$25,000 High Roller Day 1 | 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-12-2016 20:26 UTC-5

Pair of Team Pros In; Stern Out

Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari has reentered the tournament, while his teammate, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, has entered for the first time. Meanwhile, Dani Stern was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andre Akkari	50,000 50,000	50,000

Bertrand Grospellier	50,000

Dani Stern	Busted

01-12-2016 20:17 UTC-5

Baron Takes Some From Shakerchi

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Remko Rinkema

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

The flop just showed and Isaac Baron bet 5,200 from the small blind, and Talal Shakerchi called from the hijack.

The turn was the and Baron checked to Shakerchi who now bet 11,200. Baron made the call and on the river the hit.

Baron checked to Shakerchi again, and this time the latter opted to check behind.

Baron tabled and Shakerchi seemed frustrated as he mucked his cards in defeat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Baron	170,000 40,000	40,000

Talal Shakerchi	46,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Talal Shakerchi Isaac Baron

01-12-2016 20:15 UTC-5

Four Eliminations and a Newbie

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Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Sam Greenwood has been eliminated from this tournament for a second time, meaning his one reentry has been exhausted and we won't be seeing him anymore. On the flip side, Sam Chartier just hopped in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Chartier	50,000
Ioannis Angelou Konstas	Busted
Aaron Massey	Busted
Calvin Anderson	Busted

Sam Greenwood	Busted

01-12-2016 20:13 UTC-5

Recent Reentries

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Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustapha Kanit	50,000 50,000	50,000

Antonio Buonanno	50,000 50,000	50,000

Ankush Mandavia	50,000 50,000	50,000

Dario Sammartino	50,000 50,000	50,000

Jeff Rossiter	50,000 50,000	50,000
Tamer Kamel	50,000 50,000	50,000
Adrian Mateos	50,000 50,000	50,000

01-12-2016 20:11 UTC-5

Haxton Tries to Club Terziani

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Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Action folded to a short-stacked Stefano Terziani on the button and he shoved all in for 11,000. Isaac Haxton liked what he saw in the big blind and made the call.

Terziani:
Haxton:

The flop was gin for Terziani, who pulled way out in front with trips. However, the turn made things interesting by delivering Haxton a flush draw. Fortunately for Terziani, the river was a blank and he lived to play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	41,000 11,000	11,000

Stefano Terziani	23,000

Tags: Stefano Terziani Isaac Haxton

01-12-2016 19:57 UTC-5

Various Chip Counts from the Dinner Break

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Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Maimone	194,700 119,700	119,700

Brian Yoon	151,600 30,600	30,600

Isaac Baron	130,000 80,000	80,000

Aleksei Platonov	127,200 37,200	37,200
Brian Altman	120,000 70,000	70,000

Alexandr Komarov	116,500 11,500	11,500
Jani Sointula	115,200 25,800	25,800
John Andress	110,000 41,000	41,000
Amit Makhija	110,000 60,000	60,000
Connor Drinan	110,000 60,000	60,000

Tom Hall	110,000 42,000	42,000
Mihails Morozovs	108,000 53,000	53,000
Davidi Kitai	107,000 85,000	85,000

Jared Jaffee	105,000 45,000	45,000

Olivier Busquet	105,000 45,000	45,000

Ian O'Hara	104,000 29,000	29,000

Keith Lehr	102,300 17,300	17,300

Joshua Beckley	100,000 50,000	50,000
Roger Tondeur	97,700 47,700	47,700
Greg Merson	96,000 34,000	34,000

[Removed:17]	95,000 2,000	2,000
Emil Patel	89,500 24,500	24,500
Tyler Patterson	87,600 37,600	37,600

Gleb Tremzin	86,300 36,300	36,300
Anthony Zinno	85,000 33,000	33,000

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Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

01-12-2016 18:39 UTC-5

Let's Have Ourselves a Dinner Break

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Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Level 6 has expired, and that means it's time for the 75-minute dinner break. During this time the tournament staff will race off the green T25 chips.

When they return, the remaining players will play four more one-hour levels before bagging and tagging for the night.

We'll have some updates chip counts for you shortly.

01-12-2016 18:38 UTC-5

One of Brazil's Best Hits the Rail

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Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

We're not sure how Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari got so short, but we do know he got his last 1,550 all in preflop and was at risk against Russia's Alexandr Komarov.

Komarov:
Akkari:

Akkari was drawing to two live cards, and he managed to pair one on the flop. Unfortunately for him, his lead was short lived when the spiked on the turn to give Komarov aces. The river changed nothing, and Akkari fell just shy of the dinner break.

Meanwhile, former champ Will Molson busted to Brian Yoon at a nearby table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandr Komarov	105,000
Andre Akkari	Busted

Tags: Alexandr Komarov Andre Akkari

01-12-2016 18:32 UTC-5

Off to the Races: Jaka vs. Kurganov

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Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Igor Kurganov opened for 1,400 from the hijack only to have Nicolas Yunis three-bet to 3,100 from the cutoff. When action reached Faraz Jaka in the big blind, he put in a four-bet to 7,200, and Kurganov asked how much he was playing before moving all in. Yunis got out of the way and Jaka snap-called off for 35,800.

Kurganov:
Jaka:

It was a classic flip, and Jaka was looking to hold to stay alive. That's just what he did after the board ran out a lowly . Kurganov was left with just 4,700 after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Faraz Jaka	75,000 43,000	43,000

Igor Kurganov	4,700 45,300	45,300

Tags: Igor Kurganov Faraz Jaka