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

01-12-2016 15:38 UTC-5

Boat Over Boat

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

We picked up the action with roughly 10,500 in the pot and a board reading . Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen bet 7,500 from the hijack and Mohsin Charania raised to 24,000 from the button.

Hunichen debated what to do, but claimed he didn't think there was a way for him to fold. Eventually he made the call, and Charania tabled the for fours full of sixes. Hunichen then rolled over the for fives full or fours.

"Maybe I should've shoved," Hunichen said.

"I'm not calling," was all Charania had to say.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	100,000 30,000	30,000

Mohsin Charania	32,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Chris Hunichen Mohsin Charania

01-12-2016 15:34 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts from Table 1

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Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Iaron Lightbourne	77,000 27,000	27,000

Jared Jaffee	60,000 10,000	10,000

Greg Merson	57,000 7,000	7,000

Joe McKeehen	49,500 500	500

Matthew Volosevich	45,000 5,000	5,000
Ioannis Angelou Konstas	45,000
Tim Reilly	43,000 7,000	7,000
Bryn Kenney	40,000 10,000	10,000

01-12-2016 15:32 UTC-5

A Round of Chip Counts

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Remko Rinkema

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	121,000 71,000	71,000

Andrew Chen	115,000 30,000	30,000
Keith Lehr	85,000 7,000	7,000

Jonathan Little	74,000 24,000	24,000

Cary Katz	67,000 3,000	3,000

Calvin Anderson	65,000 18,500	18,500

Kenny Smaron	60,000 6,600	6,600
Anthony Zinno	52,000 2,500	2,500

Jeremy Ausmus	44,000 6,000	6,000

Marvin Rettenmaier	36,000 5,500	5,500

Dario Sammartino	33,000

Jason Wheeler	29,000 6,000	6,000

Will Molson	23,000 27,000	27,000
JC Alvarado	3,000 47,000	47,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

01-12-2016 15:21 UTC-5

One for Katz

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Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Cary Katz raised to 625 from the hijack and Jeff Gross, who just busted the Main Event in 68th place for $12,880, called from the cutoff. Keith Lehr came along from the small blind, as did Calvin Anderson in the big, and four players took a flop of .

Two checks saw Katz continue for 1,250, and one by one his opponents released their cards. Not much of a hand, but it gave us a good excuse to update you on their stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Lehr	78,000 3,000	3,000

Cary Katz	64,000 9,000	9,000

Jeff Gross	48,500

Calvin Anderson	46,500 13,500	13,500

Tags: Calvin Anderson Cary Katz Jeff Gross Keith Lehr

01-12-2016 15:20 UTC-5

Size Matters?

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Remko Rinkema

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

After a raise and three callers the action just folded to Charlie Carrel who three-bet from the small blind to 5,600. Former NFL star Richard Seymour was next to act from the big blind, and he found himself staring down Carrel for a solid minute before folding his hand.

As Seymour stared down Carrel, who's likely about the size of a three-course meal for the three-time Super Bowl winner, the young British pro stared right back at him. After Carrel's three-bet got through, giving him the pot uncontested, a funny back and forth started.

"That was intense, wasn't it?" Carrel smiled to Seymour.

Seymour cracked a smile and acknowledged the intensity, but we're pretty sure he's been in much more intense moments over his playing career.

"In the moment I completely forgot about my hand," Carrel said, "It made me realize my size."

Mike McDonald laughed, as Carrel is indeed about the half the size of Seymour.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charlie Carrel	84,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Charlie Carrel Richard Seymour Mike McDonald

01-12-2016 15:12 UTC-5

Three Busts & a Reentry

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Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Thomas Muehloecker, Francisco Benitez and Dani Stern were among the recent eliminations. Of them, Stern is the only one who has opted to reenter thus far.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dani Stern	50,000 50,000	50,000
Thomas Muehloecker	Busted
Francisco Benitez	Busted

01-12-2016 15:04 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts from Table 11

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Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	57,000 7,000	7,000

Joe Kuether	56,000 6,000	6,000
Martin Finger	50,000

Simon Deadman	49,000 5,000	5,000
David Peters	47,000 3,000	3,000

Sam Stein	47,000 3,000	3,000
Patrick Kelly	45,000 5,000	5,000

01-12-2016 15:02 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts from Table 12

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Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Chen	85,000 5,000	5,000
Kenny Smaron	53,400 3,400	3,400
Anthony Zinno	49,500

Yingui Li	45,000

Francisco Picasso Candamo	44,000 6,000	6,000
Marvin Rettenmaier	41,500 8,500	8,500

William Foxen	23,000 27,000	27,000

01-12-2016 15:01 UTC-5

Sointula's Surge Continues

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Remko Rinkema

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

"Nice start," a player at the table just said to a smiling Jani Sointula who knocked out Andy Philachack. The players at the table helped recap the action in a hand that went as follows.

Carlos Chadha raised to 800 and Sointula called after which Philachack three-bet to 2,200 and only Sointula called.

The flop brought out and Sointula called a bet from Philachack, which he did as well on the turn. The river was the and now Philachack checked, which lead Sointula to shove all in for about 23,000 effectively.