$5,300 Main Event Day 4 | 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-12-2016 20:41 UTC-5

John Racener Eliminated in 21st Place ($27,860)

Donnie Peters

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

With 21 players remaining, John Racener moved all in for 196,000 from the hijack seat. This was the second hand in a row he had moved all in on. Martin McCormick quickly called from the cutoff seat with the , and Racener had the .

"I think an ace is coming," McCormick said. "I think an ace is coming."

The board ran out , and Racener was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin McCormick	1,050,000 372,000	372,000
John Racener	Busted

Tags: John Racener Martin McCormick

01-12-2016 20:41 UTC-5

Mercier Shoves On Barer

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Donnie Peters

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Ami Barer opened to 45,000 from the cutoff seat, and Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier reraised all in for 301,000 from the big blind. Barer folded, and Mercier's shove got through.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ami Barer	740,000 158,000	158,000

Jason Mercier	360,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Jason Mercier Ami Barer

01-12-2016 20:41 UTC-5

Jason Mercier Eliminated in 20th Place ($32,360)

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Jason Mercier shoved all in for about 345,000 from the button, and Ami Barer, who had opened in middle position to 45,000, snap-called.

Mercier:
Barer:

The PokerStars Team Pro was dead on the turn as the board ran out .

"25K, here we go," Mercier said, indicating his plan to hop in the high roller. "Good luck."

Player	Chips	Progress
Ami Barer	1,150,000 410,000	410,000

Jason Mercier	Busted

Tags: Ami Barer Jason Mercier

01-12-2016 20:42 UTC-5

Troyanovskiy Pressures the Big Stack

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Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Phillip McAllister is the big stack at Vladimir Troyanovskiy's table. McAllister made it 45,000 and Randy Kritzer called from the button and the action fell to Troyanovskiy in the big blind.

Troyanovskiy counted out his chips and then reraised to 185,000, which was enough to take down the pot and add an easy 100,000 to his pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phillip McAllister	3,020,000 20,000	20,000

Vladimir Troyanovskiy	779,000 94,000	94,000

Tags: Vladimir Troyanovskiy Randy Kritzer Phillip McAllister

01-12-2016 20:46 UTC-5

Ulmer and Chidwick Battling

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Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Stephen Chidwick and Timothy Ulmer have played a few pots over the last few hands.

On this hand, Ulmer made it 80,000 on the turn with the board reading and Chidwick called. The river was the and Ulmer bet 225,000 and Chidwick folded pretty quickly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Ulmer	2,180,000
Stephen Chidwick	1,580,000 320,000	320,000

Tags: Stephen Chidwick Timothy Ulmer

01-12-2016 20:55 UTC-5

Barer Shakes Chidwick on the End

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Stephen Chidwick defended his big blind from an Ami Barer button open and then check-called an unknown amount on the flop. He check-called 128,000 on the turn, and he checked the river. Barer barreled out one final time for 282,000, and Chidwick finally mucked after thinking briefly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	1,050,000 530,000	530,000

Ami Barer	1,050,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Ami Barer Stephen Chidwick

01-12-2016 20:56 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Ulmer	2,485,000 305,000	305,000
Mike Watson	1,025,000 245,000	245,000

Taylor Paur	512,000 139,000	139,000

Paul Gooley	316,000 76,000	76,000

01-12-2016 20:56 UTC-5

More Chip Counts

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Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonardo Pires	3,370,000 400,000	400,000
Phillip McAllister	2,950,000 70,000	70,000

David Eldridge	2,120,000 160,000	160,000

Ken Demlakian	1,820,000 60,000	60,000
Randy Kritzer	1,292,000 517,000	517,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	654,000 125,000	125,000
Fabian Chauriye	645,000 70,000	70,000

01-12-2016 21:06 UTC-5

Jam from Gooley

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Donnie Peters

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

From under the gun, Mike Watson raised to 45,000. In the next seat, Paul Gooley reraised all in for a tad over 300,000 from the next seat, and action folded back to Watson. He also folded, and Gooley won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	1,075,000 50,000	50,000

Paul Gooley	380,000 64,000	64,000

Tags: Paul Gooley Mike Watson Michael Watson

01-12-2016 21:10 UTC-5

Pires Keeps Firing Away

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Donnie Peters

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Ken Demlakian opened from under the gun, Leonardo Pires called from the cutoff seat, and David Eldridge called from the small blind. Then, the flop came down , and Eldridge checked. Pires grabbed chips to slide them forward for a bet, but the dealer stopped him because action was on Demlakian.

Demlakian then bet 86,000, but that didn't stop Pires from firing in even more chips. He raised to 250,000. Eldridge folded, and Demlakian made the call.

The turn was the , and Demlakian checked. Pires quickly slid out 500,000, and Demlakian gave it up.