2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$10,000,000 Guarantee Main Event
Day: 2
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
Players Left 1 / 1,031
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Former SuperNova Elite Mike Ziemba on Surviving Black Friday and Grinding Online in NV

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Mike Ziemba
Mike Ziemba

Mike Ziemba is a former PokerStars SuperNova Elite player who had his dream job stripped from him when Black Friday struck the Internet poker world. Since that dark day in April 2011, Ziemba spent time traveling abroad to play, attempting to play live cash games in Las Vegas, and anxiously waiting for online poker's triumphant return to the United States.

While the volume of games may not be what it once was, online poker is back in Ziemba's home state of Nevada. Since its return, Ziemba has been back on the grind getting his life back in order, and he is easily one of the highest — if not the highest — volume players in the Silver State.

PokerNews senior writer Rich Ryan recently spent some time with Ziemba to get his story and find out first hand from the man himself what the entire experience has been like for the past couple of years through all of the ups and downs.

You can read the full feature story on PokerNews.com by clicking here.

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End of the Line for Walthaus

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Jorn Walthaus just came over to the media task to pick up his portable phone charger, which was plugged in under our desk.

"Time to hit the pool," Walthaus sighed as he wandered off.

"Ace-jack against ace-king," he added and that means we've lost another player.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jorn Walthaus nl
Jorn Walthaus
Busted

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A Few More Chip Counts

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Shankar Pillai us
Shankar Pillai
280,000
145,000
145,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Alexander Nolan Condon
Alexander Nolan Condon
172,000
78,800
78,800
Profile photo of Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
163,000
54,800
54,800
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Shyam Srinivasan ca
Shyam Srinivasan
155,000
36,200
36,200
Profile photo of Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
140,000
62,000
62,000
Profile photo of Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
140,000
53,500
53,500
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
90,000
29,300
29,300
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
78,000
43,900
43,900
WSOP 7X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
70,000
2,100
2,100
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
67,000
6,800
6,800
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
46,000
19,800
19,800

Chip Count Update

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alexander Kuzmin ru
Alexander Kuzmin
177,000
105,000
105,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Erik van den Berg nl
Erik van den Berg
112,000
82,400
82,400
Profile photo of Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
110,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
105,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
105,000
45,000
45,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jude Ainsworth ie
Jude Ainsworth
100,000
16,800
16,800
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
100,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Pascal Vos nl
Pascal Vos
95,000
15,800
15,800
Profile photo of Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
82,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
80,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
72,000
1,500
1,500
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
70,000
15,900
15,900
Profile photo of Christian de Leon mx
Christian de Leon
70,000
50,000
50,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
64,000
13,500
13,500
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Timothy Reilly
Timothy Reilly
60,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
58,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Badih Bou-Nahra
Badih Bou-Nahra
55,000
11,500
11,500
Profile photo of Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood
52,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Berkey us
Matt Berkey
46,000
46,000
46,000
Profile photo of Joe Cassidy us
Joe Cassidy
45,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alex Gomes
Alex Gomes
42,000
74,000
74,000
Profile photo of Carter Gill
Carter Gill
40,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of John Juanda id
John Juanda
33,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Eugene Todd us
Eugene Todd
25,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
18,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Nines Full For Rheem

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We arrived at the table toward the end of action to find Chino Rheem in the tank. The completed board read {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and Rheem had fired a river bet of 23,000. Maria Ho raised the action to 48,000, causing Rheem to stir in his seat.

He took a moment and talked through the hand to himself before finally flinging out a flat call. He tabled {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for nines full of sixes which caused Ho to kick her hand into the muck. Rheem dragged in the pot and is now flirting with 180,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
178,000
105,000
105,000
WPT 3X Winner
Profile photo of Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
65,000
5,000
5,000

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Lily Kiletto vs. Benjamin Zamani

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Benjamin Zamani limped on the button, Lily Kiletto raised to 2,500 from the big blind, and Zamani called.

The flop came down {10-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and Kiletto continued for 3,500. Zamani called, landing the {5-Hearts} turn where Kiletto bet 5,500. Another call from Zamani delivered the {Q-Clubs} river. Kiletto bet 10,800, but was unable to shake Zamani.

Kiletto turned over {K-Hearts}{7-Clubs}, but was bested by Zamani's {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}.

"You're going to pay me off," said Kiletto.

"If you ever make a hand," replied Zamani.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Lily Kiletto us
Lily Kiletto
222,000
23,000
23,000
Profile photo of Benjamin Zamani us
Benjamin Zamani
79,000
29,000
29,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Benjamin ZamaniLily Kiletto

Chip Count Update

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sam Cohen
Sam Cohen
108,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Ivan Freitez ve
Ivan Freitez
104,000
23,700
23,700
Profile photo of Micah Raskin us
Micah Raskin
100,000
41,500
41,500
Profile photo of Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
96,000
24,000
24,000
Profile photo of Nicolau Villas-Lobos
Nicolau Villas-Lobos
95,000
40,400
40,400
Profile photo of Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
94,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 3X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Jan Sjavik
Jan Sjavik
68,000
12,300
12,300
Profile photo of Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
58,000
19,000
19,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Luc Greenwood
Luc Greenwood
52,000
24,100
24,100
Profile photo of Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
52,000
26,000
26,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jennifer Shahade us
Jennifer Shahade
50,000
11,500
11,500
pokerstars
Profile photo of Grayson Ramage us
Grayson Ramage
50,000
37,900
37,900
Profile photo of John O'Shea ie
John O'Shea
50,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
48,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 6X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of George Danzer de
George Danzer
44,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 4X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
14,000
2,000
2,000
Raise Your Edge
GGPoker
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
8,000
7,500
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars

Matt Stout Doubles Through David Baker

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Matt Stout raised from under the gun and David "ODB" Baker three-bet to 4,800 from the next seat over. Action folded back around to Stout who four-bet shoved for 22,600. Baker tanked for a bit before he called.

Stout: {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}
Baker: {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}

The board ran out {K-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{3-Hearts}, safe for Stout to score the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
107,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
47,000
18,000
18,000

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