$25,000 High Roller Day 2 | 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-13-2016 23:52 UTC-4

Keven Stammen Eliminated in 31st Place ($47,520)

Brentharrington

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Keven Stammen survived a couple all ins during bubble play, but shortly after it was an ace on the river that spelled the end for him.

He was all in three ways with Sam Chartier and Anton Astapau. Chartier was also at risk.

The hands:
Chartier:
Astapau:
Stammen:

Stammen was ahead right until the hit the river and ended his tournament run. Chartier would almost triple up and Astapau was left short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Chartier	328,000	170,000
Anton Astapau	157,000	-143,000
Keven Stammen	Busted

Tags: Anton Astapau Keven Stammen Samuel Chartier

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

01-13-2016 23:24 UTC-4

Break

donpeters

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The players are in the money and on a 15-minute break.

01-13-2016 23:24 UTC-4

Jaffee Jams On Mateos

donpeters

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

From the hijack seat, Jared Jaffee opened to an unknown amount. Adrian Mateos reraised to 70,000 out of the small blind, and Jaffee called.

The flop was , and Mateos bet 75,000. Jaffee raised all in for about 285,000, and Mateos folded with a shake of his head.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Jaffee	520,000	164,000
Adrian Mateos	280,000	-120,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Jared Jaffee

01-13-2016 23:23 UTC-4

Zisimopoulos Bubbles; Stammen Survives

donpeters

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Georgios Zisimopoulos bubbles the PCA 2016 $25,000 High Roller

Two tables had finished action, but the other two tables were still in play. On one of them, action had folded to Anton Astapau in the small blind, and he moved all in against Keven Stammen's big blind. Stammen, who had just 37,000 in chips behind, tanked long and hard.

"Will you show me if I fold?" Stammen asked Astapau at one point during his tank. "Actually, don't show me. I don't want to see."

While Stammen was tanking, Greg Merson and Georgios Zisimopoulos got all in on the other table still in action. Merson and Zisimopoulos were instructed to not turn over their hands until the hand between Astapau and Stammen played out to see if Stammen called or not. Eventually, Stammen folded.

Zisimopoulos then showed the , and he was all in for 52,000. Merson had one over card with the .

It was that one over card that came into play when the flop fell to put him in front with a pair of kings. The turn was the , and the river was the . With that, Merson won the pot and Zisimopoulos was eliminated on the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Merson	770,000	303,000
Anton Astapau	300,000	-50,000
Keven Stammen	37,000	-39,000
Georgios Zisimopoulos	Busted

Tags: Anton Astapau Georgios Zisimopoulos Greg Merson Keven Stammen

01-13-2016 23:16 UTC-4

Sammartino Shoves The River

Brentharrington

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Nick Maimone wallet in hand after paying Dario Sammartino $200 to see his cards

Dario Sammartino and Nick Maimone played another interesting pot on the bubble.

Sammartino raised preflop and Maimone called. The flop was and Sammartino bet 26,000. Maimone called.

Both players checked the on the turn. On the river things got a little more interesting.

The river was the and after a few moments Sammartino shove all in for over 1 million chips into the pot of about 90,000. At one of the other tables Jean-Pascal Savard was waiting to see if he would triple up, because the action was paused waiting for Sammartino and Maimone's hand to finish.

Maimone looked amazed at the Sammartino shove. He took the full allotment of time before Tyler Patterson called the clock and with about 30 seconds left he folded.

At that, he stood up and said, "I will pay you one hundred dollars to see your hand."

Sammartino responded very quickly, "two hundred."

Maimone obliged and pulled out two one hundred dollar bills and gave them to Sammartino. Sammartino then turned over for complete air and the crowd that had surrounded the table laughed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	1,160,000	60,000
Nick Maimone	454,000	-36,000

Tags: Dario Sammartino Nick Maimone

01-13-2016 23:15 UTC-4

Savard Triples Up

Brentharrington

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Robert Gorodetsky and Sean Winter called Jean-Pascal Savard's all in bet.

The two players checked down the board of and then turned their hands over, but had to turn them back over since action had not been completed at another one of the tables.

Savard showed and Winter showed . Savard's kings were good enough to win the pot when it was all said and done and he tripled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Winter	690,000	-50,000
Robert Gorodetsky	590,000	-49,000
Jean-Pascal Savard	200,000	105,000

Tags: Jean-Pascal Savard Robert Gorodetsky Sean Winter

01-13-2016 23:11 UTC-4

Melogno Doubles

Brentharrington

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Pablo Melogno doubled up against Adrian Mateos when the two got all in preflop.

Melogno had pocket queens and Mateos had . The board ran out and Melogno doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	400,000	-68,000
Pablo Melogno	85,000	5,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Pablo Melogno

01-13-2016 22:49 UTC-4

Yunis Can't Call

donpeters

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Nick Yunis limped in from the cutoff seat, and Josh Beckley raised to 44,000 from the button. After action folded back to Yunis, he reraised to 80,000. Beckley called.

The flop was , and Yunis check-called a bet of 56,000 from Beckley to see the land on the turn. Yunis checked again, Beckley bet 140,000, and Yunis called.

With 161,000 left, Yunis also checked the river. Beckley moved all in, and Yunis gave it up. Beckley showed just the from his hand before he raked in the pot.