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2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Justin Zaki open-shipped his last 14,500 from the button and Naoya Kihara called out of the small blind. The big blind folded and the hands were revealed.
Zaki: ![]()
Kihara: ![]()
The board came out ![]()
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, pairing Kihara's jack and eliminating Zaki from play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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470,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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Busted | |
Lothar Meier opened to 10,000 and was reraised to 21,000 by Niklas Hambitzer. The rest of the table folded and Meier made the call. The flop came ![]()
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and Meier led out for 30,000. Hambitzer laughed, and then nonchalantly announced that he was all in. He was immediately called by Meier. Hambitzer had ![]()
for top pair but was behind Meier who had ![]()
for top two pair. The turn was the
.
"King, king, king," whispered Hambitzer.
His pleas worked. The river was the
.
"Sorry," said Hambitzer. Meier just shrugged his shoulders as if to say that it was ok.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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244,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
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100,500
165,600
|
165,600 |

| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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389,500
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
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338,500
190,700
|
190,700 |
|
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284,000
66,300
|
66,300 |
|
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277,000
69,300
|
69,300 |
|
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140,500
5,800
|
5,800 |
|
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69,500
73,300
|
73,300 |
|
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46,500
37,500
|
37,500 |
|
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17,500
32,700
|
32,700 |
Jonathan Roy was all in with the ![]()
against the ![]()
for Chance Kornuth. The flop, turn, and river ran out ![]()
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, and Roy was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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710,000
33,000
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33,000 |
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Busted | |
Uwe Ritter bet 55,000 on a ![]()
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board and was called by Dietrich Fast on his left. On the
river, Ritter checked. Fast shuffled for a couple of minutes before moving all in, and Ritter folded. The Day 1b leader has a very healthy stack of more than 400,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
440,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
163,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
495,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
|
405,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
335,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
265,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
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240,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
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|
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227,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
|
130,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
From the cutoff seat, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier moved all in for 36,500. Dylan Linde reraised all in from the button for around 78,000, and everyone else folded. Grospellier had the ![]()
, and Linde had the ![]()
.
The board came ![]()
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, and Grospellier was gone in 104th place as Linde moved to about 130,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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130,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
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Busted | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
While the Main Event plays out in the Imperial Ballroom, the 2015 Americas Cup of Poker is underway nearby pitting players from six countries — Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay. Mexico is the defending champ, and their coach Team PokerStars Pro Online member Jorge "Baalim" Limon has a plan for mounting a title defense, as he tells the PokerStars Blog.