2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
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
Entries
56
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000

Laliberté Crippled, Then Busted

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Guy Laliberté
Guy Laliberté

Steve O'Dwyer raised to 13,500 from middle position, then Guy Laliberté reraised all in for about 95,000 from the hijack seat. Timothy Adams called all in for 85,000 out of the big blind, and O'Dwyer folded.

Laliberté tabled the {A-Clubs}{4-Clubs}, but was behind the {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} that Adams held.

The board ran out in favor of Adams when it came {J-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{3-Hearts}, and he earned the double up.

Laliberté was left with 9,000, and then had 8,500 after posting his ante for the next hand. He moved all in from middle position without looking, then Noah Schwartz raised behind him to 20,000 to isolate. Everyone folded, leaving Laliberté at risk with the {K-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} against Schwartz's {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}.

The board came {A-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{9-Clubs}, and Laliberté was eliminated.

Hand Analysis

This hand provides an occasion to review a concept first introduced by David Sklansky to talk about the difference in strength between hands one raises with and hands one calls a raise with, namely, the "gap concept." Read more about how the hand reminds us of this idea at Learn.PokerNews in "Lessons from the 2014 PCA: Mind the Gap."

Player Chips Progress
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
190,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Guy Laliberté ca
Guy Laliberté
Busted

Tags: Guy LalibetéNoah SchwartzSteve O'DwyerTimothy Adams

Four More Hands

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The tournament staff has just announced that each table will play four more hands before the advancing players bag and tag their chips.

Bagging and Tagging

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Day 1 is officially done, and all of the remaining players are bagging and tagging their chips. A Day 1 recap will be posted shortly, followed by the official end-of-day chip counts once those are received from the staff.

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
829,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Max Altergott de
Max Altergott
707,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
594,500
14,500
14,500
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
562,000
294,000
294,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
551,000
Lawrence Greenberg us
Lawrence Greenberg
518,500
-21,500
-21,500
WPT 1X Winner
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
516,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Daniel Colman us
Daniel Colman
512,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
477,000
-53,000
-53,000
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
454,000
-151,000
-151,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
435,000
3,000
3,000
EPT 1X Winner
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
428,500
113,500
113,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
409,500
209,500
209,500
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
401,000
76,000
76,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
395,500
205,500
205,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
382,500
-37,500
-37,500
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
344,500
-65,500
-65,500
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
337,500
87,500
87,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
316,500
61,500
61,500
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
292,000
-110,000
-110,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Tony Gregg us
Tony Gregg
291,500
-118,500
-118,500
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
291,500
101,500
101,500
EPT 1X Winner
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
283,000
83,000
83,000
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
279,500
29,500
29,500
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Guy Laliberté ca
Guy Laliberté
270,000
20,000
20,000

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Day 1 Concludes with Martin Finger On Top

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Martin Finger
Martin Finger

Day 1 of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller has come to a close. After eight one-hour levels of play, the field has been cut down to 37 with European Poker Tour London £50,000 Super High Roller champion Martin Finger leading the way. He bagged up an impressive 829,000 in chips, but there's still a long way to go before this one is all said and done.

On Day 1, there were 52 total entries generated from 45 unique players, but that number could see an increase as registration and reentry are both open until the start of play tomorrow. That is also when the prize pool and payout information will become available.

Only a couple names busted on Day 1 that opted not to reenter, but still have the option to do so. Those were reigning World Series of Poker Main Event champion Ryan Riess, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, John Juanda, Steven Silverman, and Mike Watson.

Daniel Negreanu busted, reentered, and then busted again, but he did mention that he would likely return for a third try on Day 2. Guy Laliberté also busted twice during Day 1, but reentered for the second time right at the end of Day 1 to continue his quest towards the finish line.

Some of the notables surviving Day 1 were Jason Mercier, Vanessa Selbst, Joseph Cheong, Matt Glantz, Philipp Gruissem, Isaac Haxton, Jason Koon, Max Altergott, and Ole Schemion. Defending champion Scott Seiver also remains, and he'll be aiming the achieve the outstanding back-to-back feat.

Day 2 will have the cards in the air at 12 p.m. local time tomorrow at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. You can be sure to catch all of the live updates right here on PokerNews, so stay tuned!

$100,000 Super High Roller

Day 1 Completed

Level: 9

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000