With 204 total entries that include 44 reentries, the prize pool for the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller has been announced.
The top 24 places will be paid out, and the total prize pool is worth $4,998,000. A min-cash will earn a player $54,980, but that's not what they'll be playing for. Up top to the winner is a massive $1,424,420. Also included in the prize for the winner will be a rose gold design watch from Slyde, the official sponsor of the 10th anniversary PCA, worth €11,990.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu has been nursing a short stack for the past level and has slowly dwindled down to just two big blinds. He recently committed his last 8,000 from the big blind after Andras Nemeth opened for the same amount from the hijack.
Negreanu:
Nemeth:
"That's not good," Negreanu said upon seeing the cards. "That's not a good flop," he added when the flop came down . Indeed, Nemeth paired his king to take a massive lead. "Not even a sweat," Negreanu laughed when the dealer burned and turned the to leave him drawing dead.
After the was put out on the river for good measure, "Kid Poker" took his leave from the tournament floor with the TV cameras locked on to his every more.
Micah Raskin just flopped the nut flush holding the on a board of against an opponent who flopped a weaker flush with the . Raskin's opponent fired on all streets before moving all in on the river. Raskin made the call, saw that his opponent didn't have a full house and shipped in the pot. He's now up to about 1.36 million in chips and crushing.
Alex Gomes raised to 9,000 from early position, and Tobias Reinkemeier called from the cutoff seat. Bryn Kenney called on the button, then Nick Schulman called from the big blind.
All four players saw the flop come down . Schulman checked, and Gomes bet 15,500. Reinkemeier, Kenney and Schulman all folded, and Gomes won the pot.
Rettenmaier's demise came when Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst opened for 8,000 from early position and he moved all in for roughly 80,000 from the big blind with . Selbst made the call with and had Rettenmaier in dire straits.
The flop delivered Selbst a set, but the turn made things interesting as Rettenmaier picked up an open-ended straight draw. The dealer burned one last time and put out what would be Rettenmaier's last card in the 2013 PCA $25,000 High Roller... the .
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, and Gomes was eliminated.
. Indeed, Nemeth paired his king to take a massive lead. "Not even a sweat," Negreanu laughed when the dealer burned and turned the 
was put out on the river for good measure, "Kid Poker" took his leave from the tournament floor with the TV cameras locked on to his every more.
flop, Stein checked, and Koon bet 14,000. Harder and Stein both folded, and Koon took the pot.
flop. Raskin's pair held as the turn and river came 
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respectively, and Lamb was eliminated.
on a board of 
against an opponent who flopped a weaker flush with the 
. Raskin's opponent fired on all streets before moving all in on the river. Raskin made the call, saw that his opponent didn't have a full house and shipped in the pot. He's now up to about 1.36 million in chips and crushing.
and had Rettenmaier in dire straits.
turn made things interesting as Rettenmaier picked up an open-ended straight draw. The dealer burned one last time and put out what would be Rettenmaier's last card in the 2013 PCA $25,000 High Roller... the 
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