Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$4,500,800
Entries
928
Level
35
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
50,000
Players Left 1 / 928
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Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Right before the break Team PokerStars Jason Mercier raised to 6,000 and Mike Watson called from his immediate left. Chip leader Phillip McAllister made the call from the blinds and the flop brought out 
.
McAllister checked to Mercier who bet 7,200 and only Watson called. The 
turn was checked by both players and Watson folded on the river when Mercier bet 22,300.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
312,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
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|
185,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
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Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The tournament is now on the bubble, here are some chip counts from this stage of the event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
|
|
||
|
572,000
453,000
|
453,000 |
|
496,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
430,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
325,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
295,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
|
275,000
206,800
|
206,800 |
|
255,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
252,000
128,000
|
128,000 |
|
||
|
|
195,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
190,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
170,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
||
|
145,000
9,200
|
9,200 |
|
||
|
134,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
132,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
|
||
|
130,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
125,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
101,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
99,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
||
|
66,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
63,000
35,500
|
35,500 |
|
|
||
|
41,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
||
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The second to last player to go home without money was former November Niner Jeremy Ausmus. Ausmus was all in with pocket eights against Sean Winter's jacks.
Winter's jacks held up and that brought the tournament down to 137 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
155,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The PCA Main Event is now hand for hand.
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
During hand for hand play, Sam Greenwood got all in with Talal Shakerchi.
Once the players turned over their hands, it was Greenwood who had 
and Shakerchi had 
.
The board ran out 
and Shakerchi doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
159,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
80,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
After a raise it was Binh Nguyen who called and Justin Oliver moved all in for 81,000 chips and after the initial raiser folded, Nguyen called and the showdown went a follows.
Nguyen: 
Oliver: 
The board ran out 
and Oliver doubled up with the best hand against the second best hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
172,000
125,800
|
125,800 |
|
|
||
|
100,000
28,600
|
28,600 |
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Fedor Holz was found all in and at risk for 64,000 on the flop and he was called by Alexaner Lynskey. After Justin Olivier had doubled up on the other table, Holz went to showdown and he was behind, looking for help.
Holz: 
Lynskey: 
The turn was the 
and the river the 
, giving Holz the double up after he hit a flush.
"I was very sure I would win that," Holz joked, as he kept his tournament hopes alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
|
152,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
||
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Georgios Zisimopoulos raised from the button and Fedor Holz, who had just doubled up, moved all in from small blind for 153,000. Zisimopoulos made the call and both players waited for the showdown, as the hands on the other tables needed to be completed first.
While waiting for other hands to finish, Holz said, "This is either how to bubble or how to quadruple," referring to his earlier double up on the bubble.
Holz: 
Zisimopoulos: 
The board ran out 
and Zisimopoulos was left with just 48,000 chips as we're still two spots away from the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000
168,000
|
168,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
48,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Mike Watson and Olivier Busquet were the next two players to be all in. The crowd gathered around to see if Busquet would double up against Watson.
When the cards were turned over Busquet had the worst of it with against the 
of Watson. The board ran out 
, giving Busquet a few more outs, but it was not to be when the 
hit the river giving Watson a diamond flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
236,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
|
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|
|
Busted | |
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