2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Main Event
Day: 5
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

Level: 28

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 5,000

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
4,220,000 -230,000
Lee Goldman
Lee Goldman
3,750,000 870,000
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
EPT 1X Winner
3,230,000 -270,000
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
WSOP 1X Winner
2,800,000 300,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
2,780,000 -320,000
John Dibella us
John Dibella
EPT 1X Winner
2,770,000 -690,000
Anthony Gregg us
Anthony Gregg
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
2,395,000 395,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
2,005,000 -795,000
Mark Drover
Mark Drover
1,935,000 290,000
Phil D'Auteuil ca
Phil D'Auteuil
1,780,000 150,000
Daniel Shiff
Daniel Shiff
1,445,000 45,000
David Bernstein ca
David Bernstein
1,325,000 -475,000
Nikolaos Alafogiannis
Nikolaos Alafogiannis
1,255,000 365,000

Alex Fitzgerald Eliminated in 14th Place ($70,000)

Alex Fitzgerald - 14th place
Alex Fitzgerald - 14th place

When the table folded around to his small blind, Alex Fitzgerald raised to 145,000 with Xuan Liu behind him. Liu must have liked what she saw, because she reraised to 365,000, but Fitzgerald wasn't going anywhere. He four-bet shoved for just a shade less than 2.1 million, almost as much as Liu had. She spent just a couple seconds making sure — it was quite a decision to be faced with — but the call came surprisingly quickly to put Fitzgerald at risk.

Showdown
Fitzgerald: {K-Spades} {10-Spades}
Liu: {A-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds}

Liu was in front with ace-queen, but Fitzgerald was suited and drawing very live to the huge pot.

He wasn't drawing live for long. In fact, the {A-Diamonds} {A-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} flop was a disaster that ended things right then and there. Fitzgerald was already eliminated two cards early as Liu's trip aces could not be beaten.

The turn {J-Spades} and river {2-Diamonds} are only here to prove the deck was fair, but Fitzgerald was already long gone by the time the dealer grabbed his stacks and pushed them across to Liu.

We've got one lady left, and she's teaching these boys a lesson right now. Liu is the chip daddy(?) with more than 4.4 million in front of her now.

Player Chips Progress
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
4,450,000 2,150,000
Alex Fitzgerald us
Alex Fitzgerald
Busted

Tags: Alex FitzgeraldXuan Liu

D'Auteui's Turn to Shove

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Lee Goldman raised to 115,000 under the gun, and Mark Drover reraised to 265,000 from the cutoff. In the big blind, Phil D'Auteuil took a peek at his cards and reraised again — all in for 1.375 million. Goldman folded without too much hesitation, but Drover spent a couple long minutes sitting like a statue with his arms crossed over his chest. When he finally did flinch, it was to uncap his cards and slide them into the muck with a little frown, and D'Auteuil pulled in some free chips to increase his stack.

Tags: Phil D'AuteuilMark DroverLee Goldman

Dibella Climbs to the Top

Phil D'Auteuil raised to 105,000 to lead the action, and Lee Goldman flatted on the button. From the small blind, John Dibella squeezed all in. Yep, he just went ahead and shoved it in there, and both D'Auteuil and Goldman decided this was not the spot to gamble for it all. They folded qiuckly, though Goldman looked a bit dissatisfied, and Dibella has moved into the chip lead with just shy of 3.5 million.

It's worth noting that nearly six hours into Day 5, nobody else has reached the 4-million chip mark that Faraz Jaka did yesterday evening. But 3.46 million is not too shabby for Mr. Dibella right now.

Player Chips Progress
John Dibella us
John Dibella
EPT 1X Winner
3,460,000 260,000

Tags: John DibellaLee GoldmanPhil D'Auteuil

Bernstein's Stack Bearish

David Bernstein started the action with a raise to 110,000 in the cutoff, and John Dibella defended his big blind. Heads-up, they saw the flop bring {10-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {6-Diamonds}, and Dibella check-called another 110,000. On the {A-Spades} turn, he check-called another 200,000, and the {5-Hearts} was the river card. Check-check now.

Dibella showed his {K-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} first... and Bernstein froze. After a couple seconds, it became clear that king-jack high was the best hand, and Bernstein eventually slid his cards back into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
John Dibella us
John Dibella
EPT 1X Winner
3,200,000 400,000
David Bernstein ca
David Bernstein
1,800,000 -1,065,000

Tags: David BernsteinJohn Dibella

Doubling Dibella

Dibella gets a better look
Dibella gets a better look

In early position, John Dibella made the opening raise, and both blinds — David Bernstein and Phil D'Auteuil, respectively — came along with calls to see a three-handed flop.

The {2-Hearts} {2-Spades} {3-Spades} rolled off the deck, and action checked to the raiser. Dibella continued out with 200,000 more, and Bernstein check-called. D'Auteuil wanted to play for more, though, and he reraised them both to 450,000. Dibella shoved all in, Bernstein folded out of the way, and D'Auteuil made the call to put Dibella at risk for 1.16 million total.

Showdown
Dibella: {9-Hearts} {9-Spades}
D'Auteuil: {A-Spades} {7-Spades}

D'Auteuil had an overcard and the flush draw to work with, but the {3-Diamonds} turn and {4-Diamonds} river were too low and too red to be of any use. That's a big double for Bernstein, and it vaults him all the way up into the top few places on the overall leader board.

Player Chips Progress
John Dibella us
John Dibella
EPT 1X Winner
2,800,000 1,805,000
Phil D'Auteuil ca
Phil D'Auteuil
1,630,000 -1,275,000

Tags: David BernsteinJohn DibellaPhil D'Auteuil

Gregg Inches Up Further

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

David Bernstein came into the pot raising to 105,000 from middle position, and both Lee Goldman (button) and Anthony Gregg (big blind) came along to a three-way flop.

The dealer spread out {6-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {A-Clubs}, and it checked through to the {5-Hearts} turn. Now Bernstein put out another bet of 170,000, but Goldman made a raise to 450,000. Gregg and Bernstein both folded immediately, and Goldman inches up a bit further.

Tags: Anthony GreggDavid BernsteinLee Goldman

Alafogiannis Doubles (Again!)

Nikolaos Alafogiannis is in no mood to be eliminated. He's been all in more times than we can count on one hand today, and he just got his chips in again a moment ago. When Alex Fitzgerald opened to 105,000, Alafogiannis stuck his last 390,000 in there, and Fitzgerald made the call with his big stack and a chance to send the pesky Alafogiannis off.

Showdown
Fitzgerald: {7-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}
Alafogiannis: {A-Clubs} {K-Spades}

The board ran out full of baby cards, coming {3-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {2-Hearts}, and Alafogiannis ends up with a wheel to snag the double. He's back up close to 900,000 in the most recent trend, and Fitzgerald drops a little chunk to slip back around 2.55 million.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Fitzgerald us
Alex Fitzgerald
2,550,000 -270,000
Nikolaos Alafogiannis
Nikolaos Alafogiannis
890,000 265,000

Tags: Alex FitzgeraldNikolaos Alafogiannis