$100,000 Super High Roller
Day 1 Started
2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$5,626,000
Entries
58
Level
25
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Welcome to the 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller!
Welcome to the 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure from the beautiful Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas!
The nine-day PCA 2016 festival kicks off today at noon with the flagship $100,000 Super High Roller event. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is on hand to bring you updates, interviews and more from the three-day event, which is expected to draw some of the biggest names in the game. Among those confirmed to participate are Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu and Jason Mercier, as well as businessmen Dan Shak, Bill Perkins, and Paul Newey, Italian pro Mustapha Kanit, reigning World Series of Poker Main Event champ Joe McKeeehen, and Fedor Holz, who is just days removed from winning the Triton Super High Roller $200,000 Cali Cup for $3,463,000.
All of those players and more look to join the prestigious list of PCA $100K champs, which dates back to 2011, and includes Steve O'Dwyer (2015 - 66 entries - $1,872,580 top prize), Fabian Quoss (2014 - 46 entries - $1,629,940 top prize), Scott Seiver (2013 - 47 entries - $2,003,480 top prize), Viktor Blom (2012 - 30 entries - $1,254,400 top prize), and Eugene Katchalov (2011 - 38 entries - $1,500,000 top prize).
A record 104 tourneys are taking place at Atlantis during the 2016 PCA festival. Aside from the Super High Roller, events include the second ever LAPT Bahamas Main Event (unlimited re-entries, starts January 7, now with reduced $2,200 buy-in); the PCA 2016 Main Event on January 8; a $50k One-Day High Roller Single Reentry on January 9; a three-day $25k High Roller on January 12; and the $600 Ladies Event on January 14.
Today's event will kick off at Noon local time, which is just a couple hours from now. Players will start with 250,000 in chips and have the option to reenter unlimited times on Day 1, which will last for eight one-hour levels with no dinner break. Registration will remain open until the start of Day 2. While you wait, check out this #PCA2016 promo video:
Level: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
The Early Birds
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The first event of the 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure kicked off a few minutes late | and with nine players currently seated these are the table draws.
| 1 | Steve O'Dwyer | 250,000 |
| 2 | Christoph Vogelsang | 250,000 |
| 4 | Scott Seiver | 250,000 |
| 5 | Talal Shakerchi | 250,000 |
| 6 | Daniel Dvoress | 250,000 |
| 1 | Bill Perkins | 250,000 |
| 2 | Isaac Haxton | 250,000 |
| 4 | Paul Newey | 250,000 |
| 6 | Justin Bonomo | 250,000 |
Players are expected to trickle in as the day goes on | and Haxton already mentioned that he expects the field to be bigger than last year.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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Early One for Newey
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
From the cutoff seat, Paul Newey raised to 2,500. Bill Perkins called from the small blind, and Isaac Haxton called from the big blind. From there, the three players were prompted with a 
flop, and both Perkins and Haxton checked. Newey bet 4,500, and his opponents folded.
Perkins Firing
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
On the button, Bill Perkins raised to 3,000. Timothy Adams called from the big blind, and the dealer spread the 
flop. Adams checked, Perkins bet 6,000, and Adams made the call.
On the turn, the 
was added to the felt. Adams checked, and Perkins didn't slow down. He bet 16,000, and Adams quickly folded.
O'Dwyer Takes First Big Pot of the Day
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Not too many of the early hands in these events are that exciting or big, but this one between Steve O'Dwyer and Scott Seiver reached six figures thanks to a big bet on the end from Seiver and a call from O'Dwyer.
With the final board reading 
and about 42,000 in the middle, O'Dwyer checked to Seiver. Seiver bet 31,500, and O'Dwyer made the call.
"Queen high," announced Seiver.
O'Dwyer responded by turning over the 
for a rivered set of fives, and he won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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200,000
-50,000
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-50,000 |
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Newey Shows Preflop Aggression, Then Folds
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
From the cutoff seat, Isaac Haxton raised to 2,800. Paul Newey, who has been one of the most active players in the first level, three-bet to 6,700 out of the small blind. Haxton called, and the flop came out 
. Despite his preflop aggression, Newey checked. Haxton bet what looked to be 10,000, and Newey quickly folded.
PCA Retrospective: First Year Sees Katchalov Defeat Negreanu in $100K
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We can still remember how we felt when it was announced that the 2011 edition of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure would feature a mammoth $100,000 buy-in poker tournament. Estimations quickly made ways around the PokerNews offices as to how many entries the event would get and who would show up, but none of that chatter had us prepared for the buzzing feeling that ran through our veins while walking the floor of the event as the first cards were pitched in the air.
For the players, this was a six-figure buy-in event and some were, without question, overextending themselves by taking a shot. For the media, we all knew the same — this was a six-figure buy-in event and some of these players were without question overextending themselves by taking a shot.
The first few hands of the event were played in almost complete silence, but the tension broke just 30 minutes into play when Dutch player [Removed:39] hit the rail in spectacular fashion. For Berendsen, his $100,000 ticket saw him wake up to pocket kings halfway through the first level of the day. Each player began with 250,000 in chips and a stack of 250 big blinds. That didn't stop Berendsen from getting every last one of those chips into the middle against Nick Schulman. Unfortunately for Berendsen, Schulman woke up to a brighter sunrise that day in the Bahamas, as he held pocket aces. Berendsen couldn't improve and was the first player sent packing.
"Seat open!" was the cry from the voice of Daniel Negreanu at the table, which prompted plenty of jaw dropping and chatter from around the room.
As the day wore on, 38 players entered the competition. Day 1 finished with 23 left and German Tobias Reinkemeier in the lead.
With a prize pool of $3.743 million up for grabs, the grind to the final table on Day 2 was exactly that, a grind. Following the completion of Day 2, the field had been cut down to just seven, and it was Schulman leading the pack. Only the top five spots were set to reach the money, meaning two unfortunate players would go home with nothing to show for their efforts come Day 3.
Andrew Lichtenberger was the first player to go on Day 3, and his elimination set up the bubble. Then, the richest person in Hungary and 1980 TIME Magazine Man of the Year, Sandor Demjan, busted in sixth place to Eugene Katchalov.
With everyone then in the money, Humberto Brenes hit the rail in fifth place for $200,000, Schulman fell in fourth for $400,000, and Bryn Kenney was knocked out in third for $643,000. That set up a near-even heads-up duel between Katchalov and Negreanu, and it didn't take long for Katchalov to pull away.
A couple big pots for Katchalov gave him a sizable lead, but then Negreanu doubled back to give himself additional life. Even so, Katchalov took a chip lead of nearly 4-1 into the dinner break. Upon their return, Katchalov didn't stop the charge and soon finished off his opponent to earn the $1.5 million top prize and the inaugural PCA $100,000 Super High Roller title. Negreanu scored an even $1 million for his runner-up finish.
The $100,000 Super High Roller in running for the sixth time at PCA. If you enjoyed this look back in time at a prior year of the event, click here to read about the other years from our PCA retrospective series.
Perkins and Petrangelo Square Off in Biggest Pot of the Day Thus Far
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Ike Haxton opened for 2,500 under the gun only to have Nick Petrangelo three-bet to 8,500 from the cutoff. When action reached the active Bill Perkins in the big blind, he opted to four-bet to 21,000. Haxton got out of the way, Petrangelo pushed back with a five-bet to 40,000, and Perkins called to see a 
flop, which they both checked.
When the 
appeared on the turn, Perkins fired out 54,000, Petrangelo called, and the 
completed the board on the river. Perkins bet again, this time 55,000, and Petrangelo wasted little time in calling.
"I don't like it. I don't like it," Perkins repeated before tabling the 
.
Indeed, it was no good as Petrangelo held a bigger pair with the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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380,000 | |
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125,000
-125,000
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-125,000 |