$25,000 High Roller Day 1 | 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-12-2018 18:07 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Steffen Sontheimer	221,000 43,000	43,000
Jason Koon	112,000 70,000	70,000

Timothy Adams	101,000 4,000	4,000

Chris Hunichen	62,100 6,900	6,900

Ben Yu	57,000 6,000	6,000

Anthony Zinno	33,700 13,300	13,300

Cliff Josephy	26,600 5,400	5,400

Christopher Frank	26,500 15,000	15,000

Lauren Monosson	25,000 2,000	2,000
Ryan Riess	16,700 15,800	15,800

Isaac Haxton	14,200 21,900	21,900

Andre Akkari	Busted

Bonomo Back in it

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Justin Bonomo was down to just 8,400 when he put his stack at risk preflop. Chris Hunichen was seated to Bonomo's left and made the call on the button.

Bonomo:
Hunichen:

The board ran out and Bonomo spiked a queen on the turn to stay alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	61,000 1,100	1,100

Justin Bonomo	19,000 10,600	10,600

Tags: Chris Hunichen Justin Bonomo

01-12-2018 18:15 UTC-5

Classic Race with Jetten vs. Kurganov

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Adam Lamers

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Peter Jetten opened from the hijack and Stephen Chidwick three-bet to 5,200 on the button. Igor Kurganov was in the small blind and made a four-bet to 15,400. With the action back on Jetten, he five-bet jammed all in for 84,800. Chidwick got out of the way and Kurganov made the call.

Peter Jetten:
Igor Kurganov:

It was a classic race situation with Jetter currently in front holding the pocket queens. The board ran out and Jetten's pocket pair held up to earn himself a full double up through Kurganov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Jetten	175,000 77,500	77,500
Igor Kurganov	45,100 40,900	40,900

Tags: Igor Kurganov Peter Jetten Stephen Chidwick

01-12-2018 18:20 UTC-5

New Faces and Final Bullets

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Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Another handful of players have fired a second bullet recently including Ryan Riess, Isaac Haxton, Ankush Mandavia, Pascal Lefrancois, and Dan Shak.

A couple fresh faces are now in the mix as Felipe Ramos and Byron Kaverman have taken a seat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	50,000 35,800	35,800

Ankush Mandavia	50,000

Felipe Ramos	50,000

Pascal Lefrancois	50,000 41,000	41,000

Maksim Pisarenko	50,000

Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	50,000
Ryan Riess	50,000 33,300	33,300

Dan Shak	50,000 35,000	35,000
Byron Kaverman	50,000

Tags: Ankush Mandavia Byron Kaverman Dan Shak Felipe Ramos Isaac Haxton Pascal LeFrancois Ryan Riess

01-12-2018 18:22 UTC-5

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Jaffe	171,500 72,500	72,500

Stefan Schillhabel	150,500 77,800	77,800

Ben Heath	124,000 124,000	124,000

Nick Petrangelo	120,300 34,700	34,700

Daniel Negreanu	91,200 56,800	56,800

Mustapha Kanit	72,000 13,000	13,000

Steve O'Dwyer	68,500 60,500	60,500

James Calderaro	48,500 1,500	1,500

Jared Jaffee	47,500 2,000	2,000

Jeff Gross	41,300 2,200	2,200

Sylvain Loosli	32,500 32,500	32,500

Erik Seidel	18,700 7,700	7,700

01-12-2018 18:41 UTC-5

Petrangelo Five-Bet Ships on Riess

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Adam Lamers

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Ryan Riess opened to 2,000 from the cutoff and was called by Jeff Gross on the button. Nick Petrangelo three-bet to 9,500 from the small blind and the action was back on Riess. After going through one of his time extensions, Riess four-bet to 24,200. Gross mucked his cards and Petrangelo announced all in, having Riess covered. The former WSOP Main Event champion quickly folded and sent a good chunk of chips across the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Lefrancois	195,000 145,000	145,000

Steffen Sontheimer	176,900 44,100	44,100
Jonathan Jaffe	172,000 500	500

Nick Petrangelo	163,600 43,300	43,300

Timothy Adams	114,500 13,500	13,500

Jason Koon	99,100 12,900	12,900

Felipe Ramos	90,000 40,000	40,000

Chance Kornuth	87,000 87,000	87,000

Chris Hunichen	85,500 24,500	24,500

Ryan Riess	48,000 2,000	2,000

Erik Seidel	26,000 7,300	7,300

Tags: Jeff Gross Nick Petrangelo Ryan Riess

01-12-2018 18:45 UTC-5

Hunichen Tames the Wolff

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Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Chris Hunichen moved all in on the river of a board putting pressure on his heads-up opponent George Wolff. Hunichen had Wolff covered and after a moment of deliberation, Wolff made the call.