Two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Andy Frankenberger was heads up in a pot with Santiago Nadal. The board read and Frankenberger bet 6,000 into a pot of about 11,000. Nadal called to see the river and dealer produced the to finish the board.
Frankenberger did not stir in his seat as he sat thinking for about thirty seconds.
"All in," said Frankenberger, who moved the rest of his stack into the center of the table.
Nadal released and Frankenberger picked up the pot, bringing his stack to about 46,000.
We're not quite sure what happened to knock him down, but we do know that 2010 PCA Main Event winner Harrison Gimbel is down to about a third of the starting stack.
Although places like Las Vegas require participants to be 21 years old, the law in the Bahamas allows playing at 18, and in 2010 the then-19-year-old from Jupiter, Florida, navigated a field of 1,529 players, which created a $14,831,300 prize pool to win $2.2 million.
Gimbel won a $1,000 satellite the day before the Main Event and managed to parlay that into a $2.2 million payday and become the youngest winner in PCA history.
PCA Main Event began at noon, I woke up at 1, took a long walk and swim in Sea, now starting nap (3:50) & having my chips dropped at 5 pmJanuary 08 2013
Here on Day 1b of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event, there are a lot of tough tables. With the $100,000 Super High Roller ending yesterday, and the first-ever major Open Face Chinese Poker tournament running as well, dozens of the best players in the world waited until today to play.
Table 10 can certainly be considered one of the tougher tables in the room, because sitting in Seats 8 and 9 are 2012 Players of the Year Marvin Rettenmaier and Dan Smith respectively.
Rettenmaier, winner of the 2012 BLUFF Magazine Player of the Year award, earned over $2.5 million last year, and Smith, winner of the 2012 Global Poker Index Player of the Year award, earned over $3.7 million. The POY races culminated at EPT Prague where Rettenmaier won the €10,000 High Roller ($477,479).
He joined the PokerNews Podcast afterwords to discuss his amazing year:
We caught up with the action to find two Team PokerStars pros taking a flop together with over 7,000 already in the pot. Victor Ramdin and Vanessa Selbst saw a flop of hit the felt and Ramdin took the lead with a bet of 4,000.
Selbst took 4,000 out of her stack and set it aside while she riffled chips.
"All in," she quietly said.
Ramdin snapped her off and shot all of his blue t5,000 chips into the middle.
Selbst:
Ramdin:
Selbst stood up from the table, visibly upset from the ordeal. She was looking for help on the subsequent streets but did not find it as they brought the and the , making Ramdin's straight the best hand.
Ramdin now commands 87,000 while Selbst made a quick exit out of the tournament area.
To say this field is stacked would be an understatement. Everywhere you look there are notables players from around the world... Las Vegas legends... former WSOP Main Event champs... EPT and LAPT superstars... the list goes on and on.
The field is saturated with pros and there's essentially a big name or two at every table. With that said, we were impressed with the lineup over at Table 58, which is particularly stack. It currently includes the likes of circuit up-and-comer Joe Kuether; 2001 WSOP Main Event champ Carlos Mortensen; two-time PCA Main Event finalist Anthony Gregg; Quebecer Marc-Andre Ladouceur; the always-entertaining Humberto Brenese; and Ryan "TheCart3r" Carter, who finished as runner-up in the WCOOP Main Event back in September.
In a recent hand, Mortensen checked a flop of from the big blind and watched Carter bet 1,100 from the cutoff. Kuether then called from the button, Mortensen folded, and the turned. Carter ended up check-calling a bet of 2,100, and then both players checked the river. Kuether sheepishly flashed , and seemed to know it was no good even before Carter showed down .
After a series of bets and raises, James Fregeau was all in and at risk preflop with . Olivier Busquet had him crushed with , but the board ran out . Fregeau doubled, while Busquet is still healthy with 47,000 chips.
Marc-Andre Ladouceur opened on the button, Carlos Mortensen three-bet from the small blind, and Ladouceur four-bet to 6,000. The 2001 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion called.
The flop fell , and Mortensen checked. Ladouceur fired 5,500, and Mortensen called. The two checked after the turned, and the completed the board. Mortensen led out for 8,500, and Ladouceur released.
and Frankenberger bet 6,000 into a pot of about 11,000. Nadal called to see the river and dealer produced the 
to finish the board.
hit the felt and Ramdin took the lead with a bet of 4,000.
and the 
, making Ramdin's straight the best hand.
from the big blind and watched Carter bet 1,100 from the cutoff. Kuether then called from the button, Mortensen folded, and the 
turned. Carter ended up check-calling a bet of 2,100, and then both players checked the 
river. Kuether sheepishly flashed 
, and seemed to know it was no good even before Carter showed down 
.
. Olivier Busquet had him crushed with 
. Fregeau doubled, while Busquet is still healthy with 47,000 chips.
, and Mortensen checked. Ladouceur fired 5,500, and Mortensen called. The two checked after the 
turned, and the 
completed the board. Mortensen led out for 8,500, and Ladouceur released.