2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
44
Prize
$1,500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$3,743,000
Entries
38
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

That Shove-y Feeling

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

From the button, Jason Mercier raised to 16,000, and Humberto Brenes moved all in for close to 200,000 from the small blind. Antonio Esfandiari gave it a long look before folding his small blind, and action was back on Mercier. "I only saw one," he said, checking the other card. It didn't meet his standards, however, and into the muck went his cards.

At the adjacent table, another shove. Tobias Reinkemeier raised to open the pot, and Mike McDonald three-bet him next door. When it came back to the German, he plunked out a big covering stack of green T25,000 chips. McDonald tapped the felt and surrendered after a short pause.

Back on the other table, Antonio Esfandiari opened the next pot with a raise from the button. In the small blind, Shawn Buchanan stuck his last 51,000 chips in there with {K-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}, drawing live against Esfandiari's {A-Diamonds} {6-Hearts}. The board ran out {K-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {4-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {9-Spades} to give Buchanan the double up and a second life in this thing. Esfandiari is now getting awfully short himself with about 140,000 chips left. Buddies Sorel Mizzi and Phil Laak are hanging around the table like vultures, and Laak even bet Esfandiari $5,000 he would be out of chips within a half hour.

Tags: Antonio EsfandiariHumberto BrenesJason MercierMike McDonaldTobias Reinkemeier