Dan Smith, who's #16 on the GPI ranking and he formerly held the Number 1 spot for 16 weeks, has just been knocked out. Smith has $5,678,299 in live tournament earnings and he will add another couple of thousand to that after his deep run here on the Bahamas.
Smith was all in on the flop for 63,000 when we arrived on the scene as he tabled . Smith's opponent, Erik Olofsson, showed and Smith was in a world of hurt.
With approximately 80 players left in the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event it is no surprise to see Vanessa Selbst occupying a spot inside the top 10 in the counts. Having already accumulated an eye-popping $9 million-plus in tournament winnings since 2006, Selbst is looking to add considerably to that career total here this week.
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Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen is doing quite nicely here on Day 3 as he just managed to chip up some more with only 30 minutes left in the day.
Rudy Blondeau, who's doing even better than Guillen, raised from the cutoff to 13,000 to start off the action. Guillen three-bet from the button to 36,000 and Blondeau made the call.
The flop brought out and Blondeau check-called 32,000. On the turn the hit and this time Blondeau check-folded to a 64,000-chip bet.
Andrei Konopelko moved all in for 111,000 in early position, and the action folded all the way to Kyle Sorel in the big blind.
"Call," he said excitedly, showing .
Konopelko shook his head before showing .
The flop fell , giving Konopelko an open-ended straight draw, but the on the turn took away two of his outs. Not realizing the paired board removed his ace outs, Konopelko still celebrated when the completed the board, until he realized it gave Sorel a full house.
"Not enough," Sorel said, smiling.
Konopelko was off to the payout desk, while Sorel soared to 1.115 million chips.
With the board reading , Roger Teska and Patryk Slusarek checked to Shyam Srinivasan who bet 19,000. Teska check-raised to 64,000, Slusarek folded, and Srinivsan reraised to 150,000. Teska called after a few moments, landing the turn.
Teska check-called 160,000 from Srinivasan, the river completed the board, and both checked.
Teska tabled for tens full of aces, besting Srinivasan's hand to win the pot.
flop for 63,000 when we arrived on the scene as he tabled 
. Smith's opponent, Erik Olofsson, showed 
and Smith was in a world of hurt.
, 
and Smith was eliminated.
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, but unfortunately he was crushed by Adrian Bussman's 
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, eliminating Balla.
hit and this time Blondeau check-folded to a 64,000-chip bet.
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against Pineda's 
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hit and the river brought the 
Pineda was hoping for.
, Roger Teska and Patryk Slusarek checked to Shyam Srinivasan who bet 19,000. Teska check-raised to 64,000, Slusarek folded, and Srinivsan reraised to 150,000. Teska called after a few moments, landing the 
for tens full of aces, besting Srinivasan's hand to win the pot.
, and Jorgen Sandvoll Lindebo called in the big blind with 
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