Size Matters
Level 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
To hold everyone who wants to play in the PCA requires a place big enough to hold a basketball tournament. The PokerStars Blog shows us just how big that is.
2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$98,000
Prize Pool
$5,724,180
Entries
59
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Adams Finishes Off McDonald
On a flop of 
, Mike "Timex" McDonald moved all in for 9,000 from the big blind and received calls from Timothy Adams and Bill Perkins in the under-the-gun position and button respectively. When the dealer burned and turned the 
, Adams led out for 25,000 and Perkins insta-folded.
Showdown
Adams: 
McDonald: 
Adams had flopped the nuts and had McDonald drawing dead. The meaningless 
completed the board on the river, and Timex took his leave from the tournament floor. Whether or not he re-enter remains to be seen, though he has until tomorrow to do so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Level: 8
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Durrrr Doubles
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Just before the level change, Daniel Negreanu opened to 9,500 from early position, and Tom "durrrr" Dwan called in the big blind. The flop was 
, and Dwan checked. Negreanu continued for 10,000, Dwan raised to 25,000, and Negreanu moved all in for effectively 73,500. Dwan flipped over 
, signaling a call, but he didn't say anything.
Negreanu was confused, but then Dwan officially pushed his chips forward. Negreanu tabled 
for a flush draw.
The turn was the , giving Negreanu outs to chop, but the 
bricked on the river. Dwan doubled to 166,000 chips, while Negreanu is left with just 82,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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166,000
84,000
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84,000 |
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82,000
-68,000
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-68,000 |
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Above the Rim
Also prior to the level change, Philipp Gruissem opened to 8,000 on the button. Jason Somerville defended his big blind, and the flop fell 
. Somerville check-called what looked like 9,000, and the turn brought the . Somerville checked again, Gruissem tossed out 25,000, and Somerville called.
The river was the , and Somerville checked a third time. Gruissem fired 55,000, and Somerville called. Gruissem tabled 
for a pair of eights, and Somerville mucked claiming to have "ten-eight suited."
"Wow!" Bill Perkins exclaimed at the end of the hand. "You guys are playing so far above the rim!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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460,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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455,000
-103,000
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-103,000 |
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Hellmuth Enters His First-Ever PCA Event
"Now that my kids are in college they don't want to see me anymore," was the first thing we heard Phil Hellmuth say when he took his seat in the tournament here in the last level of Day 1.
We're not sure the context of the comment, but we stayed long enough to watch his first hand. In it Hellmuth opened for 15,000 from early position and received a call from Philipp Gruissem in the cutoff. JC Alvarado then moved all in for 109,000 from the button, and action folded back to Hellmuth.
"You should have done that to me in Europe," Hellmuth said with a smile in reference to both his and Alvarado's deep run in the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event.
"I did," Alvarado replied. Hellmuth then folded his hand and Gruissem, who flashed the 
, followed suit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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235,000 | |
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143,000
40,000
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40,000 |
Ship it to Vivek
Vanessa Selbst led out for 37,000 into a pot of around 100,000 on a flop of 
. Vivek Rajkumar raised to what looked like 80,000, and Selbst moved all in for effectively 127,500. Rajkumar called.
Selbst:
Rajkumar: 
"I'm so bad sometimes," Selbst said.
The turn and river came , , and Rajkumar doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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355,000
105,000
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105,000 |
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335,000
-185,000
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-185,000 |
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Seidel Doubles Through Lucky Chewy
Action folded around to Erik Seidel on the button and he open-shipped his stack of 71,500, which Andrew Lichtenberger called from the small blind.
Showdown
Lichtenberger:
Seidel: 
Seidel was ahead and stayed there as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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190,000
-75,000
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-75,000 |
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151,000
76,000
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76,000 |
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Negreanu Busts, Re-Enters
Daniel Negreanu open-shoved for his last 70,000 or so from early position, and the action folded to Olivier Busquet, who called out of the big blind.
Busquet turned over 
.
"No good," Negreanu said showing the ...and the 
. "Straight draw!"
Negreanu took the lead when the flop fell 
, but Busquet had outs to eliminate him. The turn was the 
, giving him extra outs, and the spiked on the river to give him a winning pair of aces.
Negreanu was debating whether or not to re-enter tonight, then someone at the table suggested that he should in case he needed to fire a third bullet.
"That's right!" he shouted, then headed towards the nearest PokerStars employee.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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255,000
36,500
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36,500 |
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250,000
168,000
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168,000 |
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Dwan and Haxton Bust
According to Noah Schwartz, he opened to 12,000 from the cutoff, Tom "durrrr" Dwan called on the button, and the flop fell 
with two diamonds. Schwartz checked, Dwan bet 23,000, Schwartz moved all in for effectively 150,000, and Dwan called.
Schwartz:
Dwan:
The turn and river both bricked, and Dwan was eliminated. He quickly re-entered.
Isaac Haxton was also eliminated over on the feature table. Unfortunately, we missed the action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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630,000
313,000
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313,000 |
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250,000
84,000
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84,000 |
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Busted | |
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