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2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
We did not catch the action but Connor Drinan showed when he was all in against Paul Newey's .
The board showed when we saw Drinan get up and leave the tournament area. Newey is in great shape with a big stack as we're slowly heading towards the money bubble.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Newey |
370,000
65,000
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65,000 |
Connor Drinan | Busted | |
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The board just read and Mustapha Kanit check-called 72,000 from the guy on his immediate left, Joao Vieira.
On the river the hit and Kanit checked again. Vieira put out a huge bet of 172,500 and Kanit eventually called.
Vieira showed and Kanit mucked giving Vieira another huge pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joao Vieira |
950,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
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Mustapha Kanit |
285,000
-305,000
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-305,000 |
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From under the gun, Kyle Julius raised to 10,500. Fedor Holz reraised to 24,000 out of the hijack position, and then Olivier Busquet moved all in from the big blind for 60,000. Julius folded, and Holz called.
Busquet tabled the , and Holz had the . The board ran out to give Busquet the win.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fedor Holz |
220,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
Kyle Julius |
188,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
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Olivier Busquet |
135,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
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Dan Smith opened the action with a raise to 13,000 form the hijack seat. Faraz Jaka reraised to 32,000 out of the cutoff position, and then Philipp Gruissem made it 66,000 to go from the big blind. Smith and Jaka both folded, and Gruissem moved back to 300,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Faraz Jaka |
360,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
|
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Dan Smith |
317,000
167,000
|
167,000 |
|
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Philipp Gruissem |
300,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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Kyle Julius raised to 10,500 from middle position, and Senh Ung reraised all in for 45,000 from the cutoff seat. Action folded back to Julius, and he made the call with the . Ung had a dominated .
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Ung was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kyle Julius |
200,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
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Senh Ung | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joao Vieira |
660,000
418,000
|
418,000 |
|
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Mustapha Kanit |
590,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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Vanessa Selbst |
485,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Dani Stern |
465,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Tommy Vedes |
400,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
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Paul Newey |
305,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Tobias Reinkemeier | Busted | |
Darren Elias | Busted | |
A players raised to 11,500 and [Removed:17] three-bet to 26,000. From Yan's immediate left it was Mustapha Kanit who four-bet to 45,000 and the action folded back to Yan.
Yan moved all in for about 160,000 and Kanit snap-called.
Yan:
Kanit:
The board ran out and while Yan made a straight it was Kanit who took down the pot by making a flush on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mustapha Kanit |
540,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
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[Removed:17] | Busted |
We just caught an all-in showdown between Byron Kaverman and Olivier Busquet.
Kaverman:
Busquet:
The board ran out and Kaverman doubled up leaving Busquet with very little chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Byron Kaverman |
130,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
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Olivier Busquet |
45,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
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Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500