$25,000 High Roller Day 1 | 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-13-2015 00:02 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	243,000	-7,000
Brandon Steven	240,000	1,000
Andre Akkari	210,000	8,000
Tony Gregg	150,000
Shawn Buchanan	135,000	-5,000
Justin Zaki	123,500	-26,500
Jake Cody	117,000
Dani Stern	98,000	-50,000
Andy Philachack	94,000	36,000
Steve O'Dwyer	62,000
Mike Leah	53,000	4,000
Mike Watson	38,000	-19,000
Shannon Shorr	35,500	-27,500
Jonathan Duhamel	34,500	2,500
Michael Mizrachi	28,000	-57,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Andre Akkari	202,000	22,000
Sergio Aido	174,000	129,000
Kory Kilpatrick	150,000	81,000
Ivan Soshnikov	141,000	109,000
Christian Harder	84,000	-66,000
Dan Shak	80,000	36,000
Ryan Riess	25,000	-8,500

Mercier Busts Colman

Josh_Cahlik

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Jason Mercier raised to 2,400 from the hijack only to have Daniel Coman three-bet the action to 7,000 from the next seat over. The button and blinds folded back to Mercier and he came over the top with a four-bet to 15,700. Colman five-bet all in for his last roughly 49,000 and Mercier instantly called.

Mercier:
Colman:

Mercier was in a commanding position and he retained his lead through a run out. Colman hit the rail and Mercier increased his stack to about 135,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	135,000	89,000
Daniel Colman	Busted

Tags: Daniel Colman Jason Mercier

01-12-2015 23:40 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Hutter	248,000	198,000
Faraz Jaka	210,000	82,000
Justin Zaki	150,000
Shawn Buchanan	140,000	22,000
Ryan Julius	128,000
Will Failla	120,000	27,000
Jake Cody	117,000	54,000
Eugene Katchalov	113,000	72,500
Joao Vieira	112,000	62,000
Jeff Gross	110,000	16,000
Igor Kurganov	85,000	-40,000
Garrett Greer	58,000	22,000

01-12-2015 23:36 UTC-4

One For Muhlocker

Josh_Cahlik

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Thomas Muhlocker raised to 2,900 only to have Ankush Mandavia three-bet to 8,300. Action folded back around to Muhlocker who called to see a flop.

The dealer fanned on the felt and Muhlocker checked. Mandavia continued out for 9,000 and Muhlocker called. Fourth street was the and Muhlocker check-called again, this time to the tune of 14,500. The river was the and Muhlocker thought for about two minutes before dropping out a bet of 35,000. Mandavia let it go and Muhlocker won the pot. He now has about 140,000 to his name.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Muhlocker	140,000	85,000
Ankush Mandavia	43,000	-1,500

Tags: Ankush Mandavia Thomas Muhlocker

01-12-2015 23:26 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	300,000	11,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	185,000	110,000
Nicholas Petrangelo	172,000	122,000
Max Silver	170,000	123,500
Donald Rae	145,000	35,000
Lawrence Greenberg	142,000	76,500
Paul Volpe	131,000	68,000
Shaun Deeb	130,000	76,000
Mario Puccini	126,000
Ilkin Amirov	123,000	72,000
David Vamplew	120,000	50,000
Dan Heimiller	117,000	62,000
Jared Jaffee	70,000	-40,000
Jason Koon	20,000	-78,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

01-12-2015 22:47 UTC-4

Break

Josh_Cahlik

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

01-12-2015 22:39 UTC-4

Leah Doubles Through Greer

Josh_Cahlik

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Mike Leah raised to 2,000 from middle position only to have the player on the button three-bet to 4,700. Action folded to Garrett Greer in the big blind who four-bet the action to 10,200. Leah five-bet shipped for 20,500 and it folded back to Greer who called.

Leah:
Greer:

Greer was in a dominating position heading to the flop, but that all changed in an instant after Leah made three nines with . The board completed with the on the turn and the on the river, allowing Leah's nines full of aces to finish as the best hand. He scored the double and now sits around 49,000. Greer, on the other hand, has dropped to 36,000.