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2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Alexander Venovski opened to 2,300 only to have Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody three-bet all in from the next seat over for about 15,000. Action folded back to Venovski and he instantly called.
Venovski: ![]()
Coyd: ![]()
A run out of ![]()
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ensured Cody would be eliminated from play. Venovski scooped the pot and now has a stack of about 153,000.
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153,000
19,000
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19,000 |
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At the 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure we caught up with UFC Hall of Fame member and Bellator fighter Tito Ortiz. Ortiz won his way to the Bahamas in a charity tournament and he tells us about his way to the top.
In a battle of the blinds, Aaron Massey was all in for about 25,000 with ![]()
against the ![]()
held by Spencer Cossette. The board ran out ![]()
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, no help to Massey, ending his PCA Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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80,000
38,600
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38,600 |
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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235,000
141,000
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141,000 |
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204,000
4,200
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4,200 |
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140,000
19,000
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19,000 |
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125,000
33,000
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33,000 |
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107,000
29,800
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29,800 |
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58,000
15,800
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15,800 |
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With the television cameras watching his every move, Dominik Panka raised the 2,100 opener from Raffaele Sorrentino to 4,800. The rest of the players at the table folded and Sorrentino made the call.
The flop came ![]()
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and both players checked. They would repeat that on the
turn.
The river was the
and Sorrentino, breathing heavy, a tan scarf wrapped around his neck, put out a bet of 5,100. Panka, the defending champion of this event, peered over at his foe and scratched the area above his upper lip and then pulled lightly on his lower lip. A look of resignation and his cards were in the muck as he queried Sorrentino about what he had.
Panka had 30,000 after the hand — still no reason to panic — but definitely some work to do if he is going to make a run at defending his title.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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90,000
63,200
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63,200 |
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30,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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It’s game day again for one of the greatest football players ever to walk the planet. PokerStars Blog catches up with Ronaldo as the former Brazil soccer great completes his transition to poker pro.
We found Ole Schemion, who had called 4,800 on the button, contemplating a shove of 35,200 from small blind Mark Vargas. The German star decided to make the call and turned over ![]()
. Vargas had ![]()
, and the two were racing, with Schemion's jacks staying best on the ![]()
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board. A
turn was a mixed blessing as it gave Schemion a set but put a combo draw on board for Vargas. The online qualifier bricked the
river, and Schemion has tons of ammo now with almost 150,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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149,000
53,000
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53,000 |
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On a board of ![]()
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, Valentino Konakchiev checked over to Noah Schwartz. Schwartz cut out a bet of 4,700 and Konakchiev stuck around to see the river.
The dealer produced the
on fifth street and Konakchiev checked one final time. Schwartz bet 10,700, Konakchiev quickly folded, and Schwartz was awarded the pot. He's now sitting on a mountain of chips as he's worked his stack up to about 168,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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168,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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23,000
21,900
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21,900 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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174,000
76,100
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76,100 |
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167,000
38,900
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38,900 |
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160,000
63,000
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63,000 |
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155,000
59,000
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59,000 |
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150,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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147,000
83,000
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83,000 |
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147,000
42,000
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42,000 |
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134,000
57,900
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57,900 |
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