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

01-12-2016 14:53 UTC-4

Chen Sets Up Chadha in 90K Pot

Chad Holloway

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Carlos Chadha opened for 650 from the cutoff and Andrew Chen popped him to 2,100 from the button. Both blinds folded, Chadha four-bet to 6,500, and Chen thought long and hard before making the call.

When the flop came down , Chadha bet 2,700, Chen called, and the appeared on the turn. Chadha proceeded to check-call a bet of 8,000 and then checked the river. Chen moved all in for 29,925, and Chadha tanked for several minutes before making the call.

Chen rolled over the for a set of sixes, and it was good as Chadha, who was left with just 3,500 after the hand, mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Chen	90,000 40,000	40,000
Carlos Chadha	3,500 -46,500	-46,500

Tags: Carlos Chadha Andrew Chen

01-12-2016 14:58 UTC-4

Seymour Doubles Timex

Chad Holloway

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

With 17,400 already in the pot and a board reading , Mike "Timex" McDonald checked from the hijack and former NFL player Richard Seymour did the same from the button. When the completed the board on the river, McDonald moved all in for his last 8,800 and Seymour snap-called with the for a rivered straight. Unfortunately for him, it was no good as McDonald had flopped a full house with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Seymour	62,000 -17,000	-17,000
Mike McDonald	36,000 18,200	18,200

Tags: Richard Seymour Mike McDonald

01-12-2016 15:00 UTC-4

Life For Chada

Happy_Freaked

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Luc Greenwood raised to 600 and Carlos Chadha three-bet all in for his last 3,625, after which the action folded back around to the initial raiser.

Greenwood tanked for quite a while before eventually making the call.

Greenwood:
Chadha:

The board ran out and Chadha found himself a much needed double up after getting crippled a few hands ago.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luc Greenwood	56,000 -4,000	-4,000
Carlos Chadha	8,500 5,000	5,000

Tags: Carlos Chadha Luc Greenwood

01-12-2016 15:04 UTC-4

Closing in on 100

Happy_Freaked

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

The total field is now up to 95 entries, as we're closing in on the first break of the day. Back in 2014 this event had 198 entries, 49 re-entries included, and last year there were 200 total entries of which 69 re-entries.

The field is looking to grow steadily, as late registration closes at the start of Day 2.

01-12-2016 15:07 UTC-4

Entering the Mix

Chad Holloway

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	50,000

Jani Sointula	50,000
Calvin Anderson	50,000

Marvin Rettenmaier	50,000

Faraz Jaka	50,000

Isaac Baron	50,000

Sam Stein	50,000

01-12-2016 15:08 UTC-4

First Break of the Day

Chad Holloway

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 3

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

01-12-2016 15:25 UTC-4

The Bad Beat of Bad Beats for Schwartz

Happy_Freaked

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

In a blind battle we picked up the action with the flop showing when Noah Schwartz bet 11,700 from the small blind. Ole Schemion, in the big blind, made the call and on the turn the hit.

Schwartz paused before moving all in on the turn, and Schemion called right away to risk his whole stack.

Schemion:
Schwartz:

The river was the , giving Schemion a winning set of kings, and Schwartz jumped out of his chair in disgust. Schwartz paced around for a bit before Jeff Rossiter called him over, as he had 11,000 chips left to play with.

Schwartz took a big hit and Schemion's off to a good start here on Day 1 of the High Roller.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole Schemion	83,000 33,000	33,000

Noah Schwartz	11,000 -39,000	-39,000

Tags: Jeff Rossiter Noah Schwartz Ole Schemion

01-12-2016 15:37 UTC-4

"Yeah, I Don't Beat That"

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Emil Patel raised to 900 under the gun and picked up callers in Isaac Haxton and [Removed:17], who were in the cutoff and small blind respectively. The flop saw Haxton bet 1,600 after both his opponents checked, and only Patel called to see the turn.