2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$50,000 Single-Day High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
$945,495
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$3,860,000
Entries
80
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

McDonald Done and Dusted

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Mike McDonald
Mike McDonald

Mike "Timex McDonald was the first player eliminated from the tournament, and he missed the mark with his second bullet as he was just felled again.

His demise came after losing a big hand to Fedor Holz. It happened when McDonald raised to 11,000 from the button and Holz three-bet all in for 181,400 from the small blind. McDonald thought long and hard before making the call and the cards were turned up.

McDonald: {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Holz: {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}

The {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{j-Spades} flop gave Holz a full house, but McDonald was drawing to overs, not to mention the case jack. Unfortunately for him, neither the {7-Diamonds} turn nor {8-Clubs} river was what he needed and he was left with just 5,000 after the hand.

In the next hand, he managed to double when his pocket sevens held against Jeff Gross' {k-Spades}{j-Diamonds}, but a hand after that he was eliminated when his {k-Spades}{q-Hearts} failed to get their against the {j-Clubs}{j-Spades} of European Poker Tour Prague €10,300 High Roller champ Kenny "kenny05" Smaron.

Player Chips Progress
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
364,000 139,000
Kenny Smaron us
Kenny Smaron
110,000 10,000
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
90,000 -60,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Mike McDonaldJeff GrossKenny SmaronFedor Holz