Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
816
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Brazil's Ronaldo opens up about his life as a professional football player. When Ronaldo was just 17-years old he transferred to PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands, and that turned out to be a lot tougher than he could've imagined. Ronaldo also talks about his favorite football memory, winning the 2002 World Cup with Brazil.
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Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Players are on a 15-minute break.
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Famous Brazilian footballer Ronaldo has been seated at the secondary feature table since the start of the day. He's been able to battle back against some of poker's elite and as the field is now in the money, he's scored his first ever live tournament cash. We decided to follow Ronaldo for one eight-hand orbit around the table. Here are our findings.
Stack size at orbit's start: 107,000
Hand #1: We began following Ronaldo in the big blind. Action folded around to John Patgorski on the button and he popped it up to 8,000. The small blind folded and Ronaldo came along to see a flop.
The flop came down 
and Ronaldo checked. Patgorski followed suit and the 
hit the turn. Two more checks allowed the 
to complete the board. Both players checked once more and Patgorski showed a winning 
for ace-high.
Hand #2: Patgorski opened to 8,000 from the cutoff only to have Julio Martini three-bet all in from the button for about 50,000. Ronaldo peered at his cards in the small blind and immediately shoved all of his chips into the middle of the table. The big blind and Patgorski both folded, allowing the hands to be tabled.
Ronaldo: 
Martini: 
Ronaldo was in a commanding position with his pocket aces. He never relented his lead through the 
run out and he scored the elimination. This win boosted his stack up to right around 160,000.
Hand #3: There was an early positioned raise to 8,500 and Ronaldo folded his button.
Hand #4: Patgorski raised to 8,000 and Ronaldo called from the cutoff. The rest of the table folded, leaving the two heads up to the 
flop. Ronaldo checked, Patgorski bet 13,000, and Ronaldo quickly ditched his cards.
Hand #5: An early positioned player made it 8,000 to go and Ronaldo folded before the flop.
Hand #6: Patgorski opened to 10,000 from under the gun and Ronaldo folded from the next seat over.
Hand #7: Ronaldo was under the gun and he folded his cards.
Hand #8: Ronaldo was in the big blind and faced a raise to 11,000. He folded.
Stack at orbit's conclusion: 142,000
This orbit kicked off with excitement as the Brazilian footballer was able to eliminate an opponent from play with pocket aces. He's cruising right along and is in good spirits, despite taking a below average stack into the break. He'll return from break with roughly 142,000 to his name.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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142,000
35,000
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35,000 |
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
We found small blind Oliver Price shoving all in for 125,000 over a bet of 55,000 from Benjamin Pollak, who was on the button. The board read 
, and Pollak called with a sigh shortly after getting a count. Price flipped up 
for a boat, but Pollak needn't have worried as he had 
for a better full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000
247,000
|
247,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
After Ryan Yum opened from early position to 8,000 and Naoya Kihara called from the hijack seat, Michael Dietrich reraised to 21,000 on the button. Play folded back to Yum, he folded, then Kihara made the call.
On the 
flop, both Kihara and Dietrich checked to see the land on the turn. Kihara checked, Dietrich bet 14,000, and Kihara called.
The river was the , and Kihara checked. Dietrich moved all in for 50,000, and Kihara folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000
91,700
|
91,700 |
|
231,000
-239,000
|
-239,000 |
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125,000
39,300
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39,300 |
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
We got to the table with two players, Juan Etcheverry and Diego Ventura, seeing a flop of 
and approximately 55,000 chips already in the pot. Etcheverry checked to Ventura who bet 20,000 only to see Etcheverry check-raise to 62,000. Ventura made the call.
The turn was the 
and Etcheverry didn't take long to announce that he was all in.
Ventura sat still for a moment and then asked how much it was. The dealer counted the stack down and confirmed the amount as being 305,000. This was enough to cover Ventura who had 295,000 behind. Ventura counted his stack down and then glances over at Etcheverry who whispered something we couldn't quite understand to Ventura.
Ventura said nothing and after several more minutes in the tank, Etcheverry asked for the clock. The two sat there staring at one another while the tournament staff counted down the minute with Etcheverry raising his eyebrows at one point. With about 20 seconds left in the minute, Ventura slid his cards to the dealer. Etcheverry mucked his hand while humming a song, obviously pleased with how the hand had gone down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
485,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
295,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
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Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
While the Main Event plays out in the Imperial Ballroom, the 2015 Americas Cup of Poker is underway nearby pitting players from six countries — Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay. Mexico is the defending champ, and their coach Team PokerStars Pro Online member Jorge "Baalim" Limon has a plan for mounting a title defense, as he tells the PokerStars Blog.
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
From the cutoff seat, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier moved all in for 36,500. Dylan Linde reraised all in from the button for around 78,000, and everyone else folded. Grospellier had the , and Linde had the 
.
The board came 
, and Grospellier was gone in 104th place as Linde moved to about 130,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
66,000
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66,000 |
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Busted | |
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