2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Super High Roller
Day: 1
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Event Info
2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$1,254,400
Event Info
Buy-in
$98,500
Prize Pool
$3,136,000
Total Entries
32
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 32
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The Blom Bomber KO's Kenney

Bryn Kenney - All in and all out
Bryn Kenney - All in and all out

First in from middle position, Viktor "Islidur1" Blom made a minimum raise to 10,000, and Bryn Kenney three-bet to 26,000 on the button. "Raise," Blom announced, stacking out 62,000 total. Kenney took pause to consider, then announced a shove for about 235,000 total. Blom snap-called, and the look of pain on Kenney's face told the rest of the story.

Showdown
Blom: {Q-Spades} {Q-Clubs}
Kenney: {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}

Kenney was looking for an ace, but he'd find none. The board ran out {K-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {4-Spades} {6-Spades} {2-Diamonds}, and Blom earns the knockout to pip up into the Top 5 with 19 players left.

Tags: Bryn KenneyViktor Blom

Level: 8

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Hall Doubles, Sands on Life Support

David "Doc" Sands opened to 9,500 from the hijack seat, Galen Hall called from the cutoff, and Isaac Haxton called on the button. The flop fell {5-Clubs}{5-Spades}{6-Spades}, and Sands led for 16,500. Hall called, Haxton mucked, and the turn brought the {q-Diamonds}. Sands led again - this time for 34,500 - and Hall moved all in for 200,500. Sands tank-called, leaving just 27,000 behind, and was dominated.

Showdown
Sands: {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Hall: {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}

The {a-Diamonds} on the river changed nothing, and Hall doubled.

Tags: David SandsGalen Hall

Here Comes Mercier

Jason Mercier
Jason Mercier

Here comes Jason Mercier, as he just moved his stack up to about 590,000 after these two short hands.

On the first hand, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier raised to 8,000 from middle position before action folded to Sam Stein. He reraised to 19,500. Play folded to Mercier in the big blind. He tanked for a bit and then reraised to 46,500. Grospellier quickly folded, but Stein went into the tank. After a couple minutes, he gave it up and Mercier won the pot.

On the next hand, action folded to Jonathan Duhamel on the button and he raised to 8,500. Mercier three-bet to 21,500 from the small blind and Duhamel called.

The flop came down {5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} and Mercier fired 16,500. Duhamel folded and Mercier won the pot. He's now near 600,000 in chips.

Tags: Jason MercierJonathan DuhamelBertrand Grospellier

Haxton Busts Smith

Isaac Haxton
Isaac Haxton

Justin Smith opened to 10,000 from the hijack and Isaac Haxton three-bet to 30,000 from the small blind. Smith responded by shoving for about 246,000 and Haxton called quickly.

Haxton: {J-Hearts}{J-Spades}
Smith: {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{3-Spades}, giving the pot and the chip lead to Haxton.

Tags: Isaac HaxtonJustin Smith

Kenney's Queens

With the elimination of Eugene Katchalov, Bryn Kenney is now at Table 2, and he doubled in his first hand. Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened to 9,000 from early position, and Kenney three-bet to 23,000 from the big blind. Timoshenko four-bet shoved for effectively 139,000, and Kenney thought for a moment before making the call.

Showdown
Timoshenko: {10-Spades}{9-Spades}
Kenney: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

The {10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{j-Spades} flop gave Timoshenko a pair, and the {k-Spades} on the turn added a flush draw, but the {k-Clubs} on the river was a brick, and Kenney doubled to over 280,000 chips.

Tags: Bryn KenneyYevgeniy Timoshenko

Bye, Bye Bucky

Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu just sent Shawn Buchanan to the rail. Buchanan raised all in from the hijack seat for 54,500. Negreanu called from the button and everyone else folded.

Negreanu: {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
Buchanan: {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}

The board ran out {K-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} and Buchanan was eliminated.

Tags: Daniel NegreanuShawn Buchanan

Timoshenko Busts Katchalov

Katchalov sees the bad news
Katchalov sees the bad news

Eugene Katchalov won't be repeating as Super High Roller Champion.

Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 9,000 in the cutoff and Eugene Katchalov three-bet from the small blind to what looked to be 18,000. With the action back to Timoshenko, he re-raised all in after about a minute in the tank and Katchlov called all in for another 114,000 after a few moments.

Katchalov: {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}
Timoshenko: {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}

The board ran out {10-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{5-Spades}, ending Katchalov's repeat bid.

Tags: Eugene KatchalovYevgeniy Timoshenko

"Big Blind Special", or "Running Like Seidel"

It appears that Erik Seidel's 2011 run-good hasn't washed away yet in the new year.

In the last hand, David Benefield opened with a raise in late position, and Seidel defended his big blind to see a heads-up flop.

It came {4-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {5-Hearts}, but it wasn't nearly as raggy as it first appeared. Seidel checked to the raiser, and Benefield continued out with a bet of 12,000. The check-raise came, though, and Seidel made it 26,500 total. Benefield popped it right back to 44,000 total, and Seidel made it 85,000. Now Benefield had only one play left, and he shoved in for about 175,000 total. When Seidel called, the cards were on their backs, and it was quite an ugly sight for the at-risk player.

Showdown
Benefield: {A-Clubs} {3-Hearts}
Seidel: {3-Clubs} {6-Hearts}

Oof! Benefield could only shake his head at the cooler of a flop, and he was drawing dead to a chop. The turn and river came {J-Clubs} and {J-Spades}, though, and that's the end of the road for Mr. Benefield.

Seidel, on the other hand, is once again in contention for the chip lead with about 730,000 chips.

Tags: David BenefieldErik Seidel

Shak Doubles In Size

Dan Shak was all in preflop for 139,500 with the {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}. He was up against Viktor Blom holding the {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}. The board ran out {K-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} and Shak doubled up.

Tags: Dan ShakViktor Blom