2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$10,000,000 Guarantee Main Event
Day: 3
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

Pascal Lefrancois On Top as Day 3 Begins

Day 3 Chip Leader Pascal Lefrancois
Day 3 Chip Leader Pascal Lefrancois

Welcome to Day 3 of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event!

The starting field of 1,031 players is down to just 215, each looking to become the newest PCA Main Event champion and capture the $1,820,420 first-place prize. On top of the chip counts is Pascal Lefrancois with 412,000, followed by Sam Greenwood with 402,500 and Matt Berkey with 372,100.

Team PokerStars is well represented in the Main Event, led by Vanessa Selbst with 251,000. Also still in the hunt are Angel Guillen (185,600), Dario Minieri (168,500), Liv Boeree (135,700), Marcel Luske, (134,600), George Danzer (121,000), Leo Margets (92,500), Alex Kravchenko (75,700), Jason Mercier (43,800), and Humberto Brenes (39,000).

Plenty of other big names also remain, including 2012 PCA Main Event champion John Dibella. He currently sits 20th in chips with 293,600. 2008 PCA Main Event runner-up Ty Reiman (331,800), Maria Ho (300,800), Matt Stout, 257,900, Greg Merson (188,800), and Chris Klodnicki (154,500) are among the many notables still in the hunt.

Play is set to resume at noon local time, about 15 minutes from now, so keep it here throughout the day as we play well into the money!

Boeree Eliminates Cassidy

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Liv Boeree (Day 2)
Liv Boeree (Day 2)

After a late position open to 5,000, Joe Cassidy looked down at his cards on the button. He moved forward a three-bet to 11,400 only to have the action be four-bet to 32,000 by Liv Boeree from the small blind. The big blind and the original opener folded, leaving the action back on Cassidy. He announced a five-bet ship all in 116,600 total. Boeree took a moment before announcing a call.

Boeree: {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}
Cassidy: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

Boeree took the lead after the flop fell {A-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and clinched the elimination after the {4-Diamonds} and the {2-Hearts} completed the board. Cassidy made his exit from the tournament area while Boeree boosted her stack to 240,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Liv Boeree
240,000
104,300
104,300
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Joe Cassidy
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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PokerNews Podcast Episode #196: The Voice feat. Greg Merson

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Greg Merson on the Pokernews Podcast
Greg Merson on the Pokernews Podcast

On Episode #196 of the PokerNews Podcast, the crew takes a look at the conclusion of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller, debates TV personalities, and discusses the PCA Main Event. They are then joined by 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Merson to talk about his goals for the year, playing in more tournaments, and to ask him a few questions from our Facebook fans and Twitter followers.


You can subscribe to all three of the podcasts produced by PokerNews on iTunes here, or you can access the RSS feed for Stitcher or other podcatchers here.

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Crowe Sends Musumeci Home

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Amanda Musumeci - Eliminated
Amanda Musumeci - Eliminated

Amanda Musumeci was all in and at risk before the flop for her last 42,500 against Owen Crowe. Musumeci held {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades} and was racing with Crowe's {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades}.

The flop kept Crowe in the lead after it fell {7-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}, but Musumeci vaulted ahead after she paired up on the {J-Hearts} turn. The table let out a collective gasp, though, as the {6-Clubs} struck the river, giving Crowe a winning set of sixes.

Musumeci made a quick exit from the tournament area and Crowe is now up to about 275,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Owen Crowe
275,000
31,000
31,000
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Amanda Musumeci
Busted

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Ladouceur Busts Minieri Near Bubble

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Dario Minieri - Eliminated
Dario Minieri - Eliminated

Chris Klodnicki raised to 6,600 from the cutoff and Dario Minieri three-bet all in for 42,900. Action folded over to Marc-Andre Ladouceur in the big blind who thought for a moment before announcing a call. Klodnicki quickly got out of the way and the hands were turned up.

Minieri: {A-Spades}{10-Spades}
Ladouceur: {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}

Ladouceur was ahead, but Minieri found a glimmer of hope on the {8-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{4-Spades} flop. Minieri was searching for a spade or a ten on subsequent streets to jump out to an immediate lead. Unfortunately for the PokerStars Team Pro, he found no help on the turn ({Q-Hearts}) or the river ({6-Clubs}).

Minieri was eliminated near the bubble while Ladouceur brought his stack to about 290,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Marc-Andre Ladouceur
290,000
90,000
90,000
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Dario Minieri
Busted

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Andreas Kynsveen Eliminated by Zo Karim on the Bubble

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Andreas Kynsveen (seat 7) eliminated by Zo Karim (Seat 6)
Andreas Kynsveen (seat 7) eliminated by Zo Karim (Seat 6)

Zo Karim raised to 6,500 from under the gun and Andreas Kynsveen called from the next seat over. Grzegorz Derkowski called from the big blind, landing a flop of {A-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} to the table.

Derkowski and Karim checked to Kynsveen who bet 5,000. After Derkowski folded, Karim raised to 13,500. Kynsveen reraised all in for about 70,000 and Karim called immediately with {A-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for a full house.

Kynsveen trailed with {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}, found no help from the {Q-Spades} turn or {J-Spades} river, and was eliminated in 152nd place.

The remaining field is in the money!

Player Chips Progress
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Zo Karim
197,000
54,000
54,000
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Andreas Kynsveen
Busted

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