Day 2 of the big and bad $25,000 High Roller from the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has come to a close. Leading the way is none other than Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst, the defending champion of this very event. Selbst bagged 1,633,000.
Just 14 players remain, and it is a packed group that's left. Selbst's lead is extremely small, as she's only 19,000 in chips ahead of Joao Vieira with 1,604,000 in second place. Also remaining are Daniel Negreanu, Ole Schemion, Dan Smith, Rob Mizrachi, and the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Merson.
Also making it to Day 3 is Paul Newey, the investor and businessman that's recently taken the plunge into the poker world. Prior to this in-the-money finish, Newey had just one cash on record for $4,400 from last year's PCA. Well, he's back at the festival this year and already locked up a solid $89,560 in prize money. He'll be the short stack returning with 162,000 in chips, but anything can happen if he gets a double up or two on Monday.
Day 3 will see a winner crowned and one of these tough competitors become $1,279,880 richer. The cards will be back in the air at 12 p.m. local time on Monday, and you can find all of the live coverage from the tournament floor right here on PokerNews.com.
Jacob Carl Schindler raised to 32,000 from under the gun, and action folded over to Philipp Gruissem in the cutoff seat. He reraised all in for around 300,000. Play got back to Schindler, and he eventually made the call with the . Gruissem had the .
Although Gruissem took the lead on the flop, the and followed to give Schindler a diamond flush. Schindler had Gruissem covered and sent the German star to the rail in 16th place for $80,480.
To kick off the action, Rob Mizrachi raised from under the gun to 25,000. Play then moved to Philipp Gruissem in the cutoff seat, and he reraised to 65,000. Then action fell on Dani Stern, who had the button. He took his time, then put in a reraise of his own, making it 130,000 to go. Not to be outdone, Joao Vieira from the small blind had even bigger things in mind.
Vieira took a minute or so to study, and then stuck in a cold five-bet, announcing a reraise to 280,000.
"I think I'll fold!" was the laughing reaction from Paul Newey in the big blind.
Mizrachi then gave it up, as did Gruissem, and play was back on Stern. He took only about 30 seconds and then gave it up himself, and Vieira won the pot.
WSOP Main Event champion raised to 30,000 from the hijack and Olivier Busquet three-bet from the button to 75,000. Both blinds folded and Merson four-bet to 165,000. Busquet proceeded to move all in and Merson called for his tournament life worth 546,000. Busquet had him covered by just 8,000 chips.
Merson:
Busquet:
The board ran out and Merson secured a huge double up leaving Busquet with just a few antes. On the very next hand Busquet was eliminated.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu raised under the gun plus one and the action folded around to Fabian Quoss in the big blind. Quoss moved all in for 10 big blinds and Negreanu called holding .
Quoss tabled and he managed to hit a king on the turn, but that was not enough as Negreanu managed to hit his set on the river.
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With about 90,000 in chips in the middle on the board, Philipp Gruissem fired a bet of 35,000. Greg Merson raised all in for 107,600, and Gruissem went into the tank.
"Why would you shove?" he questioned after a minute or two of thought. "It makes no sense."
Another minute or two passed, and then Gruissem called with the . Merson had the for two pair, but needed to dodge a few outs that Gruissem had.
The river completed the board with the , and Merson successfully doubled to a little over 300,000 in chips. Gruissem was knocked back under 300,000, down to about 270,000.
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flop, the 
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followed to give Schindler a diamond flush. Schindler had Gruissem covered and sent the German star to the rail in 16th place for $80,480.
and Merson secured a huge double up leaving Busquet with just a few antes. On the very next hand Busquet was eliminated.
and he managed to hit a king on the turn, but that was not enough as Negreanu managed to hit his set on the river.
board, Philipp Gruissem fired a bet of 35,000. Greg Merson raised all in for 107,600, and Gruissem went into the tank.
. Merson had the 
for two pair, but needed to dodge a few outs that Gruissem had.