$10,000,000 Guarantee Main Event Day 2 | 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-09-2014 15:59 UTC-4

Former SuperNova Elite Mike Ziemba on Surviving Black Friday and Grinding Online in NV

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

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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01-09-2014 15:58 UTC-4

End of the Line for Walthaus

Happy_Freaked

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
Jorn Walthaus	Busted

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01-09-2014 15:55 UTC-4

A Few More Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Shankar Pillai	280,000	145,000
Alexander Nolan Condon	172,000	78,800
Greg Merson	163,000	54,800
Shyam Srinivasan	155,000	36,200
Maurice Hawkins	140,000	62,000
Mike McDonald	140,000	53,500
Keven Stammen	90,000	29,300
Scott Seiver	78,000	43,900
Dan Smith	70,000	-2,100
Athanasios Polychronopoulos	67,000	6,800
Fabian Quoss	46,000	-19,800

01-09-2014 15:47 UTC-4

Chip Count Update

Happy_Freaked

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Kuzmin	177,000	105,000
Erik van den Berg	112,000	82,400
Jennifer Tilly	110,000	-4,000
David "ODB" Baker	105,000	-2,000
Taylor Paur	105,000	45,000
Jude Ainsworth	100,000	-16,800
Eugene Katchalov	100,000	-30,000
Pascal Vos	95,000	-15,800
Jonathan Little	82,000	-13,000
Calvin Anderson	80,000	-30,000
Andre Akkari	72,000	1,500
Andrew Chen	70,000	15,900
Christian de Leon	70,000	50,000
Liv Boeree	64,000	-13,500
Timothy Reilly	60,000	-50,000
Matt Stout	58,000	11,000
Badih Bou-Nahra	55,000	11,500
Loni Harwood	52,000	-12,000
Matt Berkey	46,000	46,000
Joe Cassidy	45,000	20,000
Alex Gomes	42,000	-74,000
Carter Gill	40,000	8,000
John Juanda	33,000	-10,000
Eugene Todd	25,000	14,000
Byron Kaverman	18,000	6,000

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01-09-2014 15:43 UTC-4

Nines Full For Rheem

Josh_Cahlik

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 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 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
Chino Rheem	178,000	105,000
Maria Ho	65,000	-5,000

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01-09-2014 15:29 UTC-4

Players -- Take The “How Famous Are You?” Test

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Are you worried about how famous you are? Concerned that your days appearing on magazine covers are at an end, or curious as to when that moment will arrive? Take this simple test to find out, as reported by the PokerStars Blog.

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01-09-2014 15:27 UTC-4

Lily Kiletto vs. Benjamin Zamani

Mickey Doft

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 and Kiletto continued for 3,500. Zamani called, landing the turn where Kiletto bet 5,500. Another call from Zamani delivered the river. Kiletto bet 10,800, but was unable to shake Zamani.

Kiletto turned over , but was bested by Zamani's .

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

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Lily Kiletto	222,000	-23,000
Benjamin Zamani	79,000	29,000

Tags: Benjamin Zamani Lily Kiletto

01-09-2014 15:25 UTC-4

All Gone

Happy_Freaked

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

David Vamplew @davidv1213

Busted main w 99 vs QT on J96Q for about 115k #pcaJanuary 09, 2014

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Shannon Shorr @ShannonShorr

Out of @PokerStars_PCA Main Event. Good luck to all others still alive.January 09, 2014

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Peter Jetten @PeterJetten

Lost QQ to A2s aipf for 70k, AK to AA aipf for 75k and AK to A8 aipf for 15k and now I am out. #PCA2014January 09, 2014

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Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Jetten	Busted
David Vamplew	Busted
Shannon Shorr	Busted

01-09-2014 15:21 UTC-4

Chip Count Update

Happy_Freaked

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Cohen	108,000	-2,000
Ivan Freitez	104,000	23,700
Micah Raskin	100,000	41,500
Antoine Saout	96,000	-24,000
Nicolau Villas-Lobos	95,000	40,400
Vanessa Selbst	94,000	12,000
Jan Sjavik	68,000	12,300
Chris Moorman	58,000	-19,000
Luc Greenwood	52,000	24,100
Marco Johnson	52,000	26,000
Jennifer Shahade	50,000	11,500
Grayson Ramage	50,000	37,900
John O'Shea	50,000	14,000
Jason Mercier	48,000	-1,000
George Danzer	44,000	4,000
Jeff Gross	14,000	2,000
Isaac Haxton	8,000	-7,500

01-09-2014 15:19 UTC-4

Matt Stout Doubles Through David Baker

Mickey Doft

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:
Baker:

The board ran out , safe for Stout to score the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
David "ODB" Baker	107,000	-8,000
Matt Stout	47,000	18,000

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