2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 3
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Event Info
2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
86
Prize
$1,629,940
Event Info
Buy-in
$98,000
Prize Pool
$5,433,120
Total Entries
56
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 56
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Antonio Esfandiari Eliminated in 4th Place ($575,920)

Level 20 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Antonio Esfandiari - 4th Place
Antonio Esfandiari - 4th Place

Vanessa Selbst opened to 160,000 on the button with {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}. Antonio Esfandiari woke up with {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts} in the big blind, quickly three-betting to 430,000, and Selbst asked for a count.

Esfandiari counted his remaining stacks with his finger and said that he had 1.9 million behind his three-bet. Selbst closed her eyes while thinking, riffling chips with her right hand, then reached for more green T25,000 chips. She slid out a four-bet of 780,000, Esfandiari moved all in, and Selbst instantly called.

Get on your horses, it's race time!

Esfandiari popped up from his chair and started to give the dealer a massage.

"Please," he said, shaking the man. "Please."

The flop fell {2-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}, giving Selbst a wheel draw and a backdoor flush draw, but Selbst needed neither. The {a-Diamonds} spiked on the turn, giving the Team PokerStars Pro a leading pair of aces, and the {5-Clubs} bricked off on the river.

Esfandiari is out in fourth place, earning $575,920, while Selbst now has over seven million chips.

Tags: Antonio EsfandiariPokerStarsVanessa Selbst

One For Esfandiari

Level 20 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Antonio Esfandiari made it 165,000 from under the gun with {J-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and Fabian Quoss flatted from the button with {A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}. The blinds folded and the two saw a flop of {7-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}. Esfandiari continued out for 215,000 and Quoss called to see fourth street.

The {J-Hearts} hit the turn, giving Esfandiari the lead with a pair of jacks. Both players checked and the {2-Hearts} completed the board. Esfandiari cut out a bet of 360,000 and Quoss let it go.

Tags: Fabian QuossAntonio Esfandiari

Quoss Flops an Ace

Level 20 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Fabian Quoss completed from the small blind {a-Spades}{3-Diamonds}, Vanessa Selbst raised to 215,000 out of the big blind with {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}, and Quoss made the call.

The dealer spread a flop of {9-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}, giving Quoss a leading pair of aces, and he knuckled. Selbst tapped her shoulder, checking behind.

The turn was a blank, the {10-Diamonds}, and Quoss checked again. Selbst knuckled again.

The {q-Spades} completed the board, Quoss tossed out 250,000, and Selbst tank-folded.

Tags: Fabian QuossVanessa Selbst

Selbst Hits Five Million

Level 20 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Antonio Esfandiari raised to 175,000 from the button with {A-Spades}{5-Diamonds}. Fabian Quoss folded his small blind and Vanessa Selbst called from the big blind with {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}.

Selbst flopped Broadway after {Q-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{J-Spades} hit the felt and she opted to lead out with a bet of 215,000. Esfandiari folded and Selbst took down the pot.

"Can't beat the unbeatable," said Esfandiari.

Tags: Antonio EsfandiariVanessa Selbst

Shak Won't Back Down

Level 20 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Dan Shak
Dan Shak

Dan Shak raised to 175,000 on the button holding {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}. Fabian Quoss defended his big blind with {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}, and the flop fell {3-Clubs}{q-Spades}{10-Clubs}, giving the German flush and straight draws.

Quoss checked, Shak continued for 225,000, and Quoss called. Quoss then led out for 500,000 when the {10-Spades} turned, and Shak reached for green T25,000 chips. He thought for a minute or so, then called.

The {a-Spades} completed the board, missing Quoss’ draws once again, and both players checked. Shak tabled his hand triumphantly, raking in the pot, and Quoss gave a small chuckle.

Tags: Dan ShakFabian Quoss

Selbst Applies Pressure

Level 20 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Vanessa Selbst raised to 160,000 from the button with {A-Hearts}{k-Hearts} and Antonio Esfandiari called from the big blind with {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs} called from the big blind.

The flop fell {5-Spades}{10-Spades}{3-Spades} and both players checked to see the {9-Clubs} strike the turn. Esfandiari led the turn for 180,000 and Selbst came over the top for 490,000 total. Esfandiari went into the tank for a moment before finally deciding to let it go. Selbst dragged in the pot and now has 4.78 million in chips.

Tags: Vanessa SelbstAntonio Esfandiari

Klam's Up

Level 20 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

After finding themselves delayed by the weather, the poker gods made an early appearance on Day 1A of the 2014 PCA, conjuring a rivered one-outer in the second level. And so the poker begins… PokerStars Blog caught up with the beneficiary.

Tags: PokerStars

Matt Glantz Eliminated in 5th Place ($445,520)

Level 20 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Matt Glantz - 5th Place
Matt Glantz - 5th Place

Antonio Esfandiari opened to 160,000 from under the gun with {a-Clubs}{7-Hearts}, Matt Glantz moved all in for 320,000 on his direct left with {j-Spades}{10-Hearts}, and Vanessa Selbst re-raised, making it 605,000 to go out of the small blind with {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}. The action folded back to Esfandiari, who folded as well.

Selbst's dominant hand held up as the board came {3-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{7-Spades}{k-Spades}, and Glantz exited in fifth place.

Tags: Antonio EsfandiariMatt GlantzVanessa Selbst

Level: 20

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

Ole Schemion Eliminated in 7th Place ($277,080); Tony Gregg Eliminated in 6th Place ($347,720)

Level 19 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Tony Gregg - 6th Place
Tony Gregg - 6th Place

Ole Schemion was under the gun and moved all in for his last 260,000. Tony Gregg re-shipped over the top for 390,000 and Fabian Quoss called from the button. Quoss had both players covered heading to the community cards.

Quoss: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Gregg: {A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}
Schemion: {K-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}

The flop came down {Q-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{2-Spades} and Quoss' pocket tens stayed out in the lead. The {2-Diamonds} hit fourth street and gave Quoss a full house of deuces full of tens, leaving Schemion searching for a king on the river and Gregg looking for an ace or the case deuce. The river was the {9-Spades} resulting in a double elimination.

As Schemion began the hand with fewer chips, he becomes the seventh place finisher and Gregg will collect sixth-place prize money.

Tags: Fabian QuossOle SchemionTony Gregg