Diego Ventura opened to 11,000 from the cutoff and Nicholas Palma three-bet to 27,500 from the small blind. Ventura made the call and the dealer fanned a flop of . Palma led out for 21,500 and Ventura made the call.
The turn was the and Palma moved all in for 106,500 total. After getting a count, Ventura made the call. Palma held and Ventura . Palma would need a king or ace to stay alive but the river was neither of those as it was the . Ventura moved to 490,000 as Palma went to collect his winnings.
The board read when we came upon Mario Puccini and Diego Ventura heads up in a hand. Puccini checked over to Ventura and he cut out a bet of 90,000. Puccini called to see one final card.
The river was the and two checks occurred. Puccini showed for a rivered set of aces, prompting a quick muck from Ventura. With this win, Puccini's stack increased to about 625,000.
We found Rudy Blondeau all in with against fellow short stack Michael Dietrich's . Blondeau was looking good until his opponent found a second king in the deck.
On the bubble of the 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event, a player was witnessed stalling in the most obvious possible way. Experienced poker pro Scott Baumstein called his opponent out numerous times, and we caught up with Baumstein to get the full story.
From under the gun, Edward Sorensen opened the pot with a raise to 12,000. Next up, Ronaldo made the call, and then action folded to Adam Reynolds on the button. He reraised and made it 31,000 to go. Play folded back to Sorensen, and he folded. Ronaldo called, though, and the flop came out . Both players checked.
The turn was the to pair the board, and Ronaldo checked again. Reynolds bet 30,500, and Ronaldo gave it up.
Liv Boeree opened with a raise to 11,000 from middle position, then action folded to Diego Gomez on the button, and he reraised to 24,500. After the two blinds folded, Boeree reraised to 42,000. Gomez called.
On the flop, Boeree checked, and Gomez bet 40,500. Boeree folded fairly quickly, and Gomez picked up the pot.