2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$25,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$996,480
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Entries
225
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

$25,000 High Roller

Day 1 Completed

Johns Leads Stacked Field in $25,000 High Roller

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Dustin Johns
Dustin Johns

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller is always one of the biggest and most stacked events of the year, and this year is no different.

After Day 1, American Dustin Johns led the way with 298,100 in chips, followed by World Poker Tour champions Jared Jaffee and Olivier Busquet. The first day of this event drew a total of 214 entries, with late registration open until the start of Day 2.

Busquet, who also won the €50,000 Super High Roller at EPT Barcelona for €896,434 in 2014 after beating his good friend Daniel Colman heads up, had a stellar day and bagged up 257,400 while he's in preparation for a six-figure MMA match with JC Alvarado.

Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Yoon bagged up 294,000 after having held the chip lead for most of the day. Yoon knocked out Georgios Sotiropoulos with queens to ace-king, and that put him at the top.

Faraz Jaka, who finished third in the PCA Main Event in 2012, finished on 254,900, while two-time WPT winner Marvin Rettenmaier will take 190,100 to Day 2.

Former NFL star, seven-time Pro Bowler, and three-time Super Bowl champion Richard Seymour played on Day 1 as well, but after busting in the last level he had to reenter. Seymour had support from current Houston Texans player, and former New England Patriots teammate, Vince Wilfork, who came to check on his friend numerous times. Seymour survived the day and will come back tomorrow to chase after a spot at the final table.

During the day, Sarah Herring called the clock Seymour in the following video:

Among the shorter stacks that will be coming into Day 2, you've got EPT Grand Final champions Adrian Mateos with 58,000 and Steve O'Dwyer with 47,600, plus Team PokerStars Pro members Andre Akkari (59,100) and Jason Mercier (81,800).

Play will resume on Wednesday at 12 p.m. local time and another 10 levels will be played. PokerNews.com will be right there with you for all the live updates, chip counts, and photos, so be sure to stay tuned.

Tags: Adrian MateosAndre AkkariBrian YoonDaniel Colman

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dustin Johns us
Dustin Johns
298,100 63,100
Robert Gorodetsky us
Robert Gorodetsky
294,900 -30,100
Brian Yoon us
Brian Yoon
WSOP 5X Winner
294,000 33,000
Jared Jaffee us
Jared Jaffee
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
293,600 3,600
Isaac Baron us
Isaac Baron
WSOP 1X Winner
258,000 38,000
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
WPT 1X Winner
257,400 -27,600
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
254,900 134,900
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
210,400 90,400
Guillermo Olvera mx
Guillermo Olvera
198,700 149,500
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
WPT 2X Winner
190,100 10,100
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
186,500 26,500
Nick Yunis cl
Nick Yunis
186,400 186,400
Josh Beckley us
Josh Beckley
181,000 41,000
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
WSOP 1X Winner
177,300 52,300
Tom Hall gb
Tom Hall
173,900 63,900
Nick Maimone us
Nick Maimone
168,400 -37,800
Tyler Patterson us
Tyler Patterson
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
166,700 26,700
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
166,100 19,100
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
156,200 6,200
Roger Tondeur ch
Roger Tondeur
155,700 58,000
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
150,000 45,000
Chalie Hook us
Chalie Hook
150,000 150,000
William Foxen us
William Foxen
147,200 -2,800
Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
WPT 3X Winner
147,100 30,800
Georgios Zisimopoulos gr
Georgios Zisimopoulos
140,800 70,800

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Elias Five-Bet Shoves, Busts

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Marvin Rettenmaier and Darren Elias got in a preflop raising war that ended with the latter five-bet shipping from the button and the former calling in the cutoff. Elias slowly revealed an {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}, but he wasn't in bad shape as Rettenmaier held {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}. The race went to Rettenmaier though, as the {10-Hearts} door card was followed by {k-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}. Elias needed running cards, and the {2-Diamonds} turn ended things.

"That was a bold snap," Anthony Zinno said with a smile.

Player Chips Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
WPT 2X Winner
180,000 35,000
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
Busted

Tags: Darren EliasMarvin RettenmaierAnthony Zinno

Four More Hands

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The remaining field will play four more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. Stay tuned for any last-minute action, a list of chip counts, and a full recap of the Day 1 action.

Schemion Doubles Through Altman; Busquet More Than Healthy

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Ole Schemion jammed from the button for 28,100, and big blind Brian Altman made the call shortly after getting a count. The German stood up in anticipation after seeing his {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades} was flipping against {a-Hearts}{8-Clubs}, and the {3-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{k-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{10-Hearts} runout agreed with him.

At the same table, Olivier Busquet's clean living has clearly agreed with him as he's in contention for the chip lead with a bit shy of 300,000.

Player Chips Progress
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
WPT 1X Winner
285,000 110,000
Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
WPT 3X Winner
116,300 -18,700
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
62,000 22,000

Tags: Ole SchemionOlivier Busquet

Gross Leads into Two

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The pot was already bloated from preflop action with an {8-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{10-Clubs} flop on the felt when two players checked to Michael Telker. He bet 9,000, and Jeff Gross called in the big blind. A player under the gun came along as well, and the turn was a {4-Diamonds}. Gross asked to see Telker's stack, which looked to be around 40,000. He then led out with what looked to be 38,000, eliciting two quick folds.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
147,000 12,000
Michael Telker us
Michael Telker
45,200 -4,800

Tags: Jeff GrossMichael Telker

Red-Hot Gorodetsky Sends Volpe to the Rail

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Paul Volpe
Paul Volpe

We saw Paul Volpe collecting his things and exiting the tournament area. A quick check with his former table confirmed that he'd just been eliminated at the hands of Robert Gorodetsky, who is sitting with a mountain of chips.

According to Gorodetsky, Volpe had shoved for his last 25,000 of so holding {q-}{10-} and he called with {a-}{10-}. The board ran out clean and Volpe hit the rail.

Gorodetsky then explained "the big one," which he had won a short time earlier. As he told it, he held pocket tens when he and another player, who held {a-}{k-}, saw a flop of {q-}{10-}{5-}. His opponent bet, Gorodetsky called, and a {J-} peeled off on the turn.

His opponent bet 45,000 holding Broadway, Gorodetsky called, and a second {Q-} paired the board on the river. The player with the straight moved all in for a good chunk of change, and Gorodetsky, who barely had him covered, snap-called with tens full of queens.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Gorodetsky us
Robert Gorodetsky
325,000
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
WSOP 3X Winner
Busted

Tags: Robert GorodetskyPaul Volpe

Seiver Doubles Through McKeehen

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Scott Seiver may have fallen on hard times since we last saw him, as he was all in for 17,500 when we arrived at his table. He held the {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and was at risk against Joe McKeehen's {3-}{3-}. The board ran out in Seiver's favor as he flopped a ten, enabling him to survive.

Player Chips Progress
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
52,500 2,500
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
41,400 3,400

Tags: Joe McKeehenScott Seiver