Action folded around to the button where a short stacked Ramin Hajiyev moved all in for 155,000. Sam Greenwood looked him up and their cards were turned up.
Hajiyev:
Greenwood:
The bord ran out which made Greenwood's pair of aces best. Hajiyev was eliminated in 8th place and collected $21,340.
Mustapha Kanit opened the cutoff and even could take chips back as soon as big blind Stefan Schillhabel had decided he wanted to play it all. Schillhabel had just 70,000 or so left and went with it.
Mustapha Kanit:
Stefan Schillhabel:
The flop of paired Schillhabel. The on the turn was a blank but the on the river definitely wasn't.
"Koray needs you more on his rail than we need you here," Kanit said with a big smile.
Schillhabel cracked a smile and gathered his things before moving to the final table of the Main Event to rail his friend Koray Aldemir. The remaining 6 players are now guaranteed $34,140.
Matthias Eibinger limped in from under the gun and action folded around to the blinds. Sam Greenwood called, and Benjamin Pollak was forced in from the big blind, creating a small side pot between Eibinger and Greenwood.
The flop came down and both players checked to see the on the turn. There, Greenwood checked again. Eibinger made a motion to bet, but Greenwood quickly folded. With action heads up now, Eibinger and Pollak revealed their hands.
Eibinger:
Pollak:
The river was the which paired Pollak, but it wasn't enough as Eibinger's pair was better. Pollak exited the tournament in 6th place, collecting $34,140 for his run in this event.
Acting out of the cutoff, Almedin Imsirovic moved in to put the pressure on all of his opponents behind him. The button and small blind folded before Sam Greenwood checked his cards one by one. As soon as he had seen the second, he flipped in a chip to call.
Almedin Imsirovic:
Sam Greenwood:
The flop of brought nothing for Greenwood and neither did the on the turn or on the river.
Matthias Eibinger moved all in from the button for about 400,000 and Ryan Riess called from the big blind.
Matthias Eibinger:
Ryan Riess:
Eibinger had the slightly better hand going in but the flop favored Riess. The on the turn gave Eibinger some new outs but the on the river was all Riess and Eibinger left in 3rd place.
Almedin Imsirovic limped in from the button like he had done sometimes before already. Ryan Riess shoved all in from the big blind for about 1.7 million and Imsirovic called instantly.
Almedin Imsirovic:
Ryan Riess:
The flop of paired up Imsirovic but the on the turn did the same to Riess. The on the river was a blank and just like that, Riess had to settle for second place while Imsirovic was crowned victorious.
The action was fast and furious in the $10,000 Single-Day High Roller at the last day of the 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. In the hyper format, blinds were just 15 minutes long. A total of 55 entries, 13 of which being reentries, came to the Imperial Ballroom of the Atlantis Resort for one last chance at a spade trophy and hefty cheque.
After just six and a half hours, American grinder Almedin Imsirovic took down the tournament. The $160,050 he collected, marks the biggest score of his career. Cheered on by his friends on the rail, he beat a star-studded final table including Ryan Riess who had to settle for 2nd place.
Position
Player
Country
Prize
1
Almedin Imsirovic
United States
$160,050
2
Ryan Riess
United States
$115,770
3
Matthias Eibinger
Austria
$74,690
4
Mustapha Kanit
Italy
$56,550
5
Sam Greenwood
Canada
$43,750
6
Benjamin Pollak
France
$34,140
7
Stefan Schillhabel
Germany
$27,210
8
Ramin Hajiyev
Azerbijan
$21,340
A lot of the high rollers strolled into the tournament room at 1 to gamble it up one last time this PCA. A lot of them left empty-handed, with some closer to the money than others.
Closest to the money without cashing, came Sylvain Loosli. The former November Niner finished in ninth place, running ace-five into the ace-eight of Mustapha Kanit.
Time was of the essence in this event, and Ramin Hajiyev's ran out soon enough after the bubble had burst. Severely short stacked, he got it in with king-six and didn't outrun Greenwood's ace-three.
Stefan Schillhabel was next to go, getting crippled with queen-jack suited to Almedin Imsirovic's ace-king. Kanit, again, was the one finishing the job eliminating the German high roller with ace-three versus six-seven. "Koray needs you more on his rail than we need you here," Kanit said with a big smile.
Schillhabel cracked a smile too and gathered his things before he moved over to the rail of the final table of the Main Event to support his friend Koray Aldemir.
Benjamin Pollak (six-deuce into king-ten) and Sam Greenwood (king-queen to ace-seven) departed in respectively sixth and fifth before Mustapha Kanit himself exited. The one-time chip leader doubled Ryan Riess first and lost ace-five to eights to bust in fourth place.
Riess and Imsirovic were both big stacks, while Matthias Eibinger was the absolute shorty. The latter didn't recover and had to settle for third place getting it in with queen-four against Riess' jack-ten. A ten on the flop and jack on the river was all there was to it for Riess, Eibinger had to leave the tournament area just before the heads up began.
Riess and Imsirovic started out about even, but with just a few big blinds in play, the tournament finished under 10 minutes later. After Riess folded two-pair to a river check-raise on a dangerous board, he was the shorter one. He made a move shoving all in with king-deuce and ran into the ace-jack of Imsirovic. Five community cards later, it was all over as Almedin Imsirovic was crowned victorious.