$25,000 High Roller Day 2 | 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-13-2015 17:11 UTC-4

Bongard Picks Up Some Chips

[user272102]

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Samuel Bongard opened for 10,500 from middle position and was called by Joe Kuether from the cutoff and Govert Metaal from the button. Both players in the blinds folded and the dealer put out a flop of . Bongard led out for 12,200, Kuether folded, and Metaal called.

The turn was the and Bongard bet 16,000 which was called quickly by Metaal.

The river was the and Bongard fired a third bullet, this time for 26,000. Metaal folded and Bongard took down the pot, moving to 365,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Bongard	365,000 -15,000	-15,000
Govert Metaal	305,000 222,200	222,200
Joe Kuether	106,000 -69,000	-69,000

Tags: Govert Metaal Samuel Bongard Joe Kuether

01-13-2015 17:12 UTC-4

Assorted Chip Counts

Josh_Cahlik

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	440,000 250,000	250,000

Dan Heimiller	420,000 30,000	30,000

Scott Seiver	375,000 10,000	10,000

Bryn Kenney	360,000 10,000	10,000

Faraz Jaka	350,000 130,000	130,000

Davidi Kitai	340,000 -70,000	-70,000

Andre Akkari	330,000 -114,000	-114,000

Thomas Muhlocker	248,000 18,000	18,000
Daniel Negreanu	183,000 58,000	58,000

Mike Leah	150,000 96,000	96,000

Donald Rae	140,000 -116,000	-116,000
Paul Newey	140,000 -52,000	-52,000
Garrett Greer	130,000 -2,000	-2,000
Jonathan Little	93,000 -15,000	-15,000

01-13-2015 17:14 UTC-4

Finding Little Edges

Josh_Cahlik

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

In the stacked PCA High Roller field, there are few if any soft spots to target at any given table. It's like an advanced game of Step on a Crack, with danger lurking no matter which way one turns. See what Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody suggests for negotiating a path through such a treacherous field on the PokerStars Blog.

01-13-2015 17:19 UTC-4

Stern Doubles Through Greer

Josh_Cahlik

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

We found a short-stacked Zvi Stern all in and at risk before the flop against Garrett Greer for his last 23,100. The hands were tabled to find the two racing for Stern's life.

Stern:
Greer:

The board fell , keeping Stern's fives out in front. He scored the double and now has about 55,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Garrett Greer	84,000 -46,000	-46,000
Zvi Stern	55,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Garrett Greer Zvi Stern

01-13-2015 17:23 UTC-4

I Got Good Cards

[user272102]

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Daniel Negreanu opened for 9,400 and Paul Newey three-bet to 25,000. It was folded back to Negreanu who peeked back at his cards and said "all in."

Newey looked over at Negreanu who smiled and said "I got good cards. That's why I did that. I'd never do that with bad cards. Ask anyone here."

Newey continued to study Negreanu who continued to laugh. Finally, Newey let his hand go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	295,000 112,000	112,000

Paul Newey	107,000 -33,000	-33,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Paul Newey

01-13-2015 17:24 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Nitsche	395,000 115,000	115,000

Simeon Naydenov	385,000 305,000	305,000

Nick Petrangelo	380,000 380,000	380,000

Bryn Kenney	356,000 -4,000	-4,000

Taylor Paur	335,000 232,000	232,000

Niall Farrell	285,000 -20,000	-20,000

Lee Markholt	244,000 34,000	34,000

Will Failla	222,000 -16,000	-16,000

Sam Trickett	190,000 -10,000	-10,000
Igor Kurganov	148,000 42,000	42,000

Barry Hutter	130,000 -36,000	-36,000

Ramin Hajiyev	120,000 -104,800	-104,800
Chino Rheem	94,000 -21,000	-21,000

Tom-Aksel Bedell	Busted
Amit Makhija	Busted

01-13-2015 17:25 UTC-4

Break

donpeters

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The players are now on a 15-minute break with 64 remaining in the field.

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

01-13-2015 17:45 UTC-4

Defending Champ Eliminated

[user272102]

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Jake Schindler, who won this event last year, moved all in for his last 88,000 from the small blind. Daniel Negreanu looked at his cards and said "I think I'm supposed to call here." The PokerStars Team Pro continued to talk it over in his head and eventually decided to make the call.

The two were racing with Schindler holding and Negreanu . Schindler was looking good to double up after the flop and turn but the river was a jack to give Negreanu the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	375,000 80,000	80,000

Jake Schindler	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Jake Schindler

01-13-2015 17:47 UTC-4

Elias Over 500K

donpeters

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Just before the last break, action folded to Ivan Soshnikov in the small blind, and he raised to 11,000. Darren Elias was in the big blind and reraised to 26,500. Soshnikov four-bet to 50,500, and Elias called.

The flop was , and Soshnikov bet 30,000. Elias called, and the turn was the . Soshnikov bet 44,000, which was just under half of his remaining stack, and then Elias moved all in. Soshnikov folded, and Elias won the pot.