$1,100 MILLIONS Open ($1 Million Gtd.) | 2017 Caribbean Poker Party Festival

11-21-2017 15:06 UTC-3

Barny Boatman Eliminated in 13th Place ($7,750)

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Level 25 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

The PokerNews Live Reporting team was just informed that Barny Boatman was eliminated moments after the giant four-way all-in which sent three players to the cage. Boatman shoved from the cutoff with and Manuel Martinez called from the big blind with to put Boatman at risk. The board ran out to give Martinez Broadway, so he took the pot to end Boatman's run in this tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barny Boatman	Busted

Tags: Barny Boatman Manuel Martinez

11-21-2017 14:59 UTC-3

Anastasija Sivaka, Pavel Plesuv, and Ioannis Angelou-Konstas Eliminated by Claudio Di Giacomo In Massive Four-Way All-In

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Level 25 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Ioannis Angelou-Konstas put his entire short stack in the middle from under the gun, Anastasija Sivaka re-shoved from the hijack, Claudio Di Giacomo called with a bigger stack from the cutoff, and after going into the tank, Pavel Plesuv called from the button to put himself at risk.

Konstas:
Sivaka:
Di Giacomo:
Plesuv:

Di Giacomo was a heavy favorite with his aces and all three of his opponents needed help from the deck to survive. None of them improved enough on the board, so Di Giacomo took the entire pot to send all three of his opponents to the cage.

Player	Chips	Progress
Claudio Di Giacomo	204,000,000 125,800,000	125,800,000
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas	Busted
Pavel Plesuv	Busted

Anastasija Sivaka	Busted

Tags: Ananastasija Sivaka Claudio Di Giacomo Ioannis Angelou-Konstas Pavel Plesuv

11-21-2017 14:51 UTC-3

Saxby Doubles Through Blais

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Level 25 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Action folded around to the blinds and William Blais moved all in from the small to put Kelly Saxby to a decision for her stack. She instantly called.

Blais:
Saxby:

Saxby had a big lead with her kings and Blais needed to improve in order to win the pot. The board ran out and at the end, Saxby's hand was still best, so she took the pot to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Blais	104,500,000 11,000,000	11,000,000
Kelly Saxby	31,000,000 16,000,000	16,000,000

Tags: Kelly Saxby William Blais

11-21-2017 14:40 UTC-3

Martinez Doubles Through Konstas

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Level 25 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

When we got to the table, the cards were already on their backs and all the chips were in the middle on a board reading . Manuel Martinez had tabled and we were informed that Ioannis Angelou-Konstas, whose cards had already been mucked, had held . According to the table, Martinez raised preflop and Konstas defended his big blind. The flop was checked through, there was a bet and call on the turn, and the rest of the chips went in on the river in a flurry of activity. Konstas had flopped a king-high straight but was second-best to Martinez's Broadway.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Martinez	70,500,000 24,900,000	24,900,000
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas	13,400,000 -45,600,000	-45,600,000

11-21-2017 14:24 UTC-3

Chip Counts for the Final Two Tables (full)

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Level 25 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
William Blais	93,500,000 62,100,000	62,100,000
Claudio Di Giacomo	78,200,000 16,500,000	16,500,000
Rainer Kempe	64,500,000 -2,000,000	-2,000,000
Andrei-Lucian Boghean	64,300,000 31,300,000	31,300,000
Philippe D'Auteuil	63,200,000 -4,800,000	-4,800,000
Paul Michaelis	60,500,000 -7,600,000	-7,600,000
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas	59,000,000 -12,800,000	-12,800,000
Anastasija Sivaka	53,000,000 5,000,000	5,000,000
Pavel Plesuv	51,000,000 -12,200,000	-12,200,000

Manuel Martinez	45,600,000 29,200,000	29,200,000
Vincent Tremblay	34,200,000 -40,600,000	-40,600,000
Paul Hockin	30,500,000 8,800,000	8,800,000
Michael Sklenicka	29,500,000 -11,700,000	-11,700,000
Volodymyr Kernytskyi	28,700,000 -8,800,000	-8,800,000
Barny Boatman	23,700,000 2,500,000	2,500,000

Kelly Saxby	15,000,000 -900,000	-900,000

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11-21-2017 14:08 UTC-3

Florian-Dimitrie Duta Eliminated in 20th Place ($6,750)

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Level 25 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Florian-Dimitrie Duta opened with a raise from the hijack to 1,600,000 and Philippe D'Auteuil shoved from the button, putting Duta to a decision for his stack. He called after brief consideration and the two players tabled their hands.

Duta:
D'Auteuil:

Duta had the preflop advantage but was racing for his tournament life and needed to hold up in order to survive. The board ran out giving D'Auteuil top two pair, so he took the pot to end Duta's run in this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philippe D'Auteuil	68,000,000 29,000,000	29,000,000
Florian-Dimitrie Duta	Busted

Tags: Florian-Dimitrie Duta Philippe D'Auteuil

11-21-2017 13:51 UTC-3

Jason James Eliminated in 21st Place ($6,750)

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Level 25 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Jason James and Anastasija Sivaka got all the chips in the middle before the flop and Sivaka had the larger of the two stacks.

James:
Sivaka:

James was racing for his tournament life and needed to improve in order to double up. The board ran out which paired James's queen but also gave Sivaka a set of tens, so she took the pot to send James to the cage.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anastasija Sivaka	48,000,000 17,800,000	17,800,000
Jason James	Busted

Tags: Ananastasija Sivaka Jason James

11-21-2017 13:36 UTC-3

Boatman Doubles Through Aido

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Level 25 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Barny Boatman shoved from early position for 9,600,000 and Sergio Aido called from the small blind to put Boatman at risk.

Boatman:
Aido:

Aido was way ahead before the flop with the larger of the two pocket pairs and Boatman needed to improve in order to preserve his tournament life.

"Tens are never any good at showdown," said Boatman before the dealer ran out the board to give him a set of threes. Boatman took the pot to double up and take a significant chunk of Aido's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barny Boatman	21,200,000 2,200,000	2,200,000

Sergio Aido	14,800,000 -8,200,000	-8,200,000

Tags: Barny Boatman Sergio Aido

11-21-2017 13:30 UTC-3

Claudio Di Giacomo Calls and Wins

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Level 25 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Sergio Aido opened to 1,600,000 from the cutoff, Claudio Di Giacomo called from the small blind, and Barny Boatman called from the big blind.

The flop came and action checked to Aido. He bet 2,100,000, Di Giacomo called, and Boatman folded.

The turn brought the and both players checked.

The fell on the river and Di Giacomo checked. Aido bet 7,500,000, sending Di Giacomo into the tank until the clock was called. Shortly after tournament staff began the 60-second countdown, Di Giacomo called. Aido tabled , Di Giacomo showed , and his pocket fours were good enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Claudio Di Giacomo	61,700,000 20,700,000	20,700,000
Sergio Aido	23,000,000 6,600,000	6,600,000

Tags: Barny Boatman Claudio Di Giacomo Sergio Aido

11-21-2017 13:18 UTC-3

Nicholas Nemis Eliminated in 25th Place ($6,000)

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Level 25 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Vincent Tremblay and Nicholas Nemis got all the chips in before the flop. Nemis had about 13,700,000 to start the hand and Tremblay had him covered by a wide margin.

Tremblay:
Nemis:

Tremblay had the preflop advantage and Nemis needed to improve in order to preserve his tournament life. The board ran out and Tremblay took the pot with aces up to end Nemis's run in this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Tremblay	74,800,000 18,800,000	18,800,000
Nicholas Nemis	Busted
Cristina Ilie	Busted

Tags: Nicholas Nemis Vincent Tremblay