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.
Just before the level change, Christian Harder was all in and at risk for 165,500 with . He was standing and ready to leave, because Max Silver had him crushed with .
The flop fell .
"What a flop!" Shaun Deeb exclaimed.
Harder flopped a pair of kings and a backdoor flush draw, and the turn was the , keeping the draw alive. The dealer rapped the table a third and final time, and spiked the on the river.
Harder's eyes ballooned to the size of quarters.
Silver didn't realize that Harder made his flush however, and said "Sorry."
He then realized that Harder made five hearts, and began laughing hysterically. Harder doubled to around 350,000 chips, while Silver was left with just 80,000 chips.
In a blind-versus-blind battle, Max Silver got his stack of 78,000 all in from the big blind holding and was at risk against Christian Harder, who held in the small blind.
"I don't see how you can lose this one," Jason Koon said to Silver from across the table when the flop came down . Koon was quickly silenced when the spiked on the turn to give Harder outs. Fortunately for Silver, the was harmless and his pair of kings secured the double.
Vivek Rajkumar opened in middle position, Ole Schemion three-bet to 23,000 on the button, and Rajkumar four-bet to 49,000. Schemion moved all in for effectively 150,000 or so, and Rajkumar called.
Rajkumar:
Schemion:
The aces held as the board came out , and Rajkumar, who was the last player standing among the Day 2 entrants, was eliminated.
Watch out folks, Ole Schemion is on quite the roll. Minutes after eliminating Vivek Rajkumar, Schemion has collected the chips of Arkadiy Tsinis.
It happened when got his stack of around 130,000 all in preflop holding and was behind the of Schemion. According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Tsinis had just a 22.84% chance of winning the hand. That dropped to 12.12% on the dry , and then fell a further 6% of so when the dealer burned and turned the .
Although he didn't need it, the paired Schemion on the river and he sent Tsinis to the rail shy of the money.