2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Boeken Eliminated

Noah Boeken (Day 1b)
Noah Boeken (Day 1b)

Team PokerStars Pro has just lost another member and this time it was Noah Boeken falling prey.

Action folded to the player on the button and he raised to 12,000. Boeken reraised to 29,000 from the big blind and then the button moved all in. Boeken quickly called for approximately 150,000 with {A-}{Q-}. His opponent held two sevens.

The board ran out {J-}{9-}{8-}{3-}{2-} and Boeken headed out the door.

Player Chips Progress
Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken
Busted

Tags: Noah Boeken

Gimbel KO's a Shorty

Vladimir Faubert only had 31,500 chips left when he shoved {Q-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} from the button. In the big blind, Harrison Gimbel peeked down at {K-Clubs} {3-Hearts} and made the call for a significant chunk of his own stack, and Faubert was at risk.

The shorty never got there on the {10-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {7-Clubs} {K-Hearts}, and Gimbel collects the knockout pot to move back over the century mark in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Harrison Gimbel us
Harrison Gimbel
115,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Vladimir Faubert
Vladimir Faubert
Busted

Tags: Harrison GimbelVladimir Faubert

Garcia Making a Charge

Sergio Garcia
Sergio Garcia

Sergio Garcia was down to 119,500 chips when he got his money in on a coin flip with {J-Spades} {J-Hearts}. The recent doubler-up Chris Klodnicki was up for action, and his {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} was looking for the knockout.

Garcia's pair held fast, though, and the {8-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {Q-Spades} {3-Diamonds} board has doubled him back above the chip average. He's close to 350,000 now, while Klodnicki has been parted with his recent profits and then some.

Player Chips Progress
Sergio Garcia es
Sergio Garcia
350,000
206,000
206,000
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
75,000
-120,000
-120,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Chris KlodnickiSergio Garcia

A Palacios in the Sun

In early position, Casey Kastle made it 12,500 to go, and Ruben Visser flatted in the hijack seat. From the big blind, Bolivar Palacios squeezed his last ~100,000 into the middle. Kastle re-shoved to isolate, and Visser ducked out of the way to let Palacios go heads up for his tournament life.

Showdown
Kastle: {9-Clubs} {9-Diamonds}
Palacios: {10-Clubs} {10-Spades}

Palacios was in good shape, but his big lead was short-lived. The {Q-Hearts} {9-Spades} {5-Diamonds} flop put him in a hole he could not crawl out of, and the turn {3-Hearts} and river {Q-Clubs} has sent him off to the beach with a little profit in his pockets.

Player Chips Progress
Casey Kastle si
Casey Kastle
375,000
307,000
307,000
Bolivar Palacios pa
Bolivar Palacios
Busted
Jaka Coaching

Tags: Bolivar PalaciosCasey Kastle

The 2010 Champ Falls

We just lost the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event champion. Harrison Gimbel, who won $2.2 million for winning this event two years ago, was just sent packing by David Assouline.

A player raised to 10,000 and Assouline reraised to 27,000 from the button before Gimbel moved all in for 130,000 from the big blind. The original raiser folded and Assouline called.

Assouline: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}
Gimbel: {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}

The board ran out {Q-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{6-Spades} and both players made full houses. Unfortunately for Gimbel, his was worse than Assouline's and he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
David Assouline
David Assouline
510,000
160,000
160,000
Harrison Gimbel us
Harrison Gimbel
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: David AssoulineHarrison Gimbel

Updated Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
1,200,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
Phil D'Auteuil ca
Phil D'Auteuil
1,150,000
Cristian Folescu
Cristian Folescu
779,000
Alex Fitzgerald us
Alex Fitzgerald
685,000
Andrew Badecker us
Andrew Badecker
680,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mikhail Shikhworich
Mikhail Shikhworich
640,000
Lee Goldman
Lee Goldman
635,000
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
595,000
EPT 1X Winner
Marc Tschirch
Marc Tschirch
593,000
Brian England us
Brian England
580,000
Vadym Umerenko
Vadym Umerenko
580,000
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
560,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David Assouline
David Assouline
515,000
5,000
5,000
Artem Kachnyy
Artem Kachnyy
510,000
Jan Heitmann
Jan Heitmann
507,000
William Luciano us
William Luciano
505,000
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
490,000
David Granados
David Granados
472,000
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
444,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Jesus Sanchez us
Jesus Sanchez
424,000
Spencer Hudson us
Spencer Hudson
416,000
Alex Venovski us
Alex Venovski
410,000
Anthony Gregg us
Anthony Gregg
400,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
395,000
Jannick Wrang dk
Jannick Wrang
392,000
EPT 1X Winner

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Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500