Main Event Day 2 | 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-10-2015 13:57 UTC-4

Oliver Busts Luft with River Queen

donpeters

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

On the paired flop, Chris Oliver bet 4,200, and Antonio Luft made the call. After Inacio Izkovitz tank-folded, the dealer added the to the board on fourth street. Oliver checked on Luft's remaining stack — about 20,000 — and then moved all in for maximum pressure. After a little bit of thought, Luft committed his stack and put his tournament life on the line with the for two pair and a flush draw. Oliver had just the for two overs to the board and a straight draw.

The river delivered one of the outs Oliver needed with the hitting the felt. He won the pot to send Luft packing and moved his stack to 88,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Oliver	88,000 25,800	25,800
Inacio Izkovitz	48,000 8,100	8,100
Antonio Luft	Busted

Tags: Chris Oliver Inacio Izkovitz Antonio Luft

01-10-2015 14:02 UTC-4

Mercier Takes One

Josh_Cahlik

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier and Mark Darner were heads up on a completed board of . With approximately 18,000 already in the middle, Mercier cut out a river bet of 5,800.

Darner thought for about a minute before moving forward a call. Mercier rolled over , Darner mucked, and Mercier took down the pot. He now has about 48,000 to his name.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	50,000 19,000	19,000

Mark Darner	48,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Jason Mercier

01-10-2015 14:03 UTC-4

A Few Updated Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Naoya Kihara	139,000 30,900	30,900

Noah Schwartz	138,000 50,300	50,300

Christian de Leon	93,000 40,000	40,000

Chance Kornuth	71,000 -16,600	-16,600

John Hennigan	67,000 -1,400	-1,400

Griffin Benger	53,000 3,000	3,000
George Danzer	51,000 13,500	13,500

Dan Kelly	47,000 16,300	16,300
Olivier Busquet	43,000 7,500	7,500

Robert Mizrachi	38,000 9,900	9,900

Paul Volpe	32,000 -3,200	-3,200

Eugene Katchalov	15,000 -1,000	-1,000

Vanessa Selbst	7,000 3,000	3,000

01-10-2015 14:06 UTC-4

Bazeley Busto

Mickey Doft

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Picking up the action after the river of a board reading , Jacob Bazeley was all in for 17,200 with about 21,000 in the pot. Zvi Stern tanked for about three minutes before he called.

Bazeley tabled , but Stern turned over to score the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zvi Stern	120,000 55,800	55,800
Jacob Bazeley	Busted

Tags: Jacob Bazeley Zvi Stern

01-10-2015 14:11 UTC-4

Selbst Eliminated

Mickey Doft

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Vanessa Selbst raised all in for about 5,000 from the hijack and Maksim Nosenko isolated with a shove of his own on the button.

Selbst:
Nosenko:

The board ran out , no help to Selbst, ending her PCA Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Nosenko	15,000 5,000	5,000
Vanessa Selbst	Busted

Tags: Vanessa Selbst Maksim Nosenko

01-10-2015 14:14 UTC-4

Assorted Chip Counts

Josh_Cahlik

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole Schemion	96,000 21,700	21,700

Daniel Negreanu	92,000 6,600	6,600

Pratyush Buddiga	80,500 -3,800	-3,800
Scott Seiver	79,000 -7,500	-7,500

Tony Gregg	73,000 -11,800	-11,800
Randal Flowers	65,000 -24,500	-24,500
Roy Bhasin	59,000 -5,100	-5,100

Liv Boeree	58,000 12,400	12,400

Mike Leah	54,000 -14,300	-14,300

Yury Gulyy	48,500 -300	-300
Joe Cassidy	46,000 20,300	20,300

Dominik Panka	37,000 -5,200	-5,200

Aaron Massey	35,000 -26,900	-26,900
Robert Salaburu	30,500 30,500	30,500
Andy Frankenberger	29,000 -900	-900

Brandon Steven	29,000 7,700	7,700
Dan O'Brien	27,000 -40,000	-40,000
DJ MacKinnon	16,500 8,300	8,300
Maurice Hawkins	15,000 -300	-300
Fatima Moreira De Melo	12,500 -13,600	-13,600

01-10-2015 14:20 UTC-4

Sant`Anna Busts Piquette

mnuwwarah

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

We found Jean-Philippe Piquette all in with , but his timing was bad as Jenner Sant`Anna picked up and called. The board ran out dry for Piquette, and the Canadian had to call it a day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jenner Sant`Anna	46,500 -6,700	-6,700
Jean-Philippe Piquette	Busted

Tags: Jean-Philippe Piquette Jenner Santa`Anna

01-10-2015 14:23 UTC-4

Bad River Card for Oliveira

[user272102]

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

We got to the table with the board showing and Gorki Oliveira betting 5,500 after Nathan Michael Piche checked. Jason Helder raised to 14,000 and Piche flatted that raise. Oliveria thought for a moment and called as well.

The river was the and Piche led out for 25,000. Oliveria snap-shoved for slightly less and Helder was just as quick to fold.

"Flush?" queried Oliveira as he waited for Piche to reveal his hand.

It was indeed a flush as Piche had . Oliveira nodded as he turned over for a rivered top two pair that was no good.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Michael Piche	140,000 59,400	59,400
Jason Helder	75,000 -49,800	-49,800
Gorki Oliveira	Busted

Tags: Jason Helder Nathan Michael Piche Gorki Oliveira

01-10-2015 14:28 UTC-4

More Chip Counts

Josh_Cahlik

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ted Lawson	83,000 21,000	21,000

Bryn Kenney	58,000 29,900	29,900

Andrew Chen	55,000 14,100	14,100
Jonathan Duhamel	51,000 7,300	7,300

David Vamplew	36,000 20,100	20,100

Marvin Rettenmaier	33,000 -1,900	-1,900

Jake Cody	19,000 -20,000	-20,000

Daniel Colman	18,000 -22,500	-22,500

01-10-2015 14:29 UTC-4

Greenwood Doubles

mnuwwarah

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Sam Greenwood, pictured in the Super High Roller here.

We found Sam Greenwood pushing all in for 20,200 from the button on a board of . Two players had checked from early position, and the first one folded. The second player took a couple of minutes of thought before calling. Unfortunately for him, Greenwood had the best possible holding on the board: for the nut straight with a flush draw. The early player showed , knowing he was drawing stone dead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Greenwood	54,000 34,300	34,300

Tags: Sam Greenwood