$10,000,000 Guarantee Main Event Day 3 | 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-10-2014 14:55 UTC-4

Boeree Flops a Flush

Happy_Freaked

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Well into the break Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree and Mike McDonald played an interesting pot. Boeree raised to 5,200 from early position and McDonald called from the button.

The flop brought and Boeree fired out 7,000, McDonald called.

On the turn the popped up and Boeree bet 18,000. McDonald tanked for a bit and eventually he made the call.

The river brought the and this time Boeree checked after which McDonald checked behind quickly.

Boeree quickly showed for the ace-high flush and McDonald mucked.

"Aaaah," Boeree said with a wry smile on her face, "I really thought he was going to bet," she added. Nonetheless Boeree picked up a nice pot and she's now sitting on around 230,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike McDonald	235,000	-40,000
Liv Boeree	230,000	-10,000

Tags: Liv Boeree Mike McDonald

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

01-10-2014 14:40 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Sorel	887,000	112,000
Matt Berkey	508,000	-40,000
Max Silver	460,000	114,800
Shyam Srinivasan	430,000	-30,000
Antoine Saout	422,000	156,500

Break Time

Josh_Cahlik

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

01-10-2014 14:33 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorgen Sandvoll Lindebo	366,100	52,900
Tom Hall	313,900	124,900
Mihai Tusnea	283,000	85,100
Yngve Steen	279,000	-19,800
Patricio Rojas	253,800	-2,100
Vanessa Selbst	206,500	-44,500
Ole Schemion	116,400	12,500
Antonio Esfandiari	66,000	9,000

Big Double Up For Blondeau

Happy_Freaked

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

When we arrived on the scene David Bell was faced with an all in by Rudy Blondeau for an additional 40,600. A ton of chips were already in the pot, just shy of 200,000, and ultimately Bell made the call creating a very big pot.

Bell:
Blondeau:

The board ran out and Blondeau raked in a very big double up as the money bubble nears.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rudy Blondeau	235,000	116,000
David Bell	90,000	-102,800

Tags: Rudy Blondeau David Bell

01-10-2014 14:23 UTC-4

West Scores a Double

Josh_Cahlik

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

We arrived at the table in time to find Tim West all in and at risk before the flop against Daniel Ghionoiu. West held and looked to be in good shape against Ghionoiu's .

The board ran out and West was able to double to right around 90,000. Ghionoiu's stack has fallen to about 50,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim West	95,000	53,000
Daniel Ghionoiu	50,000	-117,400

Tags: Tim West

01-10-2014 14:22 UTC-4

A Few Chip Counts From Around The Room

Mickey Doft

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Berkey	548,000	50,000
Shyam Srinivasan	460,000	80,000
Pascal Lefrancois	380,000	-32,000
Maria Ho	370,000	69,200
Bobby Oboodi	295,000	295,000
Mike McDonald	275,000	34,200
Raj Vohra	270,000	-25,500
John Dibella	270,000	-23,600
Chris Klodnicki	260,000	105,500
Dylan Linde	260,000	13,200
Connor Drinan	220,000	119,000
Dan Smith	203,000	75,200
Grayson Ramage	190,000	30,000
Zo Karim	143,000	-30,500
Noah Vaillancourt	95,000	10,800
Leo Margets	75,000	-17,500

01-10-2014 14:16 UTC-4

The 2014 PCA Nationality Breakdown

Chad Holloway

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

As you can see, this chart (provided by PokerStars) shows that Americans account for 34% (346 players) of the field!

01-10-2014 14:15 UTC-4

Ladouceur Busts One

Happy_Freaked

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

We are down to just 187 players after PokerStars Team Online Marc-Andre Ladouceur just busted Shai Zurr. Zurr raised to 4,000 from middle position and Ladouceur three-bet from his immediate left to 14,600.

The action was folded back around to Zurr who moved all in for 70,000 and Ladouceur called immediately.

Zurr:
Ladouceur: