2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$10,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
107
Prize
$1,081,100
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$5,645,400
Entries
582
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000

Greenstein Takes One

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein

Barry Greenstein opened to 500 from early position, the button called, and the small blind called.

The flop came {A-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{8-Clubs} and the small blind checked. Greenstein bet 800, the button called, and the small blind folded.

The turn brought the {6-Clubs}, Greenstein bet 1,600, and the button called.

The {2-Hearts} fell on the river and both players checked. Greenstein tabled {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}, the button mucked, and the dealer pushed the pot Greenstein's way.

Player Chips Progress
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
61,000 4,000

Tags: Barry Greenstein

Ramos Folds His Kings, But Cheung Doesn't Show

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

A player opened with a raise to 500 from early position. Action folded to Kinson Cheung who was on the button. He called. Felipe Ramos was in the small blind and he three-bet, making it 2,500 to go. Only Cheung called.

The flop came down {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} and Ramos led out, betting 1,500. Cheung thought for a bit, then called.

On the {2-Diamonds} turn, Ramos continued betting, this time making it 5,200. Cheung called once more.

The river was the {7-Spades} and Ramos thought for a bit, then decided to check his option. Cheung thought for a while himself, then he moved all in for roughly 23,500, a bit more than Ramos had behind.

Eventually, Ramos started talking to Cheung, trying to figure out what he was holding.

"You don't have a lot of sevens," Ramos said. "You have more fives, like ace-five."

"I could have ace-seven," Cheung responded.

"Ace-seven would be a really bad call on the turn," Ramos said. "And you're a good player."

"It would've been a really bad call preflop," Cheung said jokingly, which earned a laugh from Ramos and some others.

Ramos eventually decided to fold, but held onto his cards. Cheung went to show, but didn't. Ramos asked if he would, but Cheung shook his head.

"Come on, one time," Ramos said, showing his {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}. Cheung turned up his {A-Hearts} and that's all he would show Ramos. "Later then," Ramos requested.

Player Chips Progress
Kinson Cheung us
Kinson Cheung
42,500
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
20,000

Tags: Felipe RamosKinson Cheung

Some Updated Chip Counts

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
61,500 500
Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
WPT 3X Winner
45,000 -3,500
Christopher Frank de
Christopher Frank
37,000 8,000
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
Defending Champion
35,100 1,025
Fatima Moreira De Melo nl
Fatima Moreira De Melo
30,400 -2,100
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
29,800 29,800
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
27,600 -2,400
Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
WSOP 2X Winner
26,800 -3,700
Kevin Martin ca
Kevin Martin
26,200 -2,800
Luc Greenwood ca
Luc Greenwood
21,500 -8,500
Jamie Staples ca
Jamie Staples
19,750 -14,750
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
16,375 -3,625
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
16,200 -5,200
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
15,800 -11,700
Jennifer Shahade us
Jennifer Shahade
9,425 -7,100

Cheong and Harder Tangle

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Joseph Cheong opened with a raise to 500 from the button. Next to act was Christian Harder who reraised, making it 1,800 from the small blind. Cheong called.

The flop came down {Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{8-Spades} and Harder checked over to Cheong. Cheong bet 2,100 and after some thought, Harder called.

On the {7-Hearts} turn, both players checked to see the {3-Hearts} on the river. Harder checked for a third time. Cheong put out a bet of 5,000 and Harder looked as if he might fold quickly, readying his hand to throw away. He then brought it back, checked his cards, and thought for roughly two minutes before folding. Cheong took down the pot and was able to recover some chips.

Player Chips Progress
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
Defending Champion
33,000 -2,100
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
19,050 2,850

Tags: Christian HarderJoseph Cheong

Greenwood Applies Pressure

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

The board read {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades}, there was a substantial pot of about 8,200 already brewing, and the player in the small blind bet 6,000 into his lone opponent, Luc Greenwood, who was on the button. Greenwood moved what looked like 35,000 into the middle, putting his opponent to a decision for the remainder of his stack. He went into the tank for over a minute before he ultimately folded and Greenwood took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Luc Greenwood ca
Luc Greenwood
46,800 25,300

Tags: Luc Greenwood

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

Watson Gets Rivered

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Massimo De Mario opened with a raise to 700 from the cutoff. Mike Watson called from the big blind.

The flop came down {K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Watson checked over to De Mario. De Mario put out a bet of 600 which Watson called.

Watson checked again when the turn came the {5-Diamonds}. De Mario made it 1,400 and Watson called once more.

The river was the {10-Diamonds} and both players checked. Watson showed his {K-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} but it was no good. De Mario was holding {Q-Hearts}{J-Spades} for a rivered straight and that earned him the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
33,600 11,600

Tags: Mike Watson

Simao Chips Up With a Flopped Set

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Joao Simao raised to 800 from middle position, the small blind called, and the big blind called, as well.

The flop came {Q-Spades}{5-Hearts}{4-Clubs} and the small blind bet 2,000. The big blind folded, Simao raised to 7,000, and the small blind called.

The turn brought the {K-Hearts}, the small blind bet 7,000, and Simao called.

The {J-Hearts} fell on the river and the small blind bet again, 22,000 this time. Simao called and quickly tabled {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds} for a flopped set of fives. The small blind mucked and the dealer pushed the pot to Simao.

Player Chips Progress
Joao Simao br
Joao Simao
WSOP 2X Winner
78,000

Tags: Joao Simao

Jaka Doubles One Up

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Action folded around to the hijack seat where Faraz Jaka opened with a raise to 700. He was called by the player in the cutoff before Peter Tschernigg shoved all in for aright 2,375. Action folded back to Jaka who raised to 5,700. The cutoff player folded so Tschernigg and Jaka turned up their hands.

Jaka: {Q-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Tschernigg: {10-Spades}{2-Spades}

The board ran out {9-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} which gave Tschernigg a pair of tens on the river to go with the pair of nines on the board. That allowed him to double up through Jaka who dipped below the starting stack while Tschernigg's stack was boosted to over 6,000.

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
27,200 -2,800

Tags: Faraz JakaPeter Tschernigg

Varpucinskis Doubles Up

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

With about 6,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades}{8-Diamonds}, Gintaris Varpucinskis had already committed 5,200 from the cutoff and was facing a decision for the remainder of his stack from the player in the big blind. After a bit of consideration, Varpucinskis called to put himself at risk for a total of 36,125.

The big blind tabled {9-Diamonds}{2-Spades}, having paired his nine on the flop, and Varpucinskis quickly flipped over {Q-Spades}{8-Spades} for queens full of eights.

"I thought you'd have queen-nine there a lot," said Varpucinskis as the dealer verified the stacks.

"You had enough of a hand to call with," his opponent replied with a smile.

Player Chips Progress
Gintaris Varpucinskis
Gintaris Varpucinskis
78,250

Tags: Gintaris Varpucinskis