2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k3
Prize
$1,491,580
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
816
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Garibli Gets the One-Outer

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Ilkin Garibli got it all in with {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} from the button for 24,100 against Tiago Martinho, who covered him in the cutoff.

Martinho: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Garibli: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

Things looked bleak for Garibli as {2-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{a-Spades} flopped, but the last king in the deck spiked on the turn, and the set held up.

Player Chips Progress
Ilkin Garibli az
Ilkin Garibli
49,000 49,000
Tiago Martinho pt
Tiago Martinho
18,000 18,000

Tags: Ilkin GaribliTiago Martinho

Nordh Approaching 100K

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

We got to the table with what appeared to be a three-bet of 2,250 sitting in front of Adrian Hinz who was on the button and a four-bet of 7,700 on the table in front of Gustav Nordh from the cutoff. Hinz made the call and the two would see a flop of {5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}. Nordh led out for 9,200 and Hinz would tank for several minutes before table mate Victor Ramdin would call the clock. About halfway into the minute countdown, Hinz called.

The turn was the {J-Spades} and Nordh peered over at Hinz's stack, looking at how many chips he had left. It was approximately 16,000 and after a quick glance at the board, Nordh tossed three T5,000 blue chips into the middle.

Hinz grimaced, rubbed his eyes, and then shook his head in disbelief. He looked up, as poker players often do in crucial moments, and then grabbed his cards, holding them ever so slightly above his remaining chips. One last head shake from the German and then he folded his hand.

"What'd you have," the player in Seat 1 asked Nordh.

"Ace king," was the response.

"Kings," said the stunned Hinz.

"Really?" said Nordh, a look of disbelief on his face.

A player asked Nordh where he was from. "Sweden," he answered. "Ah, that explains it," quipped the player. Laughter ensued but Hinz didn't seem pleased as he got up from the table to collect himself.

Player Chips Progress
Gustav Nordh
Gustav Nordh
95,000
Adrian Hinz
Adrian Hinz
16,000

Tags: Gustav NordhAdrian Hinz

Assorted Chip Counts

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
83,000 45,750
Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
62,000 34,000
Curt Kohlberg us
Curt Kohlberg
55,000 25,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
49,000 4,500
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
48,000 13,000
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
46,000 12,000
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
45,000 6,800
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
44,800 9,850
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
43,500 11,500
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
37,000 8,500
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn th
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn
35,000 13,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
31,500 5,500
Dylan Linde us
Dylan Linde
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
26,000 -4,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
WSOP 1X Winner
25,500
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
24,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
21,000 -13,500
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
11,500 -8,500

Four-Bet From Limon

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Yi Lee raised to 600 from early position only to have Scott Baumstein three-bet to 1,150 from the next seat over. Action trickled around to PokerStars Team Online Pro Jorge Limon in the small blind who went into the tank. After a moment of thinking, Limon came out with a four-bet to 3,350. Action folded back to Lee and he called the four-bet. Baumstein got out of the way, leaving the duo heads up to the flop.

The dealer fanned {4-Hearts}{8-Spades}{K-Spades} on the felt and Limon continued out for 4,000. Lee thought for well over a minute before opting to drop his hand into the muck. Limon pulled the pot and now has about 28,000 to his name.

Player Chips Progress
Jorge Limon mx
Jorge Limon
28,000 9,000

Tags: Jorge Limon

Holz Shoves Against Afriat

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Fedor Holz
Fedor Holz

We got to the table to see two high-profile players tangling in a big pot. With approximately 20,000 in the middle and the board reading {K-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}, Fedor Holz, also known as "CrownUpGuy" online, moved all in for approximately 15,000. Eric Afriat, winner of the Seminole Hard Rock Showdown in April, 2014, was his opponent. Afriat didn't think long before folding his hand.

Holz, winner of the 2014 World Championship of Online Poker Main Event at PokerStars, showed the {2-Hearts} as the dealer pushed him the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
35,000 -8,000

Tags: Eric AfriatFedor Holz

Dentale Folds to Gross

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

In a hand that stretched well into the break, Mike Dentale was considering calling off his stack in a blind battle against Steve Gross, who had put Dentale all in for about 11,000. The bet was roughly the size of the pot on the {q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{10-Spades} board, and Dentale was clearly struggling with the decision, staring at his opponent long after the room emptied.

"It's sick," Dentale said before muttering to himself for awhile as he tried to decipher Gross' hand.

Dentale gave his opponent another stare, grinning. Gross let out a laugh and grinned back.

"If this wasn't a 10K, I think I'd call," Dentale said before folding, saying he let ace-queen go.

Gross declined to show.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Gross us
Steve Gross
WSOP 1X Winner
38,000 8,000
Mike Dentale us
Mike Dentale
11,000 -2,650

Tags: Mike DentaleSteve Gross

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25