2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$10,000 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$1,859,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$9,573,900
Entries
987
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Four-Bet All In From Flowers

We found the dealer spread out a flop that read {4-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}. Randal Flowers checked over to his lone opponent and he tossed out a single yellow t1,000 chip. Flowers took little time deciding to raise the action making it 2,175 to go.

Flowers' opponent mulled over the choice for a bit before swiftly dropping a blue t5,000 chip on top of his previous bet, effectively three-betting to 6,000.

Flowers looked at his chips before stacking them and moving them all into the middle. His opponent released his cards and Flowers took down the pot. He's currently sitting on about 33,000.

Player Chips Progress
Randal Flowers us
Randal Flowers
33,000
3,000
3,000

Tags: Randal Flowers

Bellande Beats Kenney

The flop read {4-Clubs}{8-Spades}{5-Clubs} and we caught up to see Jean-Robert Bellande bet out an unknown amount. Bryn Kenney moved out a raise and it folded back around to Bellande who called.

With about 9,000 in the pot going to the turn, the dealer produced the {9-Spades}. Bellande checked and Kenney did the same. A second nine, the {9-Clubs}, fell on the river and Bellande tapped the table once more.

"Ace-king," said Kenney.

Bellande rolled over {7-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for nines and fives and ultimately the best hand.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Robert Bellande us
Jean-Robert Bellande
36,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
22,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Bryn KenneyJean-Robert Bellande

Ho Folds River

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

On a board reading {5-Spades}{10-Clubs}{2-Spades}{3-Spades}, Maria Ho fired out a bet of 1,300 only to have her sole opponent in the hand call.

The {A-Spades} fell on fifth street, strengthening just about every single draw. The card caused Ho to slow down as she lightly tapped the table. Her opponent moved out 3,100 and Ho thought for about twenty seconds before folding her cards. She's currently sitting right around starting stack.

Jaka Looking For Back-to-Back Final Tables

Faraz Jaka, who finished in third place in this very event in 2012, is alive and well here on Day 1a. Jaka fell just short of making heads up play in 2012 and we're sure that improving on his finish this year is a prime goal on his mind.

When we came upon his table, we saw him check to his opponent on a board that read {Q-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{8-Spades}{6-Spades}. Jaka's opponent bet 1,200 and Jaka called. The {4-Clubs} hit the river and Jaka checked once more. A 2,500 chip bet was placed and Jaka quickly released his hand. Despite this small hit, Jaka is at about 28,500 which is down only a bit from starting stack. We'll be keeping an eye on Jaka the rest of the day as he hopes to make back to back final tables.

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
28,500
-1,500
-1,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Faraz Jaka

Chip Counts From Around the Room

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Player Chips Progress
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
49,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
43,000
13,000
13,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
42,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Noah Vaillancourt ca
Noah Vaillancourt
37,000
7,000
7,000
Grayson Ramage us
Grayson Ramage
37,000
7,000
7,000
David "Bakes" Baker us
David "Bakes" Baker
35,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
33,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
33,000
3,000
3,000
PokerStars
Will Molson ca
Will Molson
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Boris Becker de
Boris Becker
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
PokerStars
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Adam Levy us
Adam Levy
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
Bolivar Palacios pa
Bolivar Palacios
27,000
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
PokerStars
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
George Danzer de
George Danzer
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
23,500
-6,500
-6,500
Steven Silverman us
Steven Silverman
23,000
Ravi Raghavan us
Ravi Raghavan
18,000
-12,000
-12,000
WPT 1X Winner

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Bellande Turned

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

From middle position, Jean-Robert Bellande opened with a raise to 400. Only the player in the big blind made the call, and the dealer spread out the {7-Spades}{5-Clubs}{4-Spades} flop. After the big blind checked, Bellande fired 525. His opponent made the call.

The turn brought the {2-Hearts}, and both players checked to see the {8-Diamonds} land on the river. Both players checked again.

The big blind opened up the {3-Clubs}{2-Spades} for a turned pair of deuces after flopping an open-ended straight draw. Bellande briefly paused, then mucked his hand.

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande

Cada Trips up Duval

We passed by the table just in time to see Joe Cada fired out a river bet of 3,500. The board was {j-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{10-Hearts}. Jason Duval called Cada's bet and saw the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event champion roll over {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs} for trip kings.

Duval flung away his cards and Cada scooped up a nice sized pot. He's currently sitting on quite the healthy stack with about 49,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
49,000
22,000
22,000

Tags: Jason DuvalJoe Cada