2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$10,000,000 Guarantee Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$1,423,096
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$10,070,000
Entries
1,031
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

$10,000,000 Guarantee Main Event

Day 1b Completed

Shankar Pillai Leads After Day 1b

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Shankar Pillai
Shankar Pillai

Day 1b of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure drew 710 players, and in the end it was Shankar Pillai who came out on top with 173,900 chips. Right around 475 players remain with many notables still in the hunt.

Among the many Team PokerStars players that entered today was SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo. She was knocked out almost immediately, though. Moreira de Melo ran a full house into quads in a very unlucky turn of events. On the other hand, Vanessa Selbst, who finished third in the $100,000 Super High Roller just one day ago, made it to Day 2, and picked up aces today in a very interesting pot. Selbst closed out the day with 76,700 chips.

Former PCA Main Event winner Harrison Gimbel had a nice start to the day as well after he got a hold of a lot of chips when his queens beat an opponent's ace-queen. However, Gimbel was knocked out at the very end of the day and that means he will not be winning a second PCA title.

Kevin MacPhee, who made it to the Bahamas after some troublesome travel, arrived right in time for the Main Event. Unfortunately, his efforts were not rewarded as the former European Poker Tour Berlin champion was knocked out when he ran jacks into aces.

Kyle Julius, runner-up in this event back in 2012, did not make it through to Day 2 as he was crippled by Dutchman Rens Feenstra and knocked out shortly afterwards. Feenstra moved all in on the river after a lot of action on previous streets and Julius called with the inferior hand. Feenstra’s top pair, top kicker took the pot down and he closed out the day with 148,400 chips.

Matt Waxman called himself "terrible" after getting knocked out, holding two pair versus a flopped set, while Jason Lavallee saw his lucky beer get cursed. Lavallee, the EPT London High Roller winner, was knocked out in the final level of play when his tens did not hold up against ace-king. World Series of Poker bracelet winner Trevor Pope was also knocked out as he ran ace-king into Dan Kelly’s king-queen when the board brought a queen.

Other players that were knocked out on the second starting flight included Team PokerStars Pros Juan Manuel Pastor, David Williams, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, and Barry Greenstein. Scott Baumstein, Chris Oliver, Paul Volpe, and Michael Mizrachi also did not make it through, but there are plenty of great players still in the hunt for the title.

Among the big stacks are Timothy Reilly (124,000). former WSOP Main Event champion Greg Merson (108,200), Dan Smith (71,200), Micah Raskin (58,500), and Fabian Quoss (65,800).

The $10,000,000 guaranteed prize pool was met towards the end of Day 1b, and registration will remain open until the start of Day 2.

Play resumes on Thursday at noon local time with a combined field of about 670 players. The levels tomorrow will be 75 minutes long and PokerNews.com will be right there with you to provide all the live updates, videos, photos, and chip counts. We'll see you then!

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Chip Counts (full)

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Shankar Pillai us
Shankar Pillai
173,900
WSOP 2X Winner
Daniel Bavec si
Daniel Bavec
149,900 149,900
Rens Feenstra nl
Rens Feenstra
148,400
Adalfer Gamarra
Adalfer Gamarra
145,700 145,700
Jorgen Sandvoll Lindebo no
Jorgen Sandvoll Lindebo
139,900 139,900
Leonardo Emperador ve
Leonardo Emperador
136,100 136,100
Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
131,600 26,600
Jeremy Menard us
Jeremy Menard
125,900 125,900
Igor Yaroshevsky ua
Igor Yaroshevsky
125,900 125,900
Timothy Reilly us
Timothy Reilly
124,000
Kunal Patel us
Kunal Patel
122,700 -300
Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken
122,200 5,200
EPT 1X Winner
Ramesh Puradchithasan ca
Ramesh Puradchithasan
119,600 119,600
Mateusz Moolhuizen nl
Mateusz Moolhuizen
116,900 26,900
Jude Ainsworth ie
Jude Ainsworth
116,800 20,800
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
114,000 114,000
Myro Garcia
Myro Garcia
113,300 113,300
Grudi Hristov Grudev
Grudi Hristov Grudev
111,300 111,300
Eduardo Cruz
Eduardo Cruz
111,000 111,000
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
109,900 -2,100
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
David Bell us
David Bell
109,400 109,400
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
108,200 18,200
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Jake Schindler us
Jake Schindler
108,100 60,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
106,100 30,100
George Lampert
George Lampert
106,000 106,000

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Four More Hands

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

The tournament staff has just announced that each table will play four more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.

Leah Calls Thrice

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Adria Maria Balaguer opened to 1,200 in middle position, and Mike Leah defended his big blind. The dealer spread {3-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{a-Spades}, Leah checked, and Balaguer continued for 1,400. Leah called.

The turn was the {5-Diamonds}, Leah check-called another 3,000 from his Spanish opponent, and the {9-Spades} completed the board. Leah checked, Balaguer fired 7,500, and Leah called.

Balaguer showed {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades} for aces and fives with a queen kicker, and Leah pushed his cards forward, facedown.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
16,000 -31,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

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Rules to Play By in the New Year at Learn.PokerNews

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Poker players often use the start of a new year as an excuse to make "resolutions" going forward, most of which concern finding ways to play better and improve their bankrolls.

Jim Dixon has a different set of resolutions to propose for the coming year in his list of "Rules to Play By" — a collection of eight different resolutions players can follow to become better citizens of the poker community.

Read Dixon's resolutions and more over at Learn.PokerNews.

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Showing the Deuce

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Team PokerStars Online member Marc-Andre Ladouceur opened to 1,400 in early position, Martin Lategui Lourido called in middle position, Matthew James Healey called on the button, and a player in the small blind called as well. The dealer fanned {j-Clubs}{8-Spades}{4-Clubs}, and the action checked to Healey, who fired out 3,050. The player in the small blind folded, Ladouceur check-raised to 8,200, and Lourido folded.

Healey considered the bet for less than a minute before three-betting to 15,000. The French Canadian tanked for a bit, then dropped his cards into the muck. Healey looked back at his holdings one last time, then showed the {2-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
76,000 -6,000
Matthew James Healey
Matthew James Healey
68,000

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