2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Super High Roller
Day: 1
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
Entries
32
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

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.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
660,000 348,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

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.

Player Chips Progress
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
443,500 159,500
David Sands us
David Sands
27,000 -303,000

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.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
750,000 -15,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
590,000 88,000
Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
260,000 23,500

Tags: Jason MercierJonathan DuhamelBertrand Grospellier

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.

Player Chips Progress
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
WPT 1X Winner
291,000 -124,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
283,000 177,000

Tags: Bryn KenneyYevgeniy Timoshenko

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.

Player Chips Progress
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
WPT 1X Winner
415,000 147,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
Busted

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.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
730,000 192,000
David Benefield us
David Benefield
Busted

Tags: David BenefieldErik Seidel