Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
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
Ramos Felted
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Action folded around to Felipe Ramos in late middle position and he shoved for about 3,500. The player in the small blind called to put Ramos at risk and the two players tabled their hands.
Ramos: 
Small blind: 
Ramos needed to crack his opponents aces and preserve his tournament life and he needed a lot of help from the deck in order to do it. The board ran out 
, further improving the small blind to top set, so he took the pot to send Ramos to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Jaka Trending Downward
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Hooman Hakimi limps in on the button for 500. The player in the small blind calls too. Faraz Jaka checks his option from the big blind so the three players take a flop.
On the 
flop, the small blind checks over to Jaka, who fires 900. Only Hakimi calls.
The turn is the 
and Jaka continues to fire, this time making it 2,100. Hakimi calls once more.
The river is the 
and both player check.
"Queen-high," Jaka says, revealing his 
. Hakimi shows his 
and that is enough to earn him the pot as Jaka mucks his other card.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,800 | -16,200 |
De Melo Loses Some
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
With about 3,000 chips already in the middle on a board of 
Fatima Moreira De Melo checked from the big blind to her lone opponent in the hijack. He bet 1,200 and De Melo called.
The turn brought the and De Melo checked. Her opponent bet again, 3,200 this time, and she called.
The fell on the river and De Melo checked. Her opponent shoved, she quickly folded, and he took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,800 | 1,300 |
Riess Nearly Doubles Up
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
With roughly 10,000 already in the pot, Ryan Riess was facing off against James Frangoulidis. The board showed 
and Frangoulidis checked over to Riess. Riess put out a bet of 4,200 and after some thought, Frangoulidis called.
The river was the and Frangoulidis checked again. Riess put out a bet of roughly 8,000, leaving himself with just a single blue T5,000 chip behind. Frangoulidis thought for a bit before calling. Frangoulidis showed his 
, but it was no good because Riess was holding 
for a bigger full house. That allowed Riess to take down the pot pushing him over the starting stack mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,500 | 9,000 |
Some Updated Chip Counts
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,500 | 12,000 |
|
61,000 | -12,000 |
|
58,100 | -33,900 |
|
44,700 | 13,475 |
|
|
36,000 | -3,500 |
|
35,300 | 13,300 |
|
30,200 | 9,500 |
|
29,400 | -7,600 |
|
20,100 | -7,650 |
|
17,800 | 5,575 |
|
|
Busted |
Simao Takes One on the Turn
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
On a flop of 
Jaoa Simao was first to act from the big blind. Simao checked. Andriy Lyubovetskiy was his opponent and he put out a bet of 1,200. Simao then decided to reraise, making it 2,700 to go. Lyubovetskiy called and the two headed to the turn.
The turn was the 
and Simao fired again, this time making it 3,700. Lyubovetskiy gave it some thought before letting go of his hand, allowing Simao to take down the pot and move to right around 65,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000 | 6,900 |
Break Time
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Players are now on the last 20-minute break of the day.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
Liv Boeree Finds Two Streets of Value
Level 7
: 300/600, 100 ante
From under the gun, Liv Boeree raised, making it 1,600. She is called by one player in middle position, as well as the big blind.
The flop came down 
and all three players checked around to see the on the turn. The small blind checked again, but this time Boeree fired 3,000. The player in middle position called while the small blind folded.
The river was the and Boeree continued again, this time leading out for 9,000. Her opponent called, but mucked when Boeree turned over her for a flopped set that improved to a full house. That allowed her to take down the pot and increase her stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000 | 24,000 |