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

01-12-2016 16:38 UTC-4

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
Mohsin Charania	32,000	-18,000

Tags: Chris Hunichen Mohsin Charania

01-12-2016 16:34 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts from Table 1

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Iaron Lightbourne	77,000	27,000
Jared Jaffee	60,000	10,000
Greg Merson	57,000	7,000
Joe McKeehen	49,500	-500
Matthew Volosevich	45,000	-5,000
Ioannis Angelou Konstas	45,000
Tim Reilly	43,000	-7,000
Bryn Kenney	40,000	-10,000

01-12-2016 16:32 UTC-4

A Round of Chip Counts

Happy_Freaked

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	121,000	71,000
Andrew Chen	115,000	30,000
Keith Lehr	85,000	7,000
Jonathan Little	74,000	24,000
Cary Katz	67,000	3,000
Calvin Anderson	65,000	18,500
Kenny Smaron	60,000	6,600
Anthony Zinno	52,000	2,500
Jeremy Ausmus	44,000	-6,000
Marvin Rettenmaier	36,000	-5,500
Dario Sammartino	33,000
Jason Wheeler	29,000	-6,000
Will Molson	23,000	-27,000
JC Alvarado	3,000	-47,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

01-12-2016 16:21 UTC-4

One for Katz

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
Cary Katz	64,000	9,000
Jeff Gross	48,500
Calvin Anderson	46,500	-13,500

Tags: Calvin Anderson Cary Katz Jeff Gross Keith Lehr

01-12-2016 16:20 UTC-4

Size Matters?

Happy_Freaked

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

Tags: Charlie Carrel Richard Seymour Mike McDonald

01-12-2016 16:12 UTC-4

Three Busts & a Reentry

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
Thomas Muehloecker	Busted
Francisco Benitez	Busted

01-12-2016 16:04 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts from Table 11

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	57,000	7,000
Joe Kuether	56,000	6,000
Martin Finger	50,000
Simon Deadman	49,000	-5,000
David Peters	47,000	-3,000
Sam Stein	47,000	-3,000
Patrick Kelly	45,000	-5,000

01-12-2016 16:02 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts from Table 12

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Chen	85,000	-5,000
Kenny Smaron	53,400	3,400
Anthony Zinno	49,500
Yingui Li	45,000
Francisco Picasso Candamo	44,000	-6,000
Marvin Rettenmaier	41,500	-8,500
William Foxen	23,000	-27,000

01-12-2016 16:01 UTC-4

Sointula's Surge Continues

Happy_Freaked

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.