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Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
We've put 2+ levels in the books today, and our 21 remaining players are taking a 15-minute break.
2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$10,398,400
Total Entries
1,072
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Players Left 1 / 1,072
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After Sam Greenwood opened to 65,000 under the gun, David Granados reraised all in for 542,000. Greenwood made the call with the covering stack, and his 
was flipping for the knockout against Granados' 
.
But Granados was going nowhere. He flopped the lead on the 
, and the 
turn and 
river cemented his double. Mark him down for more than 1.1 million now.
In early position, Kyle Julius opened to 60,000, and Alex Fitzgerald flatted next door to take a heads-up flop. It came out 
, and Julius continued out with another 67,000 chips. Fitzgerald raised to 155,000, Julius called, and the dropped on fourth street. Now it went check-check, but something was afoot as the 
competed the board. Julius took the lead again with a bet of 235,000, but Fitzgerald wanted to play for more. He cut out a big stack of green chips and made it 885,000 total, but Julius responded by moving all in for heaps.
Fitzgerald could not call, and he quickly uncapped his cards and slid them into the muck with a grumpy flick of the wrist. The big pot goes to Julius' corner, and he's suddenly found himself on top of the chip counts with just about 3.3 million.
Well, he got his money in good this time. Nikolaos Alafogiannis just four-bet the last 362,000 of his chips into the pot behind a button raise and a reraise from small blind Martin Jacobson. When Alafogiannis shoved from the big, Jacobson called him down with a chance at the knockout. This time, Alafogiannis was well ahead.
Showdown
Jacobson: 
Alafogiannis: 
The dealer rolled out a 
flop, and Alafogiannis informed his rail that there was a sweat. The turn 
was a good card to steal a few outs from Jacobson, and the river was a safe double-up card for Alafogiannis.
It was the biggest pot we've seen yet, and it began with Lee Goldman opening under the gun. We missed that amount, but we saw his next-door neighbor Faraz Jaka three-bet to 157,000, and Goldman raised it right back to 330,000 total. After a minute or so of consideration, Jaka announced his all in, and Goldman snap-called for his last 1.371 million.
Showdown
Goldman: 
Jaka:
Jaka never found an out on the 
board, and Goldman has thusly put a big dent in his stack. After the dust settled, Goldman stacked up close to 2.8 million chips, while Jaka drops all the way down to about 2.3 million and back into the pack a bit.
David Peters was down to 373,000 chips when he jammed them in from middle position. Next door, Ruben Visser woke up with 
and reraised all in, and Peters showed up for his tournament life.
The 
flop was a decent start for "dpeters18", but the turn crushed any hopes he had of a double. The river 
was a mere formality, and Peters has been forced to shake hands and make his exit from the PCA Main Event in 22nd place.
Mark Drover just can not shake Nikolaos Alafogiannis. About an orbit or so after Alafogiannis cracked his aces with queen-seven, the two men tangled again. The pot opened with Alafogiannis shoving in for 212,000, and Mark Drover flatted in the small blind. From the big, Byron Kaverman squeezed in a reraise to 396,000 total, but Drover wasn't going anywhere. He moved all in, and Kaverman was forced to cut his losses and duck out of the way. Alafogiannis was at risk again, and once again, he was in trouble.
Showdown
Alafogiannis:
Drover:
And once again, Alafogiannis would get there. The board ran 
, and that was that. Sixes up give Alafogiannis another triple up and then some, and he's gone from 72,000 to about 690,000 during the first half of this level.
With our thanks again to Joe Giron, here's a peek at the remaining field in today's action. Click "Read full" to see them all.
Ruben Visser opened to 60,000 in the cutoff, and Charles Furey reraised all in for 472,000 next door. Visser spent some time deliberating, but he eventually made the call for just over half his stack and a chance at the knockout. He was dominated, though.
Showdown
Visser:
Furey:
Furey's hand held strong as the board ran 
, and the two men have traded places on the big board.
In a battle of the blinds, Lee Goldman raised to 80,000 in the small, and Faraz Jaka defended his big to see a flop.
It came 
, and Jaka called a follow-up bet of 90,000. He called another 200,000 on the 
turn, and the two men were content to check it down behind the 
river. Goldman showed his first, and Jaka mucked his inferior hand to send a nice pot to his neighbor.
