Main Event Day 4 | 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-12-2015 17:17 UTC-4

Trevor Pope Eliminated By Pratyush Buddiga

Mickey Doft

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Trevor Pope raised all in for 108,000 from early position and was called by Pratyush Buddiga in the big blind.

Pope:
Buddiga:

The flop came down , giving Buddiga a pair of aces to take the lead. The turn was no help to Pope , but he wasn't worried.

"Two outers always feel best on the river," joked Pope.

However, the river was no help to Pope, securing the pot for Buddiga.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pratyush Buddiga	1,210,000	249,000
Trevor Pope	Busted

Tags: Pratyush Buddiga Trevor Pope

01-12-2015 17:17 UTC-4

Ramos Doubles Through Mattar

mnuwwarah

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Eugenio Pacelli Mattar opened for 35,000, and Felipe Ramos three-bet to 85,000. Mattar reraised to 360,000, and Ramos took a couple of minutes before shoving for 87,000 more. Mattar called.

Mattar:
Ramos:

Ramos was miles ahead, and Mattar found no six on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eugenio Mattar	1,000,000	-250,000
Felipe Ramos	1,000,000	535,000

Tags: Felipe Ramos Eugenio Pacelli Mattar

01-12-2015 17:15 UTC-4

Ronaldo's Rollercoaster

[user153906]

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Ronaldo's stack has been oscillating at the feature table for the past 20 minutes, but he just hit a timely river card to double his stack. He opened to 35,000 from under the gun and Christopher Lockhart shoved for just under 900,000, putting Ronaldo to a decision for his remaining 324,000.

"Aye, aye, aye," he grumbled as he peeked at his cards. He looked up at the dealer and announced a call.

Ronaldo:
Lockhart:

Ronaldo needed help, and his chances greatly improved on the flop, giving him a flush draw to go with his three live deuces. The on the turn changed nothing, but the dealer delivered the on the river to give the former football star a pair and the win.

"Even in the World Cup I never sweat that much," he said as he began stacking his newfound chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronaldo	670,000	327,000

Tags: Christopher Lockhart Ronaldo

01-12-2015 17:14 UTC-4

Pastor Gets Value

[user272102]

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

With approximately 105,000 in the pot and the board complete and showing , Juan Martin Pastor made an overbet of 130,000 that would eventually be called by his opponent in the hand, Andreas Samuelsson.

Pastor turned over for flopped trip tens and Samuelsson mucked to give Pastor the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Martin Pastor	1,825,000	425,000
Andreas Samuelsson	450,000	-145,000

01-12-2015 17:09 UTC-4

Three-Outer Felts Muhlocker

mnuwwarah

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Thomas Muhlocker opened for 30,000 in the cutoff, and Juan Martin Pastor made it 77,000 from the button. Muhlocker reraised to 150,000, and Pastor shoved all in for about 325,000 more. Muhlocker called after double-checking his cards.

Muhlocker:
Pastor:

The dealer turned over a door card of , a grim one for Muhlocker, followed by . The brought some help for Muhlocker with a straight draw, but a river sent him packing in brutal fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Martin Pastor	1,400,000	163,000
Thomas Muhlocker	Busted

Tags: Juan Martin Pastor Thomas Muhlocker

01-12-2015 17:04 UTC-4

Corey Hochman Eliminated By Maurice Hawkins

Mickey Doft

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Corey Hochman opened to 45,000 from under the gun, Maurice Hawkins reraised to effectively 156,000 from the big blind and Hochman called all in.

Hochman:
Hawkins:

The board ran out , giving Hawkins a pair of aces to eliminate Hochman.

"Damn I'm running good. Getting really good at this three-outer thing," commented Hawkins after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maurice Hawkins	830,000	405,000
Corey Hochman	Busted

Tags: Corey Hochman Maurice Hawkins

01-12-2015 17:01 UTC-4

Cornell Doubles Up Through Ng

[user272102]

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

A short-stacked Tyler Cornell moved all in from the button leading to Ambrose Ng moving all in from the small blind. The player in the big blind folded and Cornell was in bad shape as his was dominated by Ng's .

The flop came to give Cornell a gutshot straight draw. He would hit that draw on the river and only had to avoid one of three queens in the deck to survive. The river was the and Cornell doubled up to 320,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ambrose Ng	700,000	-164,000
Tyler Cornell	320,000	167,000

01-12-2015 16:59 UTC-4

River Drowns Busquet

mnuwwarah

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Olivier Busquet couldn't fade the five outs.

Olivier Busquet opened for 25,000 and was called by cutoff Eugenio Mattar. Busquet bet the same amount on the flop, and Mattar raised to 50,000. Busquet moved all in for about 200,000 total, and Mattar called.

Mattar:
Busquet:

A turn left Busquet fading jacks and kings on the river, but that's exactly what fell as the emerged from the deck to eliminate the pro.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eugenio Mattar	1,250,000	227,000
Olivier Busquet	Busted

Tags: Eugenio Pacelli Mattar Olivier Busquet

01-12-2015 16:46 UTC-4

Srinivasan Doesn't Believe Hawkins

[user272102]

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

We got to the table with approximately 60,000 in the pot and the board reading . It was checked over to Maurice Hawkins who bet 36,000. Shyam Srinivasan called and the two would see the on the turn. Both players checked and on the river , Srinivisan would lead out for 110,000.

"How much do you have left?" asked Hawkins.

"230," said a confident Srinivsan.

"What are the blinds?" Hawkins said in the direction of the dealer who responded "6, 12."

"Check, call, check, check, 110." Hawkins grumbled under his breath.

"You played this hand real good. Real good. I'm hoping you have something like kings, queens, or jacks. I can beat those," said Hawkins as he put out the call and turned over

Srinivasan turned over for a turned set that became a full house on the river.

"Oh my God," said Hawkins. "Didn't believe me when I bet the flop?"

Srinivasan shrugged. "Can't just fold."

A clearly frustrated Hawkins fired back. "Trying to give me chips. Playing solid all day."

Srinivisan retorted "four five off is solid?"

"That's poker," answered Hawkins.

"True," said Srinivisan as he started to stack his newly acquired chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shyam Srinivasan	610,000	6,000
Maurice Hawkins	425,000	-185,000

Tags: Maurice Hawkins Shyam Srinivasan

01-12-2015 16:40 UTC-4

Here he is, Mr Blatter!

Josh_Cahlik

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Ronaldo was meant to be in Switzerland today, handing over the Ballon D’Or to his namesake and successor, Cristiano Ronaldo. But having enjoyed a remarkable run at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Ronaldo is still in the Bahamas, sticking it to Sepp Blatter from afar. PokerStars Blog railed Ronaldo with his friend, coach and countryman, Andre Akkari.