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

Updated Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
2,872,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
2,316,000
66,000
66,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Lee Goldman
Lee Goldman
2,312,000
52,000
52,000
Phil D'Auteuil ca
Phil D'Auteuil
2,100,000
73,000
73,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
1,875,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
1,605,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Daniel Schmieding
Daniel Schmieding
1,352,000
622,000
622,000
David Peters us
David Peters
1,349,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
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
553,000
Anthony Gregg us
Anthony Gregg
1,117,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
1,069,000
24,000
24,000
David Bernstein ca
David Bernstein
1,040,000
Charles Furey us
Charles Furey
1,039,000
69,000
69,000
Cristian Folescu
Cristian Folescu
1,000,000
Alex Venovski us
Alex Venovski
806,000
248,000
248,000
John Dibella us
John Dibella
633,000
-417,000
-417,000
EPT 1X Winner
Lawrence Greenberg us
Lawrence Greenberg
616,000
WPT 1X Winner
Corey Burbick us
Corey Burbick
612,000
2,000
2,000
Thomas Gabriel us
Thomas Gabriel
570,000
129,000
129,000
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
548,000
-270,000
-270,000
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
515,000
-43,000
-43,000
EPT 1X Winner
Nikolaos Alafogiannis
Nikolaos Alafogiannis
395,000
59,000
59,000
William Luciano us
William Luciano
374,000
-242,000
-242,000

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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
1,054,000
Cristian Folescu
Cristian Folescu
Busted

Tags: Alex FitzgeraldCristian Folescu

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
620,000
396,000
396,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
225,000
-323,000
-323,000

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
3,750,000
878,000
878,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
Lawrence Greenberg us
Lawrence Greenberg
Busted
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Faraz JakaLawrence Greenberg

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
820,000
200,000
200,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
Busted

Tags: Luca PaganoMartin Jacobson

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
60,000
Mark Drover
Mark Drover
1,575,000
263,000
263,000

Tags: Mark DroverAlex Fitzgerald

Semisoshenko-Charmed Life

In the hijack seat, Phil D'Auteuil opened the pot to 43,000, and Maksim Semisoshenko three-bet to 115,000. D'Auteuil shoved on him, and Semisoshenko made the call for his tournament life, verbally committing his last 714,000 chips to the pot. It was a big, big coin flip.

Showdown
D'Auteuil: {A-Spades} {K-Hearts}
Semisoshenko: {9-Hearts} {9-Diamonds}

Semisoshenko's pair held fast on the {7-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {6-Spades} {4-Spades} {Q-Spades} board, and he's overtaken D'Auteuil and climbed up over the chip average with that double.

Player Chips Progress
Maksim Semisoshenko ru
Maksim Semisoshenko
1,479,000
719,000
719,000
Phil D'Auteuil ca
Phil D'Auteuil
1,330,000
-770,000
-770,000

Tags: Phil D'AuteuilMaksim Semisoshenko

Not Strong Enough

Warren Strong (Day 3)
Warren Strong (Day 3)

From early position, Anthony Gregg raised to 43,000. Warren Strong reraised all in from the small blind for around 320,000. Gregg called.

Gregg: {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}
Strong: {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}

The flop came down {K-Hearts}{8-Spades}{3-Clubs} and Gregg added a pair of kings to further increase his lead in the hand. The turn was the {A-Diamonds} and river the {7-Spades}. Gregg's pair of kings were good and Strong headed out the door.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Gregg us
Anthony Gregg
1,600,000
483,000
483,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Warren Strong
Warren Strong
Busted

Tags: Anthony GreggWarren Strong

Team Jacob-son

Martin Jacobson now commands a top-ten stack.
Martin Jacobson now commands a top-ten stack.

Faraz Jaka started the action by raising to 40,000 from early position. David Peters called on his direct left, David Granados called out of the small blind, and Martin Jacobson squeezed from the big blind, three-betting to 163,000. Jaka got out of the way, but Peters went deep in the tank. He eventually said, "all in," Granados snap-mucked, and Jacobson instantly called, putting himself at risk.

Showdown
Peters: {3-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}
Jacobson: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}

Jacobson had Peters dominated, and held as the board ran {6-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{4-Spades}{8-Hearts}{a-Hearts}, doubling to 1.7 million chips.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
1,700,000
880,000
880,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
David Peters us
David Peters
610,000
-739,000
-739,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Faraz JakaDavid PetersMartin JacobsonDavid Granados