Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$25,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$25,000
Entries
142
Level
24
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
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Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Action folded to Justin Bonomo on the button and he tossed out a raise to 175,000. Steffen Sontheimer folded his small blind and Larry Greenberg called from the big blind to put himself at risk with a stack of 134,000.
Justin Bonomo: 
Larry Greenberg: 
Greenberg had the preflop edge with his pocket nines and Bonomo needed to improve in order to stack him. After the board ran out 
Greenberg's hand was still best, so he took the pot to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
272,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
260,000
-161,000
|
-161,000 |
|
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Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The action folded around to Igor Kurganov in the small blind who pushed all in for 92,000. He was met with a snap-call by Richard Seymour and was in terrible shape heading to the flop.
Seymour tabled 
and Kurganov had a couple of suited cards with 
. The flop came 
and Kurganov picked up a straight draw. The 
on the turn was of no help, but the 
on the river saved his tournament life as he scored a full double up through Seymour.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
455,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
192,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
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Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Isaac Haxton opened on the button and Felipe Ramos called in the big blind. The flop was 
and Ramos check-called a bet of 37,000. The landed on the turn and Ramos took the lead, betting 55,000, and Haxton called.
Ramos checked the 
on the river and Haxton jammed. A call would be for Ramos' tournament life and after using a timebank chip released his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
597,000
267,000
|
267,000 |
|
|
||
|
160,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
|
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Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Javier Zapatero opened to 16,000 from under the gun and Mikita Badziakouski called from the cutoff. Daniel Negreanu shoved all in for 191,000 from the big blind and Zapatero pushed all in over the top. Badziakouski quickly folded and the remaining two hands were tabled.
Daniel Negreanu: 
Javier Zapatero: 
It was a coin flip for heaps of chips and Negreanu was the one at risk. The flop came 
, which gave the PokerStars Team Pro the lead with a pair of aces. The on the turn and the on the river only improved Negreanu's hand as he earned himself a double up.
Zapatero was left with just 50,000 and would get it all in the very next hand against Negreanu. Zapatero held 
against Negreanu's pocket sevens but couldn't connect with the board and was sent on his way in 19th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The action folded to Mike Watson who just limped in from the small blind. Igor Kurganov raised to 30,000 from the big blind and Watson jammed all in for 184,000. Kurganov quickly called and the cards were face up.
Igor Kurganov:
Mike Watson: 
The flop came 
and Watson was still in the lead with a pair of sixes but Kurganov held two overcards and picked up a flush draw. Kurganov hit the 
on the turn and Watson was left drawing to an off-suit six. The river brought the 
and Watson became the 18th-place finisher.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
382,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
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Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Christopher Kruk raised to 20,000 from the cutoff, Mikita Badziakouski called from the button, and Ryan McEathron three-bet to 65,000 from the small blind. Kruk called and Badziakouski folded.
The flop came 
and McEathron bet 38,000. Kruk called.
The turn brought the , McEathron shoved, and Kruk called with the larger of the two stacks by a wide margin.
Christopher Kruk: 
Ryan McEathron: 
Kruk had the best of it with his flopped set and McEathron found himself drawing dead. After the 
fell on the river, Kruk took the pot to end McEathron's run in this tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,285,000
710,000
|
710,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Concepcion | 330,000 |
| 2 | Richard Seymour | 300,000 |
| 3 | Mikita Badziakouski | 990,000 |
| 4 | Igor Kurganov | 270,000 |
| 5 | Felipe Ramos | 140,000 |
| 6 | Steffen Sontheimer | 95,000 |
| 7 | Isaac Haxton | 460,000 |
| 8 | Stefan Schillhabel | 540,000 |
| 1 | Larry Greenberg | 330,000 |
| 2 | Jonathan Jaffe | 562,000 |
| 3 | Christopher Kruk | 1,360,000 |
| 4 | Jean-Noel Thorel | 440,000 |
| 5 | Justin Bonomo | 340,000 |
| 6 | Daniel Negreanu | 419,000 |
| 7 | Ari Engel | 269,000 |
| 8 | Liv Boeree | 210,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,360,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
990,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
|
||
|
562,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
|
|
||
|
540,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
460,000
-137,000
|
-137,000 |
|
|
||
|
440,000
-210,000
|
-210,000 |
|
|
419,000
-41,000
|
-41,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
340,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
||
|
330,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
330,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
|
300,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
|
|
270,000
-112,000
|
-112,000 |
|
|
||
|
269,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
||
|
210,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
|
||
|
|
140,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
||
|
95,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Ari Engel raised to 20,000 from middle position and was called by Christopher Kruk in the small blind and Jean-Noel Thorel in the big blind. The flop came 
and the action checked around to the 
on the turn.
Kruk checked again and Thorel led out for 35,000. Engel just flat-called and Kruk check-raised to 155,000. Thorel quickly mucked his hand and Engel shipped all in for 249,000. Kruk couldn't call fast enough and the cards were on their backs.
Engel tabled 
for a set of queens while Kruk turned a set of fours with 
. The river was the 
and Engel secured himself a full double up through one of the chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,085,000
-275,000
|
-275,000 |
|
|
607,000
338,000
|
338,000 |
|
|
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Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Liv Boeree opened from early position, Jonathan Jaffe called from middle position, and Jean-Noel Thorel three-bet to 60,000 from the cutoff. Boeree folded and Jaffe called.
The flop came and Jaffe check-called a bet of 75,000 from Thorel.
The fell on the turn and Jaffe checked. Thorel shoved and Jaffe instantly called.
Jonathan Jaffe:
Jean-Noel Thorel: 
Thorel had flopped trips but found himself drawing razor thin against Jaffe's turned nut boat. The on the river changed nothing, so Jaffe took the pot to end Thorel's run in this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,068,000
506,000
|
506,000 |
|
|
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|
|
Busted | |