Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$10,000,000 Guarantee Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$10,070,000
Entries
1,031
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
More Chip Counts
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
76,000 | 8,000 |
|
48,000 | 31,000 |
|
45,000 | 1,000 |
|
42,000 | 7,000 |
|
42,000 | 25,000 |
|
41,500 | 500 |
|
37,000 | -11,100 |
|
37,000 | 5,000 |
|
32,000 | -2,000 |
|
31,000 | 8,000 |
|
27,000 | -8,000 |
|
25,000 | -18,000 |
|
24,000 | -5,000 |
|
23,000 | -1,000 |
|
17,000 | -9,000 |
|
10,000 | -11,000 |
A Few Chip Counts From Around The Room
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000 | 11,000 |
|
53,000 | 11,000 |
|
48,000 | |
|
38,000 | 20,000 |
|
34,000 | 11,000 |
|
33,000 | -6,000 |
|
29,000 | -4,000 |
|
28,000 | -4,000 |
|
24,000 | 15,000 |
|
22,000 | |
|
19,000 | -12,000 |
|
17,000 | -8,000 |
|
15,000 | -14,000 |
|
13,000 | |
|
10,500 | -8,500 |
|
7,000 | -15,000 |
Two Pair for Moneymaker
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Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
A player opened to 600 in early position, Chris Moneymaker three-bet to 1,300 two spots to his left, and the action folded back to the original raiser. He made the call, and the flop fell 
. Both players checked.
The turn was the 
, the two knuckled again, and the 
completed the board. The player tossed out 3,000, Moneymaker called, and the player showed 
for a pair of eights. Moneymaker tabled 
, and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 6,000 |
Riddle Of Mystery Exclamations – Solved
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
For years they have baffled experts and railbirds alike, but now new evidence suggests the seemingly out of context exultations shouted by poker players may actually make sense, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Shaun Deeb wins Shaun Deeb's Game
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
If there is any sentence destined to make you say, "Of course," it's this one: Shaun Deeb won the 2014 PCA Open-Face Chinese Tournament.
Smith Ships
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
After a middle position open to 1,000 and a call, the player in the hijack three-bet to 3,500. Dan Smith was in the cutoff and four-bet the action to 7,700. Action folded back to the hijack who called to see a flop.
The dealer fanned 
on the felt and action was checked to Smith. He announced an all in bet and his opponent quickly let his hand go. Smith dragged in the pot and now is above starting stack with about 32,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000 | 3,000 |
Gimbel's Ladies Hold
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
We arrived at the table in time to find a player all in and at risk for what looked to be around 25,000 against 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure winner Harrison Gimbel. The cards were tabled to find that Gimbel was well ahead.
Gimbel: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Gimbel's pocket queens held up as the best hand. He dragged in the pot and now has right around 72,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000 | 41,000 |
Chip Count Update
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,000 | 36,000 |
|
56,000 | 8,000 |
|
51,000 | 9,000 |
|
45,000 | 29,000 |
|
44,000 | 14,000 |
|
37,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
34,000 | -1,000 |
|
30,000 | -9,000 |
|
29,000 | -1,000 |
|
29,000 | -1,000 |
|
22,000 | 4,000 |
|
15,000 | -2,000 |
|
10,000 | -44,000 |
|
7,000 |
Benger Gone
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Hand Analysis
Benger offered more details regarding this hand in an episode of "Strategy With Kristy." Read more (and listen, too) regarding the difficult spot Benger found himself in at Learn.PokerNews in "Lessons from the 2014 PCA: Tough Spot With Top Two Pair."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |