With registration closed, the prize pool information has been officially released. The 269 total entries have allowed for a total prize pool of $6,456,000. The top 39 players will make the money with a min-cash worth $44,540. Each player to make the money will be vying for the top prize of $1,294,000. Here's a look at the payouts for the official final table of eight. More information can be found under the "Payouts" tab above.
From the cutoff seat, Mohsin Charania raised all in for 18,300. He found himself up against Chris Hunichen from the small blind who was holding the . Charania had the .
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Charania doubled up.
With 269 total entries, this year's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller has set a new record in this event for total field size. That begs the question, how does this $25,000 event rank against others? Have a look at the top 10 in terms of field size below.
Eddy Sabat open-shipped his last 28,500 from under the gun. Mohsin Charania was next to act and he moved all in over the top. The rest of the table folded and the hands were exposed with Sabat at risk.
Charania:
Sabat:
The board fell down , keeping Sabat's tens in the lead. He scored the double to about 60,000 while Charania dropped to just 8,500.
Registration for the $25,000 High Roller was open up until 12 p.m. today, or just before the start of Day 2 play. With that, some players have opted to either enter for the first time on Day 2 or use their single re-entry to receive a 25 big blind stack. Players to come in fresh for Day 2 include Chris Klodnicki, Andrew Robl, Jeff Gross, John Racener, Sean Winter, Mike Watson, Olivier Busquet, Jose Carlos Garcia, Geoffrey Mooney, Piotr Franczak, and Chino Rheem.
These players bring the grand total of entries to 269. A whopping 200 of those were unique entries with 69 re-entries, making this the seventh largest $25,000 buy-in tournament in poker history.
Dan Heimiller opened with an early positioned raise and it folded around to Max Silver in the small blind. Silver cut out a three-bet to 15,000 and the action folded back to Heimiller. He came right back at Silver with a four-bet to 45,000, putting Silver into the tank. After about a minute, Silver announced a five-bet all in. Heimiller called for his tournament life of 180,000 and the hands were tabled.
Silver:
Heimiller:
Heimiller was in a rough spot heading to the community cards and needed a great deal of help in order to survive. Fortunately for Heimiller, he received that help instantly as the dealer fanned a flop, giving him a Broadway straight for the lead.
"Wow," remarked a stunned Heimiller.
The board finished off with the and the , securing Heimiller the victory. He scored the massive double, bringing his stack to about 370,000 for the overall chip lead. Silver, on the other hand, has dropped to just 25,000 in chips.
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. Charania had the 
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, and Charania doubled up.
. Jeff Gross reshoved behind him for a little over 30,000 with the 
, and the board ran out 
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, keeping Sabat's tens in the lead. He scored the double to about 60,000 while Charania dropped to just 8,500.
flop, giving him a Broadway straight for the lead.
, securing Heimiller the victory. He scored the massive double, bringing his stack to about 370,000 for the overall chip lead. Silver, on the other hand, has dropped to just 25,000 in chips.
