2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$25,000 Single-Day High Roller I
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
87
Prize
$495,210
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$1,800,750
Entries
75
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000

Kaverman Doubles on the Bubble

Level 15 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Ivan Luca raised to 50,000 from the hijack and Byron Kaverman three-bet to 125,000 in the small blind. Jonathan Kamhazi folded his big blind and Luca four-bet to put Kaverman all-in. Kaverman made the call for the 193,000 he had behind in total.

Byron Kaverman: {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Ivan Luca: {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}

The board ran out {k-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{6-Hearts}{5-Spades} for Kaverman to double up with the higher pocket pair in his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
WSOP 1X Winner
449,000 -109,000
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
WSOP 1X Winner
364,000 214,000

Tags: Byron KavermanIvan LucaJonathan Kamhazi

Peters Pushing Ahead

Level 15 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

David Peters raised to 50,000 from the hijack, Steve O'Dwyer called in the cutoff, and so did Erik Seidel in the big blind.

The flop came {2-Hearts}{a-Spades}{6-Spades}, Seidel check-folded to Peters' continuation-bet of 60,000 and O'Dwyer called.

The turn brought them the {3-Spades}, Peters continued with another bet, now for 200,000. O'Dwyer took a few seconds and then made the call.

The river completed the board with the {9-Clubs}. Peters stared ahead and then decided to announce he was all-in. O'Dwyer glanced at Peters and the board and quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
1,500,000 400,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
690,000 -220,000

Tags: David PetersErik SeidelSteve O'Dwyer

Luca Folds to Salter

Level 15 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Jack Salter completed his small blind and Ivan Luca opted to check after thinking about it for almost the full 30 seconds.

The flop came {j-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}, Salter check-called the 30,000 bet of Luca.

They both checked through the {k-Diamonds} on the turn to the {4-Hearts} on the river. Salter now bet 60,000 and Luca folded after a few seconds.

Player Chips Progress
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
1,330,000 595,000
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
WSOP 1X Winner
558,000 378,000
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
400,000 -135,000
Jonathan Kamhazi ve
Jonathan Kamhazi
260,000 -60,000
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
236,000 -80,000
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
WSOP 1X Winner
150,000 -236,000

Tags: Ivan LucaJack Salter

Level: 15

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

Kempe Adds to his Stack

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Rainer Kempe opened to 40,000 under the gun. Igor Kurganov, in the big blind, called.

The dealer spread a flop of {10-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}. Kempe bet 60,000. Kurganov called.

The turn brought the {2-Hearts}. Kempe continued with another bet of 260,000, that was enough to claim the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
WSOP 1X Winner
1,050,000 530,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
680,000 -80,000

Tags: Igor KurganovRainer Kempe

Bubble Time

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

With 12 players left, the bubble has approached and hand-for-hand play has commenced. The next player to be eliminated will walk away empty-handed while the rest will have cashed for at least $45,020.

Winter Over Thorel

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Sean Winter raised to 40,000 from the hijack and Jean-Noel Thorel shoved from the cutoff for 149,000. Action folded back to Winter who made the call.

Jean-Noel Thorel: {A-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Sean Winter: {A-Diamonds}{3-Spades}

The board ran out {2-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{6-Spades} for Thorel to be eliminated in 13th place as Winter hit the pair of treys on the flop.

Player Chips Progress
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
735,000 515,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
Busted

Tags: Sean WinterJean-Noel Thorel

Yu Eliminated by Choi

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Ben Yu shoved from the button for 258,000 in total and Stanley Choi did the same in the small blind with the bigger stack. David Peters quickly folded his big blind.

Ben Yu; {q-Clubs}{9-Spades}
Stanley Choi: {J-Spades}{J-Clubs}

The board ran out {5-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{4-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{7-Clubs} for Choi's pocket jacks to hold and eliminate Yu.

Player Chips Progress
Stanley Choi hk
Stanley Choi
662,000 362,000
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
WSOP 4X Winner
Busted

Tags: Ben YuDavid PetersStanley Choi

Level: 14

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000