Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$10,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$5,645,400
Entries
582
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Altman Doubles Through Shahade
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Brian Altman and Jennifer Shahade were heads-up on a board of 
and there were already about 15,000 chips in the middle. Altman shoved from the small blind for his last 5,350, and Shahade, who was in the big blind, went into the tank. After over a minute, she eventually called. Altman tabled 
for an overpair, and Shahade couldn't beat it, so Altman took the pot to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,500 | |
|
16,525 | -14,975 |
Some Updated Chip Counts
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000 | -8,500 |
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
31,000 | 300 |
|
30,000 | |
|
29,000 | |
|
28,500 | -500 |
|
21,050 | -8,450 |
Riess Drops One
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
From under the gun, Ryan Riess opened with a raise to 400. Action folded around where the big blind called.
The flop came down 
and the big blind checked over to Riess who put out a bet of 500. The big blind called.
On the turn the big blind checked again. Riess bet once more, making it 1,200 to continue. The big blind called again.
The river was the 
and both players checked. The big blind showed 
for two pair and Riess nodded, then mucked his hand. The big blind was awarded the pot and Riess took a hit to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,500 | -2,500 |
Watson Drops More While Greenstein Continues to Climb
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
From the hijack seat, Barry Greenstein opened with a raise to 400. Action folded to the button where Mike Watson raised, making it 1,200 to go. Greenstein called so the two took a flop.
On the 
flop both players checked to see the 
on the turn. There, Greenstein led out with a bet of 2,000. Watson thought briefly then released his hand. Watson dropped to right around 22,000 chips while Greenstein continues to build, having nearly doubled his starting stack already.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
57,000 | 1,000 |
|
22,000 | -8,000 |
Harder Wins a Battle of the Blinds
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Action folded around to the blinds and Joseph Cheung called from the small. Christian Harder raised to 550 from the big and Cheong called.
The flop came 
and both players checked.
The turn brought the 
, Cheong bet 500, and Harder called.
The 
fell on the river and Cheong checked. Harder bet 850, Cheong mucked, and Harder took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,075 | 2,075 |
|
|
21,400 | 350 |
Some Shots of Day 1a Action
Courtesy of Neil Stoddart, PokerStars.
Break Time
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Players are now on a 20-minute break.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Reality T.V. Stars Battle as Team PokerStars Pros
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
While many here know Team Pokerstars Pros Kevin Martin and Fatima Moreira de Melo for their poker prowess, they are also known for both having competed and won reality television show competitions.
Last year, Martin took down Big Brother Canada - Season 5, taking home the $100,000 first place prize. Moreira de Melo won Expeditie Robinson, the Dutch version of Survivor, in 2012. Christophe De Meulder, another poker player, also competed in that season along with Moreira de Melo, finishing as the runner-up.
Today the two are seated at the same table and must battle it out in a different type of competition. They will have to put to work not only the skills they used to win on reality television but their poker skills as well.
At the table, the two bantered over different strategies that they used to win, Martin discussing how he used romance as a tactic to earn his victory in Big Brother. Moreira de Melo mentioned that she was never at risk of being voted off her island, and when she was, she had earned her self-immunity.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,500 | 1,500 |
|
|
29,000 | 500 |