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
Total Entries
1,031
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 1,031
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Lavallee's Cursed Lucky Beer

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Jason Lavallee
Jason Lavallee

The "lucky beer" is something that has worked for many poker players over the years, but Jason Lavallee just saw his brew get horribly cursed, resulting in his elimination.

The lucky beer is to be consumed during the last level of the day.

First off, Lavallee asked our blogger what the exact terms and conditions of the lucky beer state. There was a hand in progress, which started in the penultimate level, but carried over into the final one and Lavallee decided to wait until the hand was over before opening his adult beverage.

So the final level of the day had begun when Lavallee took a sip of the ale that was supposed to bring him prosperity.

And then the world came crashed down on him.

Lavallee's lucky beer was knocked over.

"I was thinking about ordering another one, and the first hand I played with my new beer I was knocked out," Lavallee said.

On Lavallee's final hand there was an under the gun raise to 1,500 and the EPT London High Roller winner three-bet to 3,800. The player in the small blind put in a cold four-bet, and after the initial raiser folded, Lavallee moved all in. Lavallee was all in for 26,000 holding pocket tens, and his opponent called with ace-king.

"It was an aggressive table," Lavallee said as the board was not kind to his pocket pair. Lavallee was eliminated in the final level of the day but we will see him again this week as he will be playing the $25,000 High Roller.

Tags: Jason Lavallee

Big Double Up For Saout

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Antoine Saout just ended up all in for his tournament life against Dutch PokerStars Qualifier Theo Arp. Saout, third place finisher in the 2009 WSOP Main Event for $3,479,670, tabled {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades} when Arp called his shove and the Dutchman showed {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}.

The board ran out {8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{4-Hearts} and Saout now has over six figures with just 38 minutes left on Day 1b.

Tags: Antoine Saout

Chip Counts

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Gregg Finds a Double

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

We arrived at the table just in time to catch the aftermath of a hand where Tony Gregg was able to scoop up a double. The board of the hand read {J-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{4-Spades}{2-Spades}{3-Spades} and Gregg held {A-Spades}{6-Spades} for the ace-high flush. His opponent, Timo Eckert, held {K-Spades}{Q-Hearts} for a king-high flush and was forced to ship double up chips across the table to the recent $100,000 Super High Roller sixth place finisher.

Tags: Tony Gregg

Little Doubles

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

The completed board read {6-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} when we came upon the table. Michael Smith checked his action over to Jonathan Little who announced an all in bet for 24,850. Smith went into the tank for a minute before finally tossing out two chips, signifying a call.

Little rolled over {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for a heart flush which led to Smith kicking his cards into the muck. Little picked up the pot and now has about 68,000 in chips.

Tags: Jonathan Little

Terry and Volpe Out

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Prior to the level change, PokerStars qualifier Edwin Dammert opened to 1,200 from early position. Todd Terry moved all in for 10,475 on the button, and the action folded back to Dammert, who called.

Terry: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Dammert: {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The flop fell {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}, giving Dammert a gut-shot straight draw, and the {8-Spades} on the turn completed said straight. Terry could only chop the pot with a {10-} on the river, but the {k-Hearts} on the river was no help.

On an adjacent table, Paul Volpe was also eliminated, but with unknown action.

Tags: Todd TerryPaul Volpe