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2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Super High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$98,500
Prize Pool
$3,136,000
Entries
32
Level
19
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Negreanu Takes Nice Pot Against Duhamel
Daniel Negreanu opened to 27,000 in the cutoff and Jonathan Duhamel three-bet to 68,000 from the small blind. Negreanu called and a 
flop hit the board.
Duhamel bet 63,000, Negreanu called, and the 
hit the turn. Another Negreanu check led to another Duhamel bet, this one for 167,000. Negreanu carefully counted out his stack before calling, landing the 
on the river. Both checked quickly and Negreanu took it down with pocket sevens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,500,000
180,000
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180,000 |
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850,000
-240,000
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-240,000 |
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Level: 13
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Shak Doubles; Stein Dashed to Bits
Dan Shak opened the pot to 33,000, and Sam Stein defended his big blind to go heads-up to the flop. It came 
, and Stein check-called 50,000. On the turn 
, Shak bet another 100,000, but this time Stein check-raised all in. He had the bigger stack — but just barely — so the move put Shak to the decision for his last 374,000 chips. Snap-call! Cards up:
Shak: 
Stein: 
Shak only had to fade five outs once, and the 
river was safe and sound. With the double, Shak has moved up over 900,000, while Stein has been crippled down to just a big blind plus a couple antes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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920,000
455,000
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455,000 |
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23,000
-372,000
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-372,000 |
Goodbye, Stein
Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
From the cutoff seat, Dan Shak raised to 35,000. Viktor Blom three-bet from the button to 116,000. In the small blind, Stein called all in for 23,000. Shak called the three-bet from Blom and the flop was dealt 
.
On the flop, Shak bet 300,000 and Blom got out of the way. Shak first raked in the side pot before opening up his hand against the at-risk Stein. Shak held the 
and Stein the 
.
The turn 
and river 
kept Shak's hand in front from the flop onward and he eliminated Stein from action.
Blom Involved Some More
From the small blind, Viktor Blom raised to 40,000 against Galen Hall's big blind. Hall made the call and the flop came down 
. Blom fired 52,000 instantly and Hall made the call.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the 
land on the river. Blom checked and Hall tank-bet 112,000. Blom folded to allow Hall to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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770,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
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730,000
-470,000
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-470,000 |
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Duhamel Takes One
Humberto Brenes raised to 36,000 under the gun and Scott Seiver called on the button. Jonathan Duhamel called from the big blind and a 
flop came down.
All three players checked to see the turn. Duhamel bet 76,000, forcing quick folds from his opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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990,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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460,000
-80,000
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-80,000 |
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305,000
-55,000
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-55,000 |
|
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More For Duhamel
Scott Seiver opened the action with a raise to 32,000 under the gun. Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 72,000 from the cutoff, Jonathan Duhamel called on the button, and both blinds released. Seiver also called and a 
flop hit the board.
Seiver checked, as did Negreanu. Duhamel bet 132,000, resulting in quick folds from Seiver and Negreanu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,350,000
-60,000
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-60,000 |
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1,170,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
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395,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
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Here Comes Galen!
Galen Hall raised to 40,000 from the cutoff seat, and he found action in two places as both Isaac Haxton (button) and Viktor Blom (big blind) put in the calls to see a flop.
It came 
, and Blom knocked the table. Hall continued out with 55,000 chips, Haxton called, and Blom ducked out of the way to let the other two go at it. They'd check through the 
turn, but Hall led out again on the river with a big bet of 262,000. Haxton made the call, but we'd never get to see his cards.
Hall showed 
for the flush, and Haxton's muck knocked him down to his lowest point in quite a while — about 695,000. The defending PCA Main Event champ, though, is now in the mix of chip leaders with 1.16 million. There or thereabouts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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1,160,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
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695,000
-500,000
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-500,000 |
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Haxton's Hall Pass Stolen
Action moved to last year's PCA Main Event champion Galen Hall on the button and he raised to 35,000. Isaac Haxton was in the small blind and reraised to 85,000. Play got back to Hall and he reraised all in for 580,000 effectively. Haxton snap-called to put himself at risk.
Haxton tabled the 
to be in dominating shape against Hall's 
, but things changed shortly thereafter.
On the flop of 
, Haxton fell behind Hall's top pair. Yes, Hall did hit to take the lead, but Haxton could still win the hand by hitting his gutshot straight draw or an ace. He could also go runner, runner to a flush.
"Feelin' good about this one," said Haxton.
The turn brought the 
and that left Haxton needing just an ace or a queen on the river. "Still like my chances," he added.
Despite all of Haxton's good vibes on the hand, the on the river left him in the dust and eliminated him from the tournament. Hall is now the chip leader and the day is done. We'll have a complete wrap on the day along with chip counts shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,748,000
1,368,000
|
1,368,000 |
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Busted | |
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