is doing quite well here on this Day 2, up now over the 300,000-chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
Harrison Gimbel us
Harrison Gimbel
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
305,000 40,000

Tags: Harrison Gimbel

Even More for Jaka

Faraz Jaka
Faraz Jaka

From middle position, Faraz Jaka raised to 5,100 and was called by Chino Rheem in the hijack seat and Manny Jo in the small blind. The flop came down {Q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} and Jo checked. Jaka bet 8,500 and Rheem made the call. Jo folded.

The turn was the {2-Diamonds} and both Jaka and Rheem checked to see the {2-Spades} pair the board on the river. Jaka checked and Rheem bet 16,000. Jaka took a few moments, then made the call.

Jaka tabled the {Q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and Rheem couldn't beat it, tossing his hand into the muck. Jaka now has over 750,000 while Rheem was knocked back to just about one third that amount.

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
760,000 40,000
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
WPT 3X Winner
254,000 -41,000

Tags: Faraz JakaChino RheemManny Jo

Jaka Over 700K

From under the gun, Manny Jo raised to 5,000. Faraz Jaka called from the cutoff seat and Shawn Buchanan called from the big blind. The flop produced the {9-Spades}{6-Hearts}{2-Spades} and Buchanan checked. Jo bet 11,000 and Jaka called. Buchanan folded.

The turn was the {5-Diamonds} and Jo checked. Jaka pounced with a bet of 18,000 and Jo made the call to see the {A-Spades} land on the river. Jo checked again. Jaka fired 47,000 and Jo gave it up, allowing Jaka to win the hand and move to over 700,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
720,000 45,000

Tags: Faraz JakaManny JoShawn Buchanan

Rheem Comes from Behind to Bust One

From early position, Chino Rheem raised to 5,000. Shawn Buchanan called from the hijack seat and action folded to the player in the big blind. The big blind reraised all in for about 45,000. Rheem called and Buchanan folded.

Rheem: {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}
Opponent: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

The flop came down {6-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{2-Clubs} and put Rheem in the lead with a set of sixes. The turn was the {9-Hearts} and river the {J-Hearts}. Rheem's set was best and he won the pot to move to 295,000, eliminating his opponent in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
WPT 3X Winner
295,000 5,000

Tags: Chino Rheem

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
675,000 -5,000
Phil D'Auteuil ca
Phil D'Auteuil
350,000 87,000
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
WPT 3X Winner
290,000 90,000
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
WSOP 1X Winner
265,000 192,000
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
260,000 123,700
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
243,000 13,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
210,000 -10,000
Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken
188,000 53,000
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
175,000 65,000
Anders Berg se
Anders Berg
156,000 21,000
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
WSOP 2X Winner
155,000 -15,000
Vinny Pahuja us
Vinny Pahuja
140,000 40,000
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
135,000 -8,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
120,000 37,000
Mayu Roca Uribe
Mayu Roca Uribe
110,000 57,000
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
EPT 1X Winner
80,000 -83,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
WPT 1X Winner
70,000 -38,000
Leif Force us
Leif Force
WSOP 1X Winner
70,000 -78,000
James Calderaro us
James Calderaro
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
58,000 52,000
Eddy Sabat us
Eddy Sabat
44,000 -18,000
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
35,000 -47,000
Mats Kristoffersen
Mats Kristoffersen
30,000 2,000
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
30,000 -51,000
Jude Ainsworth ie
Jude Ainsworth
Busted
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

Can You Feel It?

Phil Collins opened from the cutoff seat, a player in the small blind three-bet to 14,000, and Collins four-bet to 30,000. His opponent called. Both players knuckled after the flop fell {q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}, and the player in the small blind checked a second time after the {5-Spades} turned. Collins reached for his stack, and tossed out a measly 6,500-chip bet. His opponent snap-called.

The river was the {k-Spades}, the player in the small blind checked a third time, and Collins slid out 35,500. His opponent tank-folded, and the 2011 November Niner raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Collins us
Phil Collins
145,000 20,000

Tags: Phil Collins

Ramdin Runs Kings Into Aces

Max Leonhard and Victor Ramdin just went to war in a big preflop clash. Ramdin started the action with a raise to 4,500, and Leonhard popped it back to 11,000 total. Ramdin was undeterred, though, and he four-bet to 31,000 total. Leonhard made it 90,000, Ramdin shoved for about 105,000 total, and the cards were on their backs.

Showdown
Ramdin: {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}
Leonhard: {A-Spades} {A-Diamonds}

There was paint on the river, but it was the wrong member of the royal family for the gregarious Team PokerStars Pro. The board ran out {9-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {J-Spades}, and Ramdin has been run out here with about 250 players left.

Player Chips Progress
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
Busted

Tags: Victor RamdinMax Leonhard

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
EPT 1X Winner
310,000 100,000
Adam Geyer us
Adam Geyer
278,000 78,000
Alex Venovski us
Alex Venovski
260,000 40,000
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
178,000 -10,000
Elliot Smith ca
Elliot Smith
170,000 32,000
Anthony Gregg us
Anthony Gregg
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
135,000 -12,000
Nikolaos Alafogiannis
Nikolaos Alafogiannis
124,000 -11,000
Alex Fitzgerald us
Alex Fitzgerald
110,000 83,000
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
85,000 -17,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
80,000 10,000
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
70,000 40,000
Jude Ainsworth ie
Jude Ainsworth
59,000 -68,000
Mayu Roca Uribe
Mayu Roca Uribe
53,000 -20,000
Philippe Plouffe
Philippe Plouffe
38,000 -40,000
Ty Reiman us
Ty Reiman
Busted

Julius Gets There

Ryan Julius opened in late position, a short-stacked opponent three-bet shoved near the button, and the action folded back to Julius, who called.

Showdown
Julius: {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Opponent: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Julius was behind, but the {4-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{8-Clubs} flop gave him eight extra outs to a flush. The {10-Diamonds} on the turn gave him a pair, adding two more outs, and the river was another ten - the {10-Hearts}.

Julius recorded the knockout, and is now up to 178,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Julius
Ryan Julius
178,000 73,000

Tags: Ryan Julius

Herring Eliminated

Heath Herring (Day 1b)
Heath Herring (Day 1b)

After Team PokerStars Pro Christian De Leon raised to 5,000 from under the gun, action folded to Heath Herring in the big blind and he reraised all in. Herring was down to his last 8,000 or so and De Leon made the quick and cheap call.

Herring: {Q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}
De Leon: {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts}

The flop, turn and river ran out {10-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} and De Leon made a flush to eliminate Herring.

Player Chips Progress
Heath Herring us
Heath Herring
Busted

Tags: Christian De LeonHeath Herring