$100,000 Super High Roller Day 2 | 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-07-2015 17:05 UTC-4

Perkins Shoves On McDonald

donpeters

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

On the flop, Bill Perkins checked to Mike McDonald. McDonald bet 30,000, and then Perkins check-raised all in.

"How much is it?" asked McDonald, before being told it was 154,000 by the World Series of Poker dealer of the year Andy Tillman.

"If there was a hand I'm not supposed to bet, it's probably this one," said McDonald after a little bit of thought. The table responded with a laugh.

Perkins and McDonald went back and forth a little bit, mostly drawing parallels with this hand and the push-up bet involving the two from yesterday's play.

After a little bit more thought, McDonald gave it up, and Perkins was pushed the pot. He showed the for top two pair, and McDonald claimed he had pocket tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike McDonald	1,215,000 -70,000	-70,000

Bill Perkins	290,000 -221,000	-221,000

Tags: Bill Perkins Mike McDonald

01-07-2015 17:07 UTC-4

Lehr Eliminated by Greenwood

Josh_Cahlik

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

Andrew Robl opened to 27,000 from under the gun and it folded over to Keith Lehr who three-bet all in for 202,000. Action came around to Sam Greenwood in the small blind who went into the tank. After a bit of pondering, he announced a call. The big blind and Robl both folded, leaving the active duo to table their hands.

Lehr:
Greenwood:

The flop came down , keeping Lehr's tens in the lead. The board paired on fourth street with the , meaning that Greenwood would have to pair up on the river in order to score the elimination. Unfortunately for Lehr, he did exactly that when the touched down on the felt. Lehr was eliminated from play and Greenwood boosted his stack to around 1.15 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Greenwood	1,150,000 440,000	440,000

Keith Lehr	Busted

Tags: Keith Lehr Sam Greenwood

01-07-2015 17:10 UTC-4

Schwartz Doubles Through McDonald

donpeters

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

Steve O'Dwyer raised to 30,000 from the hijack seat, and Mike McDonald reraised to 90,000 from the cutoff seat. Noah Schwartz called all in from the small blind for 78,000, and O'Dwyer folded.

Schwartz had the , and McDonald had the .

The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Schwartz more than doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike McDonald	1,100,000 -115,000	-115,000

Noah Schwartz	195,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Mike McDonald Noah Schwartz Steve O'Dwyer

01-07-2015 17:12 UTC-4

Recent Eliminations

Mickey Doft

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	Busted
Jason Les	Busted
Mohsin Charania	Busted

Ivan Soshnikov	Busted

01-07-2015 17:22 UTC-4

Perkins Doubles Through Seiver

Josh_Cahlik

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

Action folded around to Scott Seiver on the button. He put out a stack of chips that would put both of his short-stacked competitors in the blinds all in. Perkins called for his tournament life of 120,000 and Jason Les folded the big blind.

Perkins showed and was up against Seiver's . The board came down , keeping Perkin's ace-high alive and giving him renewed life in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	580,000 -296,000	-296,000

Bill Perkins	250,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Bill Perkins Scott Seiver

01-07-2015 17:22 UTC-4

Break Time

Josh_Cahlik

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

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

01-07-2015 17:29 UTC-4

Chip Counts at Break

Mickey Doft

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	1,470,000 300,000	300,000

Jason Koon	1,196,000 210,000	210,000

Mike McDonald	1,175,000 75,000	75,000

Christoph Vogelsang	1,173,000 -147,000	-147,000
Sam Greenwood	1,156,000 6,000	6,000

Justin Bonomo	1,053,000 -17,000	-17,000

David Peters	960,000 -55,000	-55,000

Bryn Kenney	876,000 16,000	16,000

Talal Shakerchi	748,000 8,000	8,000
Isaac Haxton	694,000 39,000	39,000

Jake Schindler	672,000 127,000	127,000

Andrew Robl	620,000 -85,000	-85,000
Fedor Holz	609,000 115,000	115,000

Jason Mercier	604,000 -68,000	-68,000

Scott Seiver	578,000 -2,000	-2,000

Sorel Mizzi	526,000 231,000	231,000
Carlos Chadha	491,000 -229,000	-229,000
Roger Sippl	412,000 -8,000	-8,000
Zach Hyman	403,000 -32,000	-32,000
Sean Winter	352,000 188,000	188,000
Max Altergott	267,000 23,000	23,000
Bill Perkins	267,000 17,000	17,000
Noah Schwartz	253,000 58,000	58,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

01-07-2015 17:38 UTC-4

First Impressions From A Stranger In Paradise

Josh_Cahlik

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

After 11 years the PCA can seem quite familiar. But to those arriving for the first time it can make quite an impression, as the PokerStars Blog reports.

01-07-2015 17:45 UTC-4