Day 1b of the Main Event has officially attracted 649 players. Combined with Day 1a's 320 players, and 18 no-shows, the total field for this year's event is 987. That's down slightly from last year's 1,072 by 85 players, but it'll still generate a nice payday for someone.
Speaking of which, we're still waiting on the official payouts, which we'll bring to you just as soon as we have them.
After a player in middle position opened to 1,000, Ashton Griffin called on the button. The player in the big blind called as well and the flop came down 
.
Action was checked to Griffin who bet 2,100. The player in the big blind popped it to 5,000, resulting in a fold from the player in middle position. Griffin responded by promptly raising to 25,000 on the top.
His opponent quickly folded and Griffin won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Phil Ivey opened to 1,300 from under the gun, two players called in middle position, and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier three-bet to 5,250 from the small blind. Ivey's neck snapped towards Grospellier when he tossed out the three-bet, his eyes fully focused on the Frenchman.
Ivey then turned his gaze to one of the other players in the hand, reached for chips, and made the call. The two other players folded.
The dealer fanned 
, and Grospellier led out for 4,400. Ivey tossed out four blue T5,000 chips, putting Grosspellier all in, and he called immediately.
Ivey: 
Grospellier: 
The turn and river came 
, 
respectively, and Grospellier was eliminated. Ivey is now up over 140,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000
37,075
|
37,075 |
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Busted | |
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Finally, Phil Hellmuth and Tom Dwan have joined us on Day 1b of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event. Hellmuth is seated at the feature table, while Dwan is at an outer table which is adjacent to his good friend Phil Ivey.
We caught up to the table to see Timothy Adams all in and at risk against Aaron Massey. Massey barely had Adams covered as the two got it all in and were awaiting five cards.
Massey: 
Adams: 
The board ran out 
and Massey's kings were able to hold. He scored the knockout and is now sitting on about 66,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
Busted | |
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In our post-dinner walkabout through the field we noticed 1996 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Huck Seed was nowhere to be found. We checked in with his table and Andy Philachack informed us that he had eliminated the veteran.
Philachack said he held 
while Seed had the superior 
. It was a ten-high flop, some betting occurred, and then a spiked on the turn. The two player got all the chips in and Seed failed to get there on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
Busted | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
72,000 | |
|
|
||
|
72,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
67,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
||
|
63,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
50,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
45,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
41,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
12,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
104,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
||
|
74,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
61,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
||
|
48,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
||
|
41,000
19,500
|
19,500 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
28,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
25,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
21,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
|
||
|
21,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
||
|
19,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
|
||
|
18,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
15,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
11,200
19,800
|
19,800 |
|
9,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
Felipe Ramos three-bet shoved for 20,650 from the blinds over an open from late position. The raiser called, turning over 
, and Ramos tabled 
.
The board ran out 
, and Ramos doubles.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
42,000
21,350
|
21,350 |
|
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Mike 'munchenHB' Telker wins the $5k turbo for $96,750 beating Johnny Lodden heads up. Read about it by clicking through to the PokerStars Blog.
