Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$10,000 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$9,573,900
Entries
987
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Break It Up
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Players have now left the tournament area for their second 15-minute break of the day.
Volpe Takes It Down
We came upon the table to see Paul Volpe and an unknown opponent in a hand with a board fit for kings- three of them to be exact. The board read 
and Volpe's opponent was pondering an all in bet from Volpe.
Volpe had moved his last 22,875 into the middle where roughly 28,000 already sat. His opponent tanked for nearly five minutes before finally releasing his cards and awarding Volpe the pot. Volpe is now sporting roughly 51,000 in tournament chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,000 | 19,000 |
Small One For Stern
On a flop that read 
, a player bet out 850 and Dani Stern opted to call.
Fourth street was the 
and Stern's opponent slowed down with a check. Stern took this opportunity to fire out 1,900, a bet which promptly brought a fold. By dragging in this pot Stern is now sitting on about 25,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | 8,500 |
More Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,000 | 36,000 |
|
49,000 | 19,000 |
|
43,000 | 13,000 |
|
36,000 | 6,000 |
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
27,000 | -3,000 |
|
24,000 | -6,000 |
|
24,000 | -6,000 |
|
23,000 | -7,000 |
|
22,000 | -8,000 |
|
20,000 | -10,000 |
|
17,000 | -13,000 |
|
17,000 | -13,000 |
|
9,000 | -21,000 |
|
Busted |
Trips For Ho
Picking up the action on an 
board with about 4,500 in the pot, Maria Ho check-raised her opponent's bet of 2,725 to 7,250.
A call from Ho's opponent landed the 
river where Ho bet 8,900. Her opponent called immediately and tabled 
, but Ho had it beat with 
for trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000 | 20,400 |
Cada Bests Brown
An early positioned player opened with a raise to 425. Action folded around to Chad Brown in the cutoff.
"How much is it?" asked Brown before moving out a three-bet to 1,000.
Joe Cada then looked at his cards from the button and quietly dropped down a four-bet to 2,700. The original raiser folded and Brown decided to see a flop.
The dealer tapped the table and spread out 
. Brown checked and Cada continued out with 3,300. Brown stuck around and both players checked when the hit the turn. The river was the 
and Brown bet out 3,500. Cada quickly called and Brown flipped up for merely ace-high.
Cada showed 
and his pocket rockets were good to take down the pot. Every time we've come up on Cada today we find him trending upward and this hand was no different. He's currently sitting on about 58,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000 | 7,000 |
|
21,000 | -9,000 |
A Few More Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | 35,000 |
|
|
51,000 | -5,000 |
|
44,000 | 14,000 |
|
40,000 | -9,000 |
|
37,000 | 7,000 |
|
33,000 | 3,000 |
|
23,200 | -6,800 |
|
|
16,500 | -13,500 |
|
9,000 | -21,000 |
More Photos from Day 1a
Ho Mucks River
Team PokerStars Pro Joe Cada opened with a raise to 525, and Maria Ho reraised to 1,200. Action folded back to Cada, and the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event champion made the call.
The flop came down 
, and Cada check-called a bet of 1,300 from Ho to see the come out on the turn. Cada and Ho both checked, which brought out the 
and completed the board. Cada led for 3,000, and Ho folded her hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,000 | 7,000 |
|
|
22,600 | -5,400 |