Step One: Find $25,000, Step Two: Light a Match
What happens to the people who buy in to the $25,000 at the last possible moment? It's not always good, as the PokerStars Blog found when it followed Chris Hunichen through the process.
What happens to the people who buy in to the $25,000 at the last possible moment? It's not always good, as the PokerStars Blog found when it followed Chris Hunichen through the process.
Max Silver raised to 60,000 in the cutoff, Pascal Lefrancois three-bet to 190,000 out of the small blind, and Grayson Ramage moved all in for 462,000 from the big blind. Silver got out of the way, Lefrancois, who was priced in, made the call, and the cards went on their backs.
Lefrancois:
Ramage:
Ramage held a commanding lead, but was nearly drawing dead when the flop fell , giving Lefrancois a flush. It was all over when the turned, and a meaningless completed the board.
Ramage exited in 11th place, earning $112,400, and Lefrancois is up over five million chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Pascal Lefrancois |
5,445,000
508,000
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508,000 |
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Grayson Ramage | Busted |
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Shyam "g's zee" Srinivasan is a beast of the online poker world and is looking for his first major final table since 2006. The Canadian, who has clocked up more than $7m in online tournaments, steps out of the shadows and into the Bahamian sun at the PCA 2014. Ten players remain in the PCA Main Event. Find out more about Srinivasan at the PokerStars Blog by clicking here.
On the first day of the High Roller event it seemed impossible to eliminate any players — those who departed simply re-entered to stay part of the fun. But now the reality of what’s at stake has changed the mood, as the serious business of cashing takes over — as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Tom Hall was all in before the flop for what was around his final 800,000. Hall held and was up against Madis Muur's .
Muur paired his top card on the flop and Hall needed to drastically improve in order to stay alive. The turn gave Muur three aces with the and Hall was drawing dead heading to the river. The finished off the board and Hall was eliminated from play.
Hall will collect $112,400 for his 10th place finish.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Tom Hall | Busted |
Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen chats about his near-fatal shooting and why you won’t see him crying over coinflips any time soon. Head to the PokerStars Blog for more.
Pascal Lefrancois raised to 85,000 in early position, Isaac Baron called in the hijack seat, and Max Silver came along for the ride from the big blind.
The flop was all paint - . The trio checked, the turn was the , and Silver moved all in for 600,000.
Lefrancois immediately asked for a count, tanked for around 30 seconds after receiving the number, then called. Baron snap-mucked.
Lefrancois:
Silver:
Only a diamond would keep Silver alive, but the bubble burst when the completed the board, eliminating him in ninth place.
Hand-in-hand with his lovely girlfriend, Silver walked off the stage to collect his $135,400 in prize money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Pascal Lefrancois |
5,595,000
810,000
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810,000 |
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Max Silver | Busted | |
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It was a short day of poker on Day 5 of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event as the final 20 players returned to the felt and played down to the official final table of eight. At the end of the day it was Madis Muur who bagged up the biggest chip stack at the table with 6,205,000. Right on Muur's heels is none other than European Poker Tour Season 4 Dortmund champion Mike "Timex" McDonald who bagged up 5,605,000 which is good for second in chips.
McDonald is looking not only to claim the $1,820,420 in first-place prize money, but also to become the first two-time Main Event winner in EPT history. While this feat has never been accomplished before, McDonald has come close in the past. During EPT Season 5 he scored a fifth-place finish in the Dortmund Main Event for €197,000 and followed that up in Season 6 with a third place in Deauville which netted him €295,000. McDonald is coming into this remarkably deep-stacked final table with the second biggest stack and has at the very least a one in eight chance of making history.
The day kicked off with a bang when none other than Roger Teska was the first runner eliminated from play. Teska has made headlines not only for being toward the top of the chip counts for the past few days, but also for his colorful behavior and his visible penchant for Bloody Marys. Teska was moved all in before the flop by Madis Muur. Teska called and tabled which was well ahead of Muur's . Muur flopped an open-ended straight draw with the flop and suddenly drama mounted around Teska's potential bust out. The on the turn was a blank, but the spiked the felt on the river, making Teska the first casualty of the day.
From there, Robert Auer and Kyle Sorel followed Teska out the door in 19th and 18th place respectively. Adrian Bussman fell in 17th place as a victim of unfortunate circumstances and Max Silver's jack-high.
Antoine Saout, November Niner of the 2009 World Series of Poker, fell in 15th place after a massive confrontation with Pascal Lefrancois. With both players beginning the hand with right around 100 big blinds, Lefrancois six-bet shoved all in with pocket kings and Saout called for his tournament life with ace-king. Saout bricked out and he was eliminated from play.
Following Saout out of the door were Allon Allison (16th), Pal Zsibrita (14th), Jorgen Sandvoll Lindebo (13th), Fabio Freitas (12th), Grayson Ramage (11th), and Tom Hall (10th). The field then combined to the unofficial final table of nine where Silver entered as the short stack. Not too long into the final table, Silver became the final table bubble boy after the following confrontation.
At 20,000/40,000/5,000, Lefrancois raised to 85,000 in early position. Isaac Baron called from the hijack and Silver joined the party from the big blind. The flop came down and all three players checked to the turn. Silver instantly moved all in for 600,000 and Lefrancois called. Baron mucked and the hands were turned on their backs.
Silver:
Lefrancois:
Silver was looking for a diamond to stay alive but found nothing but felt in front of him after the finished the board and gave Lefrancois winning trip kings. Silver was eliminated from play and collected $135,400 in prize money.
Final Table Chip Counts
Seat | Player | Chip Count |
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1 | Pascal Lefrancois | 5,595,000 |
2 | Dominik Panka | 3,695,000 |
3 | Shyam Srinivasan | 1,505,000 |
4 | Isaac Baron | 2,995,000 |
5 | Fabian Ortiz | 3,040,000 |
6 | Mike McDonald | 5,605,000 |
7 | Madis Muur | 6,205,000 |
8 | Daniel Gamez | 1,885,000 |
Final table play will kick off on Monday at 1 p.m. local time and our live reports will be on a one hour delay as we will be reporting off of the cards-up live stream. Be sure to tune in on PokerNews at 1 p.m. as we conclude the quest to crown the champion of the 2014 PCA Main Event!