2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Main Event
Day: 3
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Event Info

2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
5♣6♣
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
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Mattern Gets Some Back

donpeters
donpeters

Arnaud Mattern raised to 10,000 and Istvan Birizdo reraised all in for 30,500 from the next seat. Action folded back to Mattern and he made the call.

Mattern: {A-Clubs}{4-Spades}
Birizdo: {J-Hearts}{10-Spades}

The flop put Birizdo in front with the {J-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Spades} and the turn kept him there with the {9-Diamonds} falling. The river was the {A-Diamonds} and Mattern snatched back the lead to win the hand and send Birizdo out the door.

Player Chips Progress
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
EPT 1X Winner
PokerStars
270,000 40,000
Istvan Birizdo hu
Istvan Birizdo 		Busted

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Assouline Ousts Pezzin

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[user101598]
Pat Pezzin - eliminated.
Pat Pezzin - eliminated.

PokerStars Team Pro Pat Pezzin open-shoved his last 45,000 from middle position, and David Assouline called on the button. The blinds released, and the hands were opened.

Showdown
Pezzin: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Assouline: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

Pezzin pulled ahead when the flop fell {2-Spades}{4-Spades}{q-Diamonds}, but Assouline snatched the lead back once the {k-Clubs} turned. The {7-Hearts} bricked on the river, and Pezzin was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
David Assouline
David Assouline 		415,000 71,000
Pat Pezzin ca
Pat Pezzin
PokerStars
Busted

Tags: Pat PezzinDavid Assouline

Reid Goes With Jack-Eight

[user66118]
[user66118]

Fuad Rahimov opened in late position, and Brendan Reid three-bet shoved for 55,500 from the blinds. Rahimov made the call, and he had the goods.

Rahimov: {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}
Reid: {J-Spades} {8-Spades}

Reid managed to flop a pair on the {8-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {4-Clubs}, but he could not get over the hump. The turn {6-Clubs} and river {Q-Diamonds} sealed the deal and his elimination, and we're down to 176 players.

Player Chips Progress
Fuad Rahimov
Fuad Rahimov 		225,000 56,000
Brendan Reid
Brendan Reid
Busted

Tags: Brendan ReidFuad Rahimov

Towers on the Secondary Featured Table

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[user66118]

Chip leader Faraz Jaka and the third-place stack of Erik Cajelais have drawn the same table today, and the production staff has put them on the secondary featured table. We noticed them playing a pot together a moment ago, so we hustled over to see a {10-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {2-Spades} board out on the table and about 45,000 chips in the pot. Cajelais checked and called a bet of 34,000 from Jaka, and he check-called another 58,000 behind the {10-Hearts} river.

We never got to see Cajelais' cards, because Jaka's {A-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} was good enough to win him the pot.

With some early movement, Jaka has moved back up over the million-chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
1,060,000 157,500
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
WSOP 1X Winner
400,000 -128,000

Tags: Faraz JakaErik Cajelais

Loosing Loos

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[user66118]

We've just bid an early farewell to one of our few remaining ladies in the field. The action began with Phil Collins opening to 12,000 from the cutoff, and Galen Hall made a three-bet to 28,000 next door. In the small blind, Jantje Loos raised the rest of her ~50,000 chips into the pot, and Collins folded fairly quickly. Hall made the call, though, and the cards were on their backs with Loos at risk.

Showdown
Hall: {A-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds}
Loos: {J-Clubs} {J-Spades}

Hall's horsey pulled out to a quick lead on the {Q-Spades} {7-Hearts} {5-Spades}, and Loos would not be able to catch back up. The turn {A-Diamonds} and river {Q-Hearts} ended up making him a full house, and Loos has been forced off to the rail as one of the first casualties of this Day 3.

Player Chips Progress
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
245,000 52,500
Jantje Loos
Jantje Loos
Busted

Tags: Jantje LoosGalen Hall

A Strong Hand

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Carlos Mortensen and Warren Strong checked with the board reading {10-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}. The {5-Diamonds} paired the board on the turn, and Strong tossed 19,000 chips in front of him. Mortensen tank-called.

The {7-Clubs} completed the board, and both players checked again. Strong tabled {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for nines and fives, Mortensen mucked, and Strong raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Warren Strong
Warren Strong 		390,000 44,000
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 3X Winner
110,000 -36,500

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Geyer Busts Alvarado

donpeters
donpeters

JC Alvarado was all in preflop for 37,500 with the {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts} against the {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts} for Adam Geyer. The flop came down {J-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{7-Hearts} and kept Geyer in front with his pair. Alvarado did add a straight draw.

The turn was the {K-Spades} and put Alvarado in front with a pair of kings. The river, though, landed with the {9-Hearts} and Geyer was able to spike a gutshot straight to win the hand and eliminate Alvarado from the tournament.

Last year, Geyer ended Day 2 of this event with the chip lead and went on to finish in 45th place for $52,000. He's up to 245,000 now and very much alive to make another deep run this year.

Player Chips Progress
Adam Geyer us
Adam Geyer 		245,000 43,000
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado 		Busted

Tags: JC AlvaradoAdam Geyer

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