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

Yu wins Three-Way All In, Sends Been Out

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Ben Yu moved all in under the gun for 112,000. Aaron Been, from one seat over, called, along with Igor Kurganov on the button.

Ben Yu: {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Aaron Been: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Igor Kurganov: {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}

The board ran {6-Spades}{j-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} and Yu tripled up, while Been headed to the exit.

Player Chips Progress
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
520,000
-40,000
-40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
330,000
187,000
187,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Aaron Been us
Aaron Been
Busted

Dvoress Done in by Seidel

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Erik Seidel raised to 175,000 from the button and Daniel Dvoress shoved for around 180,000 from the small blind. John Juanda quickly folded his big blind to let them battle it out.

Daniel Dvoress: {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Erik Seidel: {A-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}

The board ran out {5-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{q-Hearts} for Seidel to flop a pair of fives to eliminate Dvoress from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
485,000
171,000
171,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Daniel DvoressErik SeidelJohn Juanda

Juanda Eliminated by Foxen

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

John Juanda shoved from the button for around 150,000 and so did Alex Foxen in the small blind with the slightly bigger stack. Daniel Zack quickly folded his big blind.

John Juanda: {q-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Alex Foxen: {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}

The board ran out {8-Spades}{3-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Hearts}{7-Spades} for Foxen to hit a set of fours on the flop to take Juanda out of the running.

The final 16 players have been redrawn to the last two tables and the seat draw is to follow.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
316,000
-114,000
-114,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
John Juanda id
John Juanda
Busted
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Alex FoxenDaniel ZackJohn Juanda

Final Two Tables

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Table/SeatPlayer Table/SeatPlayer
1/1Jack Salter 2/1Rainer Kempe
1/2Ivan Luca 2/2Erik Seidel
1/3Sean Winter 2/3Jason Koon
1/4Jean-Noel Thorel 2/4Ben Yu
1/5Daniel Zack 2/5Stanley Choi
1/6Alex Foxen 2/6David Peters
1/7Byron Kaverman 2/7Steve O'Dwyer
1/8Jonathan Kamhazi 2/8Igor Kurganov

Koon Eliminated by Seidel

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Jason Koon opened under the gun for 32,000. Erik Seidel, in the big blind, called.

The dealer spread a flop of {5-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{a-Spades}. Seidel checked. Koon bet 20,000. Seidel check-raised to 50,000. Koon called.

The turn brought the {k-Hearts} and Seidel fired a bet of 65,000. Koon moved all in for his last 180,000 and Seidel called.

Jason Koon: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Erik Seidel: {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

The {9-Diamonds} river completed the board and Koon was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
620,000
135,000
135,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Level: 14

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

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
362,000
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Ben YuDavid PetersStanley Choi

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
515,000
$25K Fantasy
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
Busted

Tags: Sean WinterJean-Noel Thorel

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.