$10,300 Main Event Day 5 | 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-13-2018 17:56 UTC-4

Farrow Left Short as Buchanan Flops a Straight

Webjoker

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Shawn Buchanan limped in from the small blind but Michael Farrow in the big blind had bigger plans and raised to 100,000. Buchanan called.

Buchanan lead for 100,000 on and Farrow raised to 270,000. Buchanan called and check-called another 300,000 on the turn.

The completed the board and Buchanan checked. Farrow checked behind and Buchanan showed . Farrow showed the and smashed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Buchanan	1,820,000 445,000	445,000

Michael Farrow	425,000 -1,020,000	-1,020,000

Tags: Michael Farrow Shawn Buchanan

01-13-2018 18:05 UTC-4

Koray Aldemir Springs to Life with Check-Raise

Chad Holloway

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Christian Rudolph raised to 65,000 on the button and Koray Aldemir popped it to 230,000 from the small blind. Shawn Buchanan then flatted from the big, Rudolph folded, and the flop came down .

Aldemir checked and Buchanan bet 180,000. Aldemir took his time before waking up with a check-raise to what looked like 515,000 and Buchanan snap-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Aldemir	5,710,000 410,000	410,000

Shawn Buchanan	1,500,000 -320,000	-320,000

Tags: Shawn Buchanan Koray Aldemir

01-13-2018 18:15 UTC-4

David Peters Tanks Long, but Tanks Wrong

MrCleverFox

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

From under the gun, Daniel Coupal opened with a raise to 75,000 holding . Action folded to the cutoff where David Peters called with .

The flop came down and Coupal led out with a bet of 100,000. Peters called and the two took a turn of the .

On the turn, Peters and Coupal both checked. The river was the and Coupal led out with a bet of 250,000. Peters tanked for five minutes before finally calling, but Coupal showed down his jacks and took the massive pot while Peters, the start of day chip leader, was left with less than 20 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Coupal	1,620,000 520,000	520,000
David Peters	510,000 -235,000	-235,000

Tags: Daniel Coupal David Peters

01-13-2018 18:16 UTC-4

David Peters Eliminated in 11th Place ($75,640)

MrCleverFox

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

From early postion, David Peters moved all in for 505,000. Action folded around where Daniel Coupal called from the blinds.

Peters:
Coupal:

The board ran out which left Peters drawing dead on the turn. With that, the one-time chip leader was sent to the rail in 11th place. Peters will collect $75,640 for his finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Coupal	2,150,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
David Peters	Busted

Tags: Daniel Coupal David Peters

01-13-2018 18:17 UTC-4

Michael Farrow Eliminated in 10th Place ($75,640)

Webjoker

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

It folded to Michael Farrow in the small blind and he shoved for 535,000. Adalfer Morales Gamarra in the big blind tanked for a bit before he announced the call.

Michael Farrow:
Adalfer Morales Gamarra:

The flop came was still good for Farrow, but the on the turn paired his opponent and left him trailing. The completed the board and Farrow exited in 10th place.

Down to nine players now and the unofficial final table. The remaining players are guaranteed $92,020.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adalfer Morales Gamarra	1,370,000 680,000	680,000
Michael Farrow	Busted

Tags: Adalfer Morales Gamarra Michael Farrow

01-13-2018 18:30 UTC-4

Patryk Poterek Doubles Through Daniel Coupal

MrCleverFox

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

From under the fun, Daniel Coupal opened with a raise to 65,000. Patryk Poterek called from the big blind.

The flop came down and Poterek checked, then called a bet of 75,000 from Coupal.

On the turn, Poterek decided to bet, making it 175,000. Coupal thought for a bit then moved all in. Poterek snap-called.

Poterek:
Coupal:

The river was the which was a blank, but it didn't matter as Coupal was already drawing dead. Poterek earned the double up while Coupal dropped down a few pegs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patryk Poterek	1,900,000 1,005,000	1,005,000
Daniel Coupal	1,335,000 -815,000	-815,000

Tags: Daniel Coupal Patryk Poterek

01-13-2018 18:32 UTC-4

Final Table Redraw (full)

Chad Holloway

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

The final nine players are now combining down to a single table and will take a short break. The action will be live streamed, and that means our updates will coincide with it. Stay tuned!

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Maria Lampropulos	Argentina	2,875,000
2	Shawn Buchanan	Canada	1,225,000
3	Patryk Poterek	Poland	1,760,000
4	Adalfer Morales Gamarra	Colombia	1,370,000
5	Adrian Mateos	Spain	1,116,000
6	Daniel Coupal	Canada	1,070,000
7	Oleg Titov	Russia	710,000
8	Christian Rudolph	Germany	1,370,000
9	Koray Aldemir	Germany	5,915,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Aldemir	5,915,000 205,000	205,000

Maria Lampropulos	2,875,000 625,000	625,000
Patryk Poterek	1,760,000 865,000	865,000
Adalfer Morales Gamarra	1,370,000
Christian Rudolph	1,370,000 170,000	170,000
Shawn Buchanan	1,225,000 -275,000	-275,000

Adrian Mateos	1,160,000 -675,000	-675,000

Daniel Coupal	1,070,000 -1,080,000	-1,080,000
Oleg Titov	710,000 -130,000	-130,000

01-13-2018 19:36 UTC-4

Hands #1-3: Aldemir Cracks 6 Million

Chad Holloway

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Hand 1: Maria Lampropulos raised to 70,000 UTG+2 with the and action folded to Oleg Titov, who picked up the in the big blind. The Russian moved all in for 705,000 and Lampropulos folded.

Hand 2: Koray Aldemir opened for 70,000 under the gun with the and Christian Rudolph called from the big blind with the . The flop saw Rudolph check and Aldemir bet 55,000 with his flush draw. Rudolph check-raised to 175,000, Aldemir called, and the dealer burned and turned the .

Aldemir took the lead, but he checked behind after Rudolph slowed down. That led to the on the river, which gave Aldemir a full house. Rudolph checked, Aldemir bet 305,000, and Rudolph folded.

Hand 3: Titov raised to 65,000 from the button holding the and Aldemir called from the big blind with the . The flop saw both players check, and the hit the turn to give Titov a flush. Aldemir checked and Titov tossed out a delayed continuation-bet of 75,000. Aldemir folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Aldemir	6,180,000 265,000	265,000

Tags: Christian Rudolph Koray Aldemir Oleg Titov

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

01-13-2018 19:38 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts from the Feature Table (full)

Chad Holloway

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Aldemir	6,140,000 -40,000	-40,000

Maria Lampropulos	2,790,000 -85,000	-85,000
Patryk Poterek	1,745,000 -15,000	-15,000
Adalfer Morales Gamarra	1,355,000 -15,000	-15,000
Shawn Buchanan	1,210,000 -15,000	-15,000

Adrian Mateos	1,145,000 -15,000	-15,000

Christian Rudolph	1,095,000 -275,000	-275,000
Daniel Coupal	1,040,000 -30,000	-30,000
Oleg Titov	935,000 225,000	225,000