$100,000 Super High Roller
Day 2 Started
2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$4,737,600
Entries
48
Level
22
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
A seat draw for Day 2 will be published at the start of play, to not give late registrants an early peek at where they might get seated if they sign up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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804,000 | |
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799,000 | |
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598,000 | |
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587,000 | |
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569,000 | |
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548,000 | |
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533,000 | |
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492,000 | |
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479,000 | |
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472,000 | |
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451,000 | |
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438,000 | |
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420,000 | |
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363,000 | |
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333,000 | |
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332,000 | |
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316,000 | |
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314,000 | |
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278,000 | |
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260,000 | |
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246,000 | |
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244,000 | |
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230,000 | |
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202,000 | |
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181,000 | |
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$26,000 REG Charity Event Today (5 p.m.)
A special charity event has been scheduled for today (January 7) at PCA 2018. The buy-in is $26,000 with $25,000 going into the prize pool and $1,000 going to the Raising for Effective Giving (REG) charity (donations of more than $1,000 are also accepted).
The tournament starts at 5 p.m. local time with unlimited re-entries allowed through the first ten levels. Players start with 100,000 in chips with 15-minute levels. Play will be 8-handed (9-handed final table) and the ante will be paid by the big blind. A 30-second shot clock will be in play with three additional timebanks of 60 seconds each.
A dinner will be delivered to the participants (6:30-7:00 selection, delivery between 7:30-8:00).
A New Sign Up
Cary Katz has signed up late last night, making him entry number 47 into this event. Registration remains open till the start of play today at noon (in about 2 hours time).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000 |
Welcome to Day 2 of the 2018 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller
Day 2 of the 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $100,000 Super High Roller, a tournament that dates back to 2011, gets underway in less than an hour.
Yesterday's Day 1 generated 46 entries, but registration is open until the start of play today. Cary Katz has already registered, so the total field will be at least 47 runners, which is a bit shy of last year’s 54 runners. From the Day 1 field, 33 players return with Scott Seiver and his stack of 804,000 out in front. Seiver is seeking his seeking his second PCA $100K Super High Roller title after topping a field of 59 entries to win this event back in 2013, good for $2,003,480.
"Honestly, it feels great coming in like this and doing well," said Seiver. "I was a little worried I would be rusty, this was my first big tournament in almost two years. For like a year and a half, I've been playing almost only cash games but it seems like things are going well."
Seiver currently sits third in all-time PCA $100K SHR earnings with $2,2246,760. Only Bryn Kenney and Dan Shak, who have $3,479,740 and $2,254,640 respectively, sit ahead of him. Kenney returns today with 548,000, while Shak comes in with 246,000.
Another popular figure coming back today is Hollywood star Kevin Hart, who sits with 316,000. Hart, who is currently starring in the box office hit Jumanji, is taking a break from his acting and comedy career to play a little poker. Also returning today are businessman Kevin Hobbs, WPT champ Stefan Schillhabel, and 2017 GPI Player of the Year Arian Mateos, just to name a few. Likewise, Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu (438,000), Igor Kurganov (333,000),
Someone seeking his first-ever PCA Super High Roller cash is Nick Petrangelo, who actually free rolled into the tournament. That’s because last night he won the PokerStars Championship Player of the Year invitational for exactly $100,000. Petraneglo begins today with 260,000.
The Super High Roller action will be streamed from Day 2, which gets underway at Noon local time. In addition, we’ll be live reporting all the action right here in the PokerNews Blog.
Stay tuned!
POKERSTARS CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE SUPER HIGH ROLLER HISTORY
| Year | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 entries | $3,743,000 | Eugene Katchalov | Ukraine | $1,500,000 |
| 2012 | 32 entries | $3,136,000 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | $1,254,400 |
| 2013 | 59 entries | $5,724,180 | Scott Seiver | USA | $2,003,480 |
| 2014 | 56 entries | $5,433,120 | Fabian Quoss | Germany | $1,629,940 |
| 2015 | 66 entries | $6,402,000 | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | $1,872,580 |
| 2016 | 58 entries | $5,626,000 | Bryn Kenney | USA | $1,687,800 |
| 2017 | 54 entries | $5,239,080 | Jason Koon | USA | $1,650,300* |
* (held as PokerStars Championship Bahamas in 2017)
Start of Day 2 Seat Draw
Table 3, which features the likes of Kevin Hart and Erik Seidel, has been chosen as the featured table, which will be live streamed.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Cary Katz | United States | 250,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Rainer Kempe | Germany | 46,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Dan Shak | United States | 246,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 492,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Isaac Haxton | United States | 244,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Benjamin Tollerene | United States | 314,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Jean-Noel Thorel | France | 598,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 438,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Igor Kurganov | Russia | 333,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | 125,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Jason Koon | United States | 336,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 162,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | 451,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Seth Davies | Canada | 181,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Byron Kaverman | United States | 250,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Erik Seidel | United States | 479,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Christopher Kruk | Canada | 533,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 260,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Steffen Sontheimer | Germany | 138,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Chris Hunichen | United States | 278,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Kevin Hart | United States | 316,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 126,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Stefan Schillhabel | Germany | 154,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 569,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Kevin Hobbs | Canada | 472,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 332,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 102,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 548,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Scott Seiver | United States | 804,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Koray Aldemir | Germany | 153,000 |
| 5 | 4 | David Peters | United States | 420,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Justin Bonomo | United States | 799,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Ivan Luca | Argentina | 587,000 |
| 5 | 7 | Bill Perkins | United States | 250,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Timothy Adams | Canada | 202,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Kempe Finds Lucky Double
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Rainer Kempe was down to 96,000 and moved in from the hijack. Action folded to Isaac Haxton in the small blind and he asked for a call. Once told it was just under 100,000, he called. Ben Tollerene in the big blind folded right away.
Rainer Kempe: 
Isaac Haxton: 
The flop of 
did nothing for anyone, but the 
on the turn made things interesting. Kempe picked up some new outs but Haxton had all spades going for him.
The 
on the river was good for Kempe, and he sat silently while the dealer got busy taking Haxton's chips. Double up for Kempe,
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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206,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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148,000
-96,000
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-96,000 |
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Mateos the First to Go on Day 2
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Three-time WSOP bracelet winner Adrian Mateos, the 2017 GPI Player of the Year, raised to 12,000 under the gun and was met by a three-bet to 36,000 from Daniel Dvoress on the button. The blinds both folded, Mateos called, and the flop came down 
.
Mateos was first to act and moved all in for his last 51,000. Dvoress didn't seem excited to call, but he did so nonetheless.
Dvoress: 
Mateos: 
Mateos was way behind and failed to get there on the 
turn and 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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500,000
168,000
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168,000 |
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Busted | |
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Schillhabel Busts to Kanit
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Mustapha Kanit opened from early position and saw Stefan Schillhabel behind him shove for 124,000. The blinds folded and Kanit called.
Stefan Schillhabel:
Mustapha Kanit: 
Kanit had Schillhabel barely covered and came out on top as the board ran out 
.
Schillhabel the second player to bust today, down to 33 players now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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267,000
165,000
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165,000 |
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Busted | |
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