$10,000 Main Event Day 3 | 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-10-2013 16:53 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Carter	643,000 143,000	143,000
[Removed:172]	640,000 442,000	442,000
Pimental Quintas	557,000 59,100	59,100
Ronald James	557,000 370,000	370,000
Yann Dion	480,000 225,000	225,000
Matt Stout	410,000 -239,000	-239,000
Guillaume Rivet	350,000 113,800	113,800
Jake Cody	340,000 35,000	35,000

Greg Mueller	300,000 -25,000	-25,000

Yigit Yildiz	245,000 19,200	19,200
Ty Reiman	230,000 -200,000	-200,000
Mohsin Charania	200,000 -10,000	-10,000

Steven Rosen	130,000 -28,300	-28,300
Antonio Lafosse	110,000 -31,200	-31,200
Robert Mizrachi	105,000 5,000	5,000

Stout's Stacking

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Matt Stout opened to 11,500 from middle position, and both Michele Tocci (small blind) and John Gordon (big blind) called.

The dealer fanned , and the action checked to Stout who continued for 15,000. Tocci moved all in for what looked like 50,000 or so, and Gordon folded. Stout instantly called.

Tocci:
Stout:

Stout held as the turn and river came , respectively, and Tocci was eliminated.

After the hand, Stout was very happy to be stacking a few newfound chips.

"Back in the right direction," he said, smiling.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Stout	535,000 -114,000	-114,000
Michele Tocci	Busted

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01-10-2013 16:50 UTC-5

Magnil Doubles Through Tremzin

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Chad Holloway

Fredrik Magnil found himself all in preflop from the button for 129,000 holding and up against Gleb Tremzin, who held the inferior on the button. The flop wasn't particularly interesting as neither player held a heart, and the turn meant Tremzin needed a king on the river to stay alive. Much to Magnil's delight, it wasn't in the cards as the peeled off.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fredrik Magnil	265,000 99,200	99,200
Gleb Tremzin	200,000 -140,000	-140,000

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01-10-2013 16:47 UTC-5

Classy Santos Heads For The Rail As Bubble Bursts In Main Event

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Chad Holloway

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The bubble was fraught with tension, a lot of waiting and a final moment of excruciating excitement. For two others at least it was a miserable half hour of empty-handed loneliness. One man though managed to keep things in perspective.
Read all about it in the PokerStars Blog.

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01-10-2013 16:44 UTC-5

Mizrachi's Kings Cracked

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Robert Mizrachi all smiles after bursting the bubble with aces

Jelle Boekema was all in and at risk preflop for his last 118,000 holding , and Robert Mizrachi had him crushed with .

The flop gave Boekema a leading pair of aces however, and he successfully doubled when the turn and river came , respectively.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jelle Boekema	240,000 -50,000	-50,000
Robert Mizrachi	100,000 20,000	20,000

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01-10-2013 16:44 UTC-5

Serock Vaults Into Chip Lead

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Joe Serock has just taken the chip lead with 1.3 million in chips.

We found Serock and Antonio Matias engaged in a pot where the board read . After an unknown series of bets, Matias announced that he was all in for roughly 255,000. Serock called quickly to find out that he was ahead.

Serock:
Matias:

The river was four-across, but it was not the one Matias was looking for, as it was the , ensuring that Serock would score an elimination. After dragging in this pot we clocked Serock around 1.3 million for the top stack in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Serock	1,300,000 398,500	398,500

Antonio Matias	Busted

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01-10-2013 16:39 UTC-5

Benger Doubles Through Grishin

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Mickey Doft

Griffin Benger opened to 10,000 in the hijack and was called by Christian Niederhauser on the button. Dmitry Grishin squeezed to 30,000 from the big blind, only to see Benger shove for 123,000. Niederhauser folded, Grishin called, and the hands were revealed.

Benger:
Grishin:

The board ran out to secure the double up for Benger.

Player	Chips	Progress
Griffin Benger	265,000 142,000	142,000
Dmitry Grishin	245,000 -65,000	-65,000

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01-10-2013 16:33 UTC-5

Calvin's Got a Job

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Calvin Anderson and Jerry Wong were heads up on a flop of . Anderson led out for 10,000, and Wong called.

The turn was the , Anderson led again - this time for 17,500 - and Wong tank-called.

The river was a repeat seven (the ), and Anderson checked. Wong examined the board for a bit, then tossed out 26,000. Anderson thought for 30 seconds or so then called.

"Good call," Wong muttered, showing for effectively queen-high.

Anderson flipped over for sevens and sixes, raking in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry Wong	395,000 -55,000	-55,000

Calvin Anderson	200,000 30,000	30,000

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01-10-2013 16:25 UTC-5

Stopka. Hammer Time

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We caught up to find Dominik Stopka all in and at risk before the flop. Day 1a chip leader Maxim Lobzhanidze called the all in and the two were racing with five cards to come.

Stopka:
Lobzhanidze:

Lobzhanidze paired up when the flop brought . Stopka shook his head as the turn was the and the river the , sealing his fate in this tournament. Lobzhanidze, on the other hand, is now sitting around 190,000 in chips.