2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Main Event
Day: 4
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

Top Two for Drover

On the {Q-Spades}{J-Spades}{6-Diamonds} flop, Mark Drover fired a bet of 53,000 that was called by Alex Fitzgerald. The turn was the {7-Clubs} and Drover checked. Fitzgerald bet 78,000 and Drover called. The river was the {3-Diamonds} and Drover checked again. Fitzgerald checked behind.

Drover turned up the {Q-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} for top two pair. Fitzgerald mucked his hand and lost this pot.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Fitzgerald us
Alex Fitzgerald
2,360,000 60,000
Mark Drover
Mark Drover
1,575,000 263,000

Tags: Mark DroverAlex Fitzgerald

Arrivederci, Pagano

Luca Pagano eliminated
Luca Pagano eliminated

After taking most of his chips in an earlier hand, Martin Jacobson put the finishing touches on Luca Pagano.

The action folded to the Italian PokerStars Team Pro, who moved all in for his last 200,000 in the small blind. Jacobson snapped it off from the big, and the hands were opened.

Showdown
Pagano: {5-Hearts}{2-Hearts}
Jacobson: {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

The board ran {8-Clubs}{3-Spades}{10-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, and Pagano was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
820,000 200,000
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
Busted

Tags: Luca PaganoMartin Jacobson

Today's Bad Idea: Playing Pots Against Faraz Jaka

Faraz Jaka
Faraz Jaka

We only walked up to the river, so everything before that comes from the questionable memory of announcer Robbie Thompson.

Thompson tells us that Lawrence Greenberg was the preflop raiser, and Jaka came along out of the blinds to go heads-up. Jaka check-called a bet on the {10-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {5-Spades} flop, then led out with a small bet of 30,000 when the {5-Hearts} paired the board on fourth street. That's where we picked up the action for ourselves as we could sense the pot inflating from across the room. Greenberg raised to 130,000, Jaka shoved in, and Greenberg called off his last ~500,000 to put himself at risk. He was right, though.

Showdown
Greenberg: {A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}
Jaka: {2-Hearts} {4-Hearts}

Sometimes good reads go unrewarded in this game, and such was the case here for Greenberg. Jaka's playing hot and running even hotter, and the river {6-Diamonds} completed his straight to earn him another elimination. We're going to have to get our abacuses out and do some figuring, but Jaka must have about 3.6 million now, and quite possibly closer to 3.7 or 3.8 million.

"Good call," he complimented Greenberg, though it didn't seem to be much consolation to the freshly eliminated gent.

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
3,750,000 878,000
Lawrence Greenberg us
Lawrence Greenberg
WPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Faraz JakaLawrence Greenberg

Jacobson Punishes Pagano

Luca Pagano raised to 46,000 in the cutoff seat, and Martin Jacobson three-bet shoved for 291,000 from the small blind. Pagano needed a few minutes to consider, and he cut the calling chips from his stack to assess the potential damage. Finally, he double-checked his hole cards, picked up the blue-and-green tower that he's put aside and placed it carefully across the line. Jacobson was at risk, but he was in pretty good shape to at least get his chips back.

Showdown
Pagano: {A-Hearts} {3-Hearts}
Jacobson: {A-Clubs} {6-Spades}

The board ran {2-Diamonds} {K-Spades} {A-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {Q-Spades}, and the six plays after all. Jacobson manages to find his double, and he's taken the majority of Pagano's stack in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
620,000 396,000
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
225,000 -323,000

Tags: Luca PaganoMartin Jacobson

Folescu Runs Into Aces, Busts

Cristian Folescu (Day 2) - Eliminated
Cristian Folescu (Day 2) - Eliminated

Cristian Folescu opened to 60,000 in early position, and Alex Fitzgerald three-bet to 138,000 on his direct left. The action folded back to Folescu, who went into the tank. He then moved all in for 1 million chips, and Fitzgerald looked back at his cards to make sure they hadn't changed, then called.

Showdown
Folescu: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}
Fitzgerald: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}

The {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{5-Hearts} was pretty awful for Folescu, and the {j-Diamonds} on the turn took away his backdoor chop outs. The {6-Clubs} on the river ended the hand, and Folescu's 2012 PCA Main Event.

Fitzgerald is now well over 2 million chips, and battling for the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Fitzgerald us
Alex Fitzgerald
2,300,000 1,054,000
Cristian Folescu
Cristian Folescu
Busted

Tags: Alex FitzgeraldCristian Folescu

Updated Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
2,872,000
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
WSOP 1X Winner
2,316,000 66,000
Lee Goldman
Lee Goldman
2,312,000 52,000
Phil D'Auteuil ca
Phil D'Auteuil
2,100,000 73,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
WSOP 1X Winner
1,875,000
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
WSOP 1X Winner
1,605,000
Daniel Schmieding
Daniel Schmieding
1,352,000 622,000
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
1,349,000
Mark Drover
Mark Drover
1,312,000
Alex Fitzgerald us
Alex Fitzgerald
1,246,000
Maksim Semisoshenko ru
Maksim Semisoshenko
1,150,000 553,000
Anthony Gregg us
Anthony Gregg
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
1,117,000 17,000
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
1,069,000 24,000
David Bernstein ca
David Bernstein
1,040,000
Charles Furey us
Charles Furey
1,039,000 69,000
Cristian Folescu
Cristian Folescu
1,000,000
Alex Venovski us
Alex Venovski
806,000 248,000
John Dibella us
John Dibella
EPT 1X Winner
633,000 -417,000
Lawrence Greenberg us
Lawrence Greenberg
WPT 1X Winner
616,000
Corey Burbick us
Corey Burbick
612,000 2,000
Thomas Gabriel us
Thomas Gabriel
570,000 129,000
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
548,000 -270,000
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
EPT 1X Winner
515,000 -43,000
Nikolaos Alafogiannis
Nikolaos Alafogiannis
395,000 59,000
William Luciano us
William Luciano
374,000 -242,000

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Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

Break

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The players are now on a 15-minute break. Maybe some of them will hop down a slide or two?