2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$25,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$996,480
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Entries
225
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Seiver Doubles Through McKeehen

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Scott Seiver may have fallen on hard times since we last saw him, as he was all in for 17,500 when we arrived at his table. He held the {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and was at risk against Joe McKeehen's {3-}{3-}. The board ran out in Seiver's favor as he flopped a ten, enabling him to survive.

Player Chips Progress
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
52,500
2,500
2,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
41,400
3,400
3,400
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Joe McKeehenScott Seiver

Red-Hot Gorodetsky Sends Volpe to the Rail

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Paul Volpe
Paul Volpe

We saw Paul Volpe collecting his things and exiting the tournament area. A quick check with his former table confirmed that he'd just been eliminated at the hands of Robert Gorodetsky, who is sitting with a mountain of chips.

According to Gorodetsky, Volpe had shoved for his last 25,000 of so holding {q-}{10-} and he called with {a-}{10-}. The board ran out clean and Volpe hit the rail.

Gorodetsky then explained "the big one," which he had won a short time earlier. As he told it, he held pocket tens when he and another player, who held {a-}{k-}, saw a flop of {q-}{10-}{5-}. His opponent bet, Gorodetsky called, and a {J-} peeled off on the turn.

His opponent bet 45,000 holding Broadway, Gorodetsky called, and a second {Q-} paired the board on the river. The player with the straight moved all in for a good chunk of change, and Gorodetsky, who barely had him covered, snap-called with tens full of queens.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Gorodetsky us
Robert Gorodetsky
325,000
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Robert GorodetskyPaul Volpe

Gross Leads into Two

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The pot was already bloated from preflop action with an {8-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{10-Clubs} flop on the felt when two players checked to Michael Telker. He bet 9,000, and Jeff Gross called in the big blind. A player under the gun came along as well, and the turn was a {4-Diamonds}. Gross asked to see Telker's stack, which looked to be around 40,000. He then led out with what looked to be 38,000, eliciting two quick folds.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
147,000
12,000
12,000
Michael Telker us
Michael Telker
45,200
-4,800
-4,800

Tags: Jeff GrossMichael Telker

Schemion Doubles Through Altman; Busquet More Than Healthy

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Ole Schemion jammed from the button for 28,100, and big blind Brian Altman made the call shortly after getting a count. The German stood up in anticipation after seeing his {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades} was flipping against {a-Hearts}{8-Clubs}, and the {3-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{k-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{10-Hearts} runout agreed with him.

At the same table, Olivier Busquet's clean living has clearly agreed with him as he's in contention for the chip lead with a bit shy of 300,000.

Player Chips Progress
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
285,000
110,000
110,000
WPT 1X Winner
Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
116,300
-18,700
-18,700
WPT 3X Winner
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
62,000
22,000
22,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Ole SchemionOlivier Busquet

Four More Hands

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The remaining field will play four more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. Stay tuned for any last-minute action, a list of chip counts, and a full recap of the Day 1 action.

Elias Five-Bet Shoves, Busts

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Marvin Rettenmaier and Darren Elias got in a preflop raising war that ended with the latter five-bet shipping from the button and the former calling in the cutoff. Elias slowly revealed an {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}, but he wasn't in bad shape as Rettenmaier held {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}. The race went to Rettenmaier though, as the {10-Hearts} door card was followed by {k-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}. Elias needed running cards, and the {2-Diamonds} turn ended things.

"That was a bold snap," Anthony Zinno said with a smile.

Player Chips Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
180,000
35,000
35,000
WPT 2X Winner
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
Busted

Tags: Darren EliasMarvin RettenmaierAnthony Zinno