2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$25,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$1,192,624
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Entries
247
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Chip Count Update

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
295,000 57,500
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
255,000 -61,000
Brian Green us
Brian Green
WSOP 1X Winner
255,000 -25,000
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
230,000 -30,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
205,000 -5,000
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
WSOP 1X Winner
200,000 -10,000
Keith Lehr us
Keith Lehr
WSOP 2X Winner
180,000 15,000
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
162,000 -5,000
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
155,000 107,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
150,000 -2,000
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
115,000 40,000
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
115,000 -45,000
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
WPT 1X Winner
110,000 -2,000
Ankush Mandavia us
Ankush Mandavia
WSOP 1X Winner
90,000 20,000
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
WSOP 1X Winner
85,000 -100
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
WSOP 1X Winner
78,000 2,500
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
74,000 -3,700
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
70,000 -6,800
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
WSOP 1X Winner
66,000 -85,700

Jaka Takes Some From Charania

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Faraz Jaka raised from the hijack to 7,500 after which Mohsin Charania three-bet to 24,500 from the small blind.

Jaka made the call and the flop brought {5-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} and Charania bet 16,700, Jaka called. On the turn the {8-Clubs} hit and both players checked. The river brought the {7-Clubs} and Charania check-folded to a 22,000-chip bet.

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
315,000 5,000
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
218,000 -72,000

Tags: Faraz JakaMohsin Charania

Markholt Out

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Faraz Jaka raised to 7,500 from the cutoff seat, and Lee Markholt reraised to 29,000 from the small blind with 21,800 behind. Jaka tanked for a bit, and then moved all in. Markholt called.

Jaka tabled the {A-Diamonds}{10-Spades}, but his hand was dominated by the {A-Spades}{J-Spades} for Markholt. The flop came down {10-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{6-Clubs} and gave Jaka, the lead, though, and then the {7-Spades} on the turn and {Q-Spades} on the river completed the board.

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
310,000 110,400
Lee Markholt us
Lee Markholt
WPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Lee MarkholtFaraz Jaka

Elias Gets There

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Darren Elias raised to 6,200 preflop after which Philipp Gruissem three-bet from the small blind to 14,500. Elias made the call and the flop brought {10-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{9-Clubs}.

Gruissem checked the flop and Elias bet 16,000 after which Gruissem put him all in. Elias made the call for a total of 55,500 and the showdown went as following.

Gruissem: {A-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}
Elias: {Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}, {Q-Diamonds} and Elias doubled up by hitting one of his outs on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
WSOP 1X Winner
410,000 -10,000
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
145,000 80,000

Tags: Darren EliasPhilipp Gruissem

Green Chips Up

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Brian Green raised from under the gun to 7,500, and Connor Drinan reraised to 18,200 from the cutoff seat. Green called, and the flop came down {K-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}. Green checked, and Drinan bet 16,500. Green called.

The {Q-Diamonds} fell on the turn, and both players checked to see the {K-Clubs} pair the board on the river. Green bet 12,000, and Drinan called.

Green rolled over the {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for a diamond flush, and Drinan mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Green us
Brian Green
WSOP 1X Winner
280,000 69,800
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
WSOP 1X Winner
75,500 -69,400

Tags: Brian GreenConnor Drinan

Mercier Picks One Up

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

From early position, Nadar Kakhmazov opened to 6,500. Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier made the call on the button, and everyone else folded before the dealer spread the {K-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{2-Spades} flop. Kakhmazov led for 6,000, and Mercier called.

The {J-Hearts} hit the turn, and Kakhmazov checked. Mercier bet 13,500, and Kakhmazov folded.

Player Chips Progress
Nadar Kakhmazov ru
Nadar Kakhmazov
WSOP 1X Winner
217,000 49,500
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
90,000 -10,000

Tags: Jason MercierNadar Kakhmazov

Hello Denisov, Goodbye Petersen

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

PokerStars Team Online member Mickey Petersen was doing fairly well in this event, until he just ran pocket kings into the pocket aces for Aleksandr Denisov. Denisov flopped a set of aces, and Petersen was drawing dead on the turn. Denisov vaulted to nearly 450,000 in chips and now sits amongst the leaders.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksandr Denisov ru
Aleksandr Denisov
448,000 204,500
Mickey Petersen dk
Mickey Petersen
Busted

Tags: Mickey PetersenAleksandr Denisov

PokerNews Podcast Episode #197: Bottle Service to Babysitting feat. David Williams

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
David Williams on the Pokernews podcast
David Williams on the Pokernews podcast

Team PokerStars Pro David Williams joins the PokerNews Podcast to talk about being a new father, the 10-year anniversary of his World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up finish, and where he got that godawful diamond toothpick from.

You can subscribe to all three of the podcasts produced by PokerNews on iTunes here, or you can access the RSS feed for Stitcher or other podcatchers here.

Tags: David WilliamsPokerStars