2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$10,000 Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Total Entries
987
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 987
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Waxman Lets The Clock Expire

With around 12,000 in the pot and a board reading {5-Spades}{8-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}, an early-position player fired out a huge bet of 17,000 into Matt Waxman, who was sitting with a big stack.

Waxman thought long and hard as his opponent still had a considerable stack behind. Minute passed before a clock was called, and then another minute passed as the floor counted down to zero. At that point the dealer mucked Waxman's hand and his opponent revealed {A-}{A-}.

Tags: Matt Waxman

Rettenmaier's Aces Cracked

Marvin Rettenmaier - Eliminated
Marvin Rettenmaier - Eliminated

A player in early position opened to 1,400 and Jacob Naquin called from the next seat over. Marvin Rettenmaier, from the cutoff, three-bet to 3,825. The player in the small blind four-bet to 8,275, forcing a fold from the original raiser. Naquin, though five-bet to about 16,000. Rettenmaier six-bet all in for roughly 25,000, resulting in a fold from the player in the small blind. Naquin called immediately.

Rettenmaier: {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}
Naquin: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}

The board came down {K-Spades}{10-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{J-Hearts} as Naquin rivered a straight to eliminate Rettenmaier.

Tags: Jacob NaquinMarvin Rettenmaier

Adoubleupoulos for Polychronopoulos

Athanasios Polychronopoulos checked to Joe McGowan on a flop of {3-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{8-Spades}. McGowan tossed out 2,000, Polychronopoulos check-raised to 11,500 - effectively going all in - and McGowan tanked for a bit before pushing out a stack of blue T5,000 chips, raising to 13,650. Polychronopoulos called.

Polychronopoulos: {a-Spades}{3-Spades}
McGowan: {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

The {q-Clubs} on the turn was a brick, but the river was the {2-Spades}, giving Polychronopoulos a flush. He doubled to around 30,000 chips, while McGowan slipped to 80,000.

Tags: Athanasios PolychronopoulosJoe McGowan

Makhija Finally Succumbs

Amit Makhija was nursing a short stack much of the day, and any hope of a comeback recently came to an end with his elimination.

We didn't catch his bust, but 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Jesse Sylvia did as he was seated to the direct right of Makhija all day. According to him, Makhija shoved his short stack from early position with {5-}{5-} and received a call from a player holding {A-}{Q-}. The board ran out {10-}{10-}{K-}{J-}{K-} and Makhija's opponent made a straight to win the hand.

Tags: Amit MakhijaJesse Sylvia

Shulman Doubles Through Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu was recently moved to a new table where he was graced with such poker presences as Vanessa Rousso and Barry Shulman. In fact, Negreanu has history with the latter as he fell at the hands of Shulman during heads up play of the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event.

Today it seems was no different for Negreanu, as he and Shulman were engaged in a pot that saw Negreanu ship a solid portion of his stack over to the WSOPE champion.

The two took a flop heads up with over 8,000 already in the pot. The flop came {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} and Negreanu came out firing with a bet of 5,100. Shulman quickly moved all in and Negreanu snapped him off only to find that he was behind.

Negreanu: {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}
Shulman: {J-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Shulman was ahead with Broadway and was hoping to fade Negreanu's full house outs. The turn was the {8-Hearts} and the river the {5-Hearts} securing Shulman a double up through KidPoker. Shulman is now sitting at about 55,000 while Negreanu has fallen to 42,000.

Tags: Barry ShulmanDaniel Negreanu

Andress Straightens Out Opponent

There was about 10,000 in the middle when we reached the table. The board read {7-Spades}{j-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}, and two players checked to John Andress, who fired 5,700. One player check-raised to 15,000, the other folded, and Andress called.

The river was the {2-Clubs}, and the player led out for 12,000. Andress scrunched his face, then announced that he was all in (about 10,000 more). The player quickly called.

Andress tabled {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for a straight, and the player flashed {9-Spades}{8-Spades} before exiting.

Andress, who won the 2011 EPT Prague High Roller, is now flirting with a six-figure stack.

Tags: John Andress

Chip Counts

Roll Tide

Shannon Shorr opened from the button to 1,200, and Phil Ivey reraised to 3,800 from the small blind. Action got back to Shorr, and he took a few moments before moving all in. His shove was for roughly 20,000, and Ivey folded his hand.

Tags: Phil IveyShannon Shorr