Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$25,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$4,998,000
Entries
204
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 204
Filter
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
Michael Phelps recently paid a visit to the tournament floor of the $25,000 Super High Roller to wish his friend Antonio Esfandiari good luck. While there, the two engaged in a friendly game of "What Does Johnny Lodden Think?"
For those who don't know how the game works, someone asks an innocuous question and the participants then proceeded to set lines. Eventually one buys the line, a bet is placed, and then they ask Johnny Lodden, or whoever is nearby, for their answer. In this case, it was how much would it cost for the most-decorated Olympian of all time to wear the flamboyant pants (which featured buttons all the way up both legs) of Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, who was sitting to Esfandiari's right.
Esfandiari, Grospellier and Phelps agreed upon a $100 wager and then Esfandiari started things off with $35. No one bit on that line, so Phelps upped it to $5,000. Grospellier took it one step further and said that he thought Lodden would say it'd cost $6,000 to get Phelps to wear the pants. Esfandiari bought at $6,000 and took the under, meaning he'd win $100 from both Phelps and Grospellier if Lodden's guess was under that amount, but owe them each $100 if it wasn't.
They then turned their attention to the next table over where Lodden was seat. "$1,500," Lodden said with a smile.
"Are you serious?" Phelps shouted in surprise. Esfandiari then celebrated as Grospellier immediately forked over a $100 bill. "I've never played 'What Does Johnny Lodden Think?' with Johnny Lodden," Phelps laughed.
"It's a whole different ballgame," Esfandiari informed him while pocketing ElkY's cash.
"I'd wear them for $5,000," Phelps admitted before leaving the tournament floor.
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
Players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
68,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
||
|
67,500 | |
|
|
||
|
67,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
||
|
57,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
|
50,000 | |
|
48,700
1,300
|
1,300 |
|
||
|
|
48,000 | |
|
48,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
||
|
47,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
47,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
47,000 | |
|
46,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
46,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
45,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
45,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
43,000 | |
|
||
|
42,000 | |
|
|
||
|
42,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
|
36,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
||
|
33,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
|
31,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
30,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
28,000 | |
|
||
With 1,200 in the pot and a board reading 
, 1996 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Huck Seed checked from the big blind and watched Jeff "Professional Best Friend" Gross bet 700 from middle position. Seed decided to push back with a check-raise to 2,700, Gross called, and then both players checked the 
river.
"King high," Seed said with trademark lazy grace. Gross then rolled over 
to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
|
45,000 | |
|
|
||
Micah Raskin and an opponent were heads up on a board of 
, and there was about 9,500 in the middle. Raskin had a bet of 4,000 sitting in front of him, and the player had been in the tank for a considerable amount of time.
"Why so small?" he finally asked.
"It's called a value bet, sir," Raskin answered bluntly.
Then Matt Stout spoke up.
"I'm going to have to call the clock on you if you keep taking this long for every decision," he told the player. "I didn't say anything during the big pot, but this is a small one."
The player nodded, and finally folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
We thought we'd check in with last year's winner, Alex Bilokur, who was seated over at Table 9. Upon our arrival we saw a player in early position raise to 400 only to have Bilokur three-bet to 1,125 from the cutoff. The original raiser then four-bet to 2,300, Bilokur called, and the flop fell 
. The early-position player continued with a bet of 2,400 and Bilokur reluctantly folded.
It wasn't an exciting hand, but it gave us a good excuse to let you know that, despite losing that hand, the defending champ is still up from the starting stack with 67,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,500
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
|
||
In one of the last hands of Level 1, Chris Oliver opened for 500 from the hijack and received a call from Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu on the button. The blinds both folded, the flop fell 
, and Oliver continued for 850.
Negreanu called and then Oliver check-called a bet of 1,500 on the turn. When the appeared on the river, Oliver led out for 5,000 and then called when Negreanu raised to 10,500. Negreanu rolled over 
for the nuts and the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
||
|
31,100
18,900
|
18,900 |
