Daniel Negreanu reraised all in after Dan Shak had opened. Shak was holding the and made the quick and easy call of Negreanu's shove. Negreanu had the . The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Negreanu was eliminated for the third and final time in this event.
Joseph Cheong opened to 14,000 and action trickled around to Sorel Mizzi on the button. He cut out a three-bet to 38,000 and Cheong was his only caller.
The flop came and both players checked to see the hit the turn. Cheong dropped out a bet of 42,000 and Mizzi called. The finished off the board and Cheong cut out a final bet of 117,000. Mizzi shifted in his chair a bit as he pondered his action. Eventually, he moved forward a call but then mucked his cards after he saw Cheong's for a set of treys. Cheong dragged in the pot and now has about 580,000 in chips.
Steve O'Dwyer opened with a raise to 16,000 from the hijack seat, and Vladimir Troyanovskiy reraised to 42,000 from the button. Play folded back to O'Dwyer, and he made the call after seeing how many chips Troyanovskiy had behind, which was 116,000.
The flop came down , and O'Dwyer checked. Troyanovskiy also checked, and the paired the board on the turn. Both players checked again.
The landed on the river, and once again both O'Dwyer and Troyanovskiy checked. O'Dwyer tabled the for two pair, kings and fives, and Troyanovskiy mucked his hand with a shake of his head.
From the cutoff seat, Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 14,000. Lawrence Greenberg called on the button, and then Tony Gregg called from the big blind. The flop came down , and Gregg checked. Troyanovskiy bet 26,000, Greenberg folded, and Gregg called.
The turn was the , and both remaining players checked to see the land on the river. Both players checked again.
Gregg showed the for a turned pair of nines, and Troyanovskiy mucked his hand.
Welcome back to our coverage of the $100,000 Super High Roller at the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Yesterday saw a grand total of 52 entries from 45 unique players and at the end of the day Martin Finger sat on the biggest stack with 829,000.
While there were 52 entries yesterday, players still have the option to enter or re-enter at the start of the day today. The prize pool information will be available after registration closes at the end of the day.
Day 1 saw a few eliminated players who chose not to re-enter on the first day of play. These players include World Series of Poker Main Event champion Ryan Riess, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, John Juanda, Steven Silverman, and Mike Watson. Daniel Negreanu busted twice during the first day but made a note that he would likely return for a third try on the second day. Guy Laliberté also busted twice on Day 1 but opted to re-enter at the end of the day.
The returning field is, of course, stacked with notable players including reigning champion Scott Seiver, Ole Schemion, Max Altergott, Vanessa Selbst, Bryn Kenney, Isaac Haxton, Jonathan Duhamel, Tony Gregg, Steve O'Dwyer, Justin Bonomo, and Philipp Gruissem.
Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Chips
1
Martin Finger
829,000
2
Max Altergott
707,000
3
Isaac Haxton
594,500
4
Bryn Kenney
562,000
5
Jason Koon
551,000
6
Lawerence Greenberg
518,500
7
Justin Bonomo
516,000
8
Daniel Colman
512,500
9
Paul Newey
477,000
10
Philipp Gruissem
454,000
Play kicks off at 12 p.m. today so be sure to stay tuned to all of the live updates from the tournament floor!