2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
74
Prize
$728,325
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$4,500,800
Entries
928
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
50,000

Rabah Takes Some Off Jaffe Just Before the Break

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Jonathan Jaffe
Jonathan Jaffe

As the rest of the players were heading to break, Jonathan Jaffe was facing a tough decision on the river.

The board read {q-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} and Fabian Chauriye Rabah had bet 35,000. Jaffe called and Rabah turned over pocket queens, {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}, for a full house. Jaffe mucked and headed off to join the rest of the field on the break.

Player Chips Progress
Fabian Chauriye cl
Fabian Chauriye
376,000
38,600
38,600
Jonathan Jaffe us
Jonathan Jaffe
266,000
-6,000
-6,000
WPT 1X Winner

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

Zamani Resets the Day, Eliminates Zaichenko

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

In the early goings of Day 3 Ben Zamani lost some chips, but he came storming back to his Day 3 starting stack on back-to-back hands.

Hand #1: Robert Kokoska raised to 7,200 and Zamani called. Andrey Zaichenko shoved from the big blind for his last 55,600 chips. Kokoska folded and Zamani asked for a count. Eventually he reluctantly dropped his chips into the pot to call.

Zamani was ahead with {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} and Zaichenko had {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}. The board ran out {8-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and Zaichenko was eliminated.

Hand #2: Kokoska raised again preflop to 7,200 and this time Zamani reraised to 14,900. Kokoska let it go and Zamani took another pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Zamani us
Ben Zamani
232,000
232,000
232,000
Andrey Zaichenko ru
Andrey Zaichenko
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Nishijima's in a Tough Spot

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Scott Wellenbach raised to 7,500 from the cutoff and Thiago Nishijima three-bet from the button to 20,000 after which Siarhei Melianiuk flat-called from the small blind. Wellenbach called as well, creating three-way action on the flop.

The flop came down {10-Clubs}{8-Spades}{J-Hearts} and Melianiuk lead out for 33,000 right away, getting Wellenbach to quickly fold.

Nishijima tanked for well over three minutes before folding, leaving himself with 131,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Siarhei Melianiuk by
Siarhei Melianiuk
440,000
11,100
11,100
Thiago Nishijima br
Thiago Nishijima
131,000
-41,600
-41,600
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Siarhei MelianiukThiago Nishijima

More Counts

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Rory Brown ie
Rory Brown
336,800
196,800
196,800
Fabian Ortiz ar
Fabian Ortiz
315,000
7,000
7,000
Christopher Mcnamara us
Christopher Mcnamara
293,000
-35,000
-35,000
Kritzer Randy us
Kritzer Randy
273,000
164,400
164,400
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
192,000
31,000
31,000
WPT 2X Winner
Peder Behr se
Peder Behr
169,800
85,300
85,300
Jorge Cantos ar
Jorge Cantos
142,000
24,900
24,900
Michael Newman us
Michael Newman
134,000
20,400
20,400
Jeffrey Rossiter au
Jeffrey Rossiter
99,300
12,000
12,000
Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
86,300
-112,700
-112,700
Knut Karnapp de
Knut Karnapp
66,900
-5,500
-5,500

Updated Chip Counts

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Phillip McAllister gb
Phillip McAllister
925,000
511,000
511,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David Eldridge us
David Eldridge
555,000
348,300
348,300
Boyuan Qu us
Boyuan Qu
421,000
161,700
161,700
Tony Gregg us
Tony Gregg
394,000
-27,000
-27,000
Fabian Chauriye cl
Fabian Chauriye
310,000
-66,000
-66,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
285,000
117,000
117,000
Jonathan Jaffe us
Jonathan Jaffe
272,000
6,000
6,000
WPT 1X Winner
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
254,000
68,000
68,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
194,000
-104,800
-104,800
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
John Racener us
John Racener
182,000
36,800
36,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
160,000
30,000
30,000
James Calderaro us
James Calderaro
128,000
66,300
66,300
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
David Robinson us
David Robinson
65,000
-13,000
-13,000
Jeremy Ausmus us
Jeremy Ausmus
55,000
-17,500
-17,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
45,000
-50,000
-50,000
WPT 1X Winner

Qu Up

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Boyuan Qu seems poised to make a deep run. On this hand he called a 7,000 Dalton Brinker raise from the big blind.

The flop came {j-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} and both players checked. The turn was the {2-Hearts} and Qu bet 8,500. Brinker raised to 29,000 and Qu called.

The river was the {6-Spades} and both players checked again. Qu showed {q-Spades}{j-Spades} and won the hand with a pair of jacks.

Player Chips Progress
Boyuan Qu us
Boyuan Qu
384,000
-37,000
-37,000
Dalton Brinker us
Dalton Brinker
305,000
-35,000
-35,000

Tags: Boyuan QuDalton Brinker