Main Event Day 3 | 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-11-2015 15:08 UTC-5

Stern Can't Shake Diaz

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Johann Ibanez Diaz opened for 6,500 and it was folded to Dani Stern who made it 16,000 to go after asking Diaz how many of the blue T5,000 chips he had. Diaz made the call and the two would see a flop of .

Diaz would check-call a bet of 13,000 from Stern and the turn was the . Diaz again check-called a Stern bet, this time for 30,000.

The river was the and Diaz checked a third time. Stern didn't fire another bullet as he tapped the table. Diaz turned over and would take down the pot when Stern mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johann Ibanez Diaz	215,000 104,000	104,000
Dani Stern	157,000 -83,000	-83,000

Tags: Dani Stern Johann Ibanez Diaz

01-11-2015 15:08 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

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donpeters

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Maurice Hawkins	350,000 205,000	205,000
Carlos Chadha	325,000 -35,000	-35,000
Andreas Samuelsson	310,000 140,000	140,000
Rudy Blondeau	200,000 73,500	73,500
Owen Crowe	176,000 32,900	32,900
Scott Baumstein	132,000 2,000	2,000

Felipe Ramos	66,000 -18,000	-18,000

Amos Ben Haim	44,000 -117,900	-117,900
Jonathan Duhamel	38,000 -6,000	-6,000

01-11-2015 15:06 UTC-5

Grospellier Doubles Through Reilly

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier moved all in for his last 13,600 from under the gun and Tim Reilly called from the hijack. The rest of the table folded and the hands were tabled.

Grospellier:
Reilly:

The board came down , pairing Grospellier's nine and allowing him to double. He now has about 35,000 to his name. Despite this loss, Reilly is still one of the top stacks in the room with about 515,000 to his name.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Reilly	515,000 -25,000	-25,000
Bertrand Grospellier	35,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier Tim Reilly

01-11-2015 15:06 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

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Mickey Doft

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Puccini	408,000 28,000	28,000
Juan Etcheverry	380,000 162,000	162,000
Diego Ventura	312,000 -50,800	-50,800

Azim Popatia	94,000 44,700	44,700
Sebastian Freudenberg	87,000 13,100	13,100
Rob Salaburu	80,000 -58,000	-58,000
Chad Eveslage	78,000 -18,000	-18,000

Max Silver	72,000 -3,000	-3,000

01-11-2015 15:03 UTC-5

Leah Eliminated by Reilly

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Mike Leah opened with a raise and Andrew Wayman flatted from the next seat over. Tim Reilly three-bet the action to 20,000 and it folded back to Leah who moved forward all of his blue chips for a raise totaling 76,000. Leah was left with right around 20,000 behind. Wayman folded and Reilly flat called and began to table his hand, thinking that Leah was all in.

The flop came down and Leah put in his final 20,000. The hands were both tabled to reveal that Leah found himself in a rather unfortunate set-over-set situation.

Leah:
Reilly:

The board finished with the and the , ensuring Leah's elimination from the tournament. Reilly scooped the pot and brought his stack to about 540,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Reilly	540,000 170,000	170,000
Mike Leah	Busted

Tags: Mike Leah Tim Reilly

01-11-2015 14:57 UTC-5

Ivey Stories: Phil Ivey Scolds His Caddie with Daniel Negreanu

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

We're back with another edition of Ivey Stories. This time, we've got Daniel Negreanu telling a funny story about a golf game involving Phil Ivey that had plenty of money on the line. At the end of the match, Ivey was faced with a big putt and wasn't too happy with how his caddie lined it up.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Phil Ivey

01-11-2015 14:51 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Naoya Kihara	462,000 92,000	92,000

Daniel Strelitz	280,000 118,000	118,000

Chance Kornuth	279,000 4,000	4,000

Noah Schwartz	248,000 3,000	3,000

Liv Boeree	242,000 -6,000	-6,000

Dani Stern	240,000 25,000	25,000
JC Alvarado	231,000 -58,000	-58,000
Connor Drinan	196,000 -29,000	-29,000

Jason Mercier	170,000 -8,000	-8,000

Rami Boukai	137,000 -89,000	-89,000

Andre Akkari	70,000 -150,000	-150,000

Thomas Muhlocker	64,000 -164,800	-164,800
Dylan Linde	64,000 -46,000	-46,000

Sam Greenwood	55,000 -32,100	-32,100

Jonathan Roy	42,000 -76,600	-76,600
Justin Zaki	42,000 -4,000	-4,000

01-11-2015 14:46 UTC-5

A Few Updated Chip Counts

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Mickey Doft

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Olivier Busquet	282,000 12,000	12,000

Chance Kornuth	275,000 170,000	170,000

Tyler Cornell	257,000 -53,000	-53,000

Liv Boeree	248,000 -22,000	-22,000

Jason Mercier	178,000 91,000	91,000

Jonathan Duhamel	44,000 -12,000	-12,000

Bertrand Grospellier	16,000 -8,000	-8,000

01-11-2015 14:44 UTC-5

Could the PCA Be Poker's Most Important Series? It Just May, Says Jesse May

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The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is the first tournament series on the calendar, but could it also be considered the most important? Poker author and commentator Jesse May believes it might. Hear what he had to say about the PCA's growing significance to the PokerStars Blog.

01-11-2015 14:40 UTC-5