Chris Klodnicki open-shipped all in from middle position and it folded around to Dan Smith who called all in for his short stack from the button. The blinds folded and the hands were tabled with Smith's tournament life at risk.
Smith held and was against Klodnicki's . Smith jumped out to the lead by flopping top pair on the flop. The on fourth street changed nothing, and Smith looked in fair position to score a double up.
The river, however, ended Smith's bid at the title of 2014 PCA Super High Roller champion, when it brought the to give Klodnicki a winning straight to the king. Smith hit the rail and Klodnicki now sits on about 160,000 in chips.
Registration’s closed on the $100,000 Super High Roller and the field already has a casualty. Find out who’s sat where and why Negreanu won’t be adding to his trophy cabinet at the PokerStars Blog.
A few minutes ago on the feature table, a huge hand went down between Tobias Reinkemeier and Bryn Kenney.
It all started when Jason Mercier opened to 12,000 in early position. Kenney three-bet to 29,000 in the cutoff, Reinkemeier cold four-bet to 66,000 out of the small blind, and the action folded back to Kenney.
Kenney five-bet to 105,000, Reinkemeier moved all in for 340,000, and Kenney snapped it off.
Reinkemeier:
Kenney:
The kings held up as the board came , and Reinkemeier was eliminated. Kenney chipped up to 948,000.
We arrived at the table just in time to see the conclusion of a massive confrontation between Fabian Quoss and Lawrence Greenberg. The completed board read and after a series of bets and raises on the river, Quoss leaned back in his chair and pondered calling for his tournament life.
"Sixes? Really?" said Quoss aloud. Greenberg replied with only a smile.
Quoss peeked at his cards one more time before moving all of his chips forward. Greenberg shook his head and flipped over which was bested by Quoss' for fours full of deuces. Quoss was all in on the river for 297,000 and now is sitting on about 780,000 in chips.
Daniel Negreanu reraised all in after Dan Shak had opened. Shak was holding the and made the quick and easy call of Negreanu's shove. Negreanu had the . The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Negreanu was eliminated for the third and final time in this event.
Welcome back to our coverage of the $100,000 Super High Roller at the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Yesterday saw a grand total of 52 entries from 45 unique players and at the end of the day Martin Finger sat on the biggest stack with 829,000.
While there were 52 entries yesterday, players still have the option to enter or re-enter at the start of the day today. The prize pool information will be available after registration closes at the end of the day.
Day 1 saw a few eliminated players who chose not to re-enter on the first day of play. These players include World Series of Poker Main Event champion Ryan Riess, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, John Juanda, Steven Silverman, and Mike Watson. Daniel Negreanu busted twice during the first day but made a note that he would likely return for a third try on the second day. Guy Laliberté also busted twice on Day 1 but opted to re-enter at the end of the day.
The returning field is, of course, stacked with notable players including reigning champion Scott Seiver, Ole Schemion, Max Altergott, Vanessa Selbst, Bryn Kenney, Isaac Haxton, Jonathan Duhamel, Tony Gregg, Steve O'Dwyer, Justin Bonomo, and Philipp Gruissem.
Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Chips
1
Martin Finger
829,000
2
Max Altergott
707,000
3
Isaac Haxton
594,500
4
Bryn Kenney
562,000
5
Jason Koon
551,000
6
Lawerence Greenberg
518,500
7
Justin Bonomo
516,000
8
Daniel Colman
512,500
9
Paul Newey
477,000
10
Philipp Gruissem
454,000
Play kicks off at 12 p.m. today so be sure to stay tuned to all of the live updates from the tournament floor!