2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$25,000 Single-Day High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$421,080
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Entries
58
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Pollak Doubles Through Kurganov

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Benjamin Pollak open-jammed from the cutoff and was put at risk by Igor Kurganov on the button.

Pollak: {k-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Kurganov: {q-Spades}{a-Clubs}

Pollak was in trouble but a king on the flop of the {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{3-Spades}{8-Hearts} board gave him new life and much better-looking stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
845,000
-190,000
-190,000
Profile photo of Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
525,000
254,000
254,000

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Dvoress Runs Out of Chips

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Daniel Dvoress
Daniel Dvoress

The action folded to Mikalai Vaskaboinikau in the small blind who pushed a stack of chips into the middle, more than enough to cover Daniel Dvoress who was sitting in the big blind with 49,000. Dvoress looked up at the tournament clock before finally calling off his last few big blinds.

Vaskaboinikau was in a dominating position with {10-Hearts}{2-Clubs} against Dvoress' {7-Clubs}{2-Spades}. The flop came {k-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} and Dvoress was in bad shape to find a double up. The turn brought the {8-Clubs} and the river landed the {5-Hearts}, sealing his fate as the tournament is now down to just 10 players.

Player Chips Progress
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Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
798,000
48,000
48,000
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Daniel Dvoress
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once

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Canadians: Win Free Packages to Poker Tournaments around the World

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Yes, you read that right. There are leagues all across Canada where you can enter weekly tournaments for free and the winners receive packages to poker tournaments all over the world. Canadians can go to a local pub, play some free poker, and will win entry into a tournament plus travel accommodations! A few years ago, a winner from the Toronto Poker League came to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and came in 3rd in the $1k!

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Updated Counts Back From Dinner; Haxton on Top

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
1,101,000
331,000
331,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
1,035,000
-15,000
-15,000
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Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
1,014,000
-36,000
-36,000
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Timothy Adams
805,000
215,000
215,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
425,000
205,000
205,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Christopher Kruk
398,000
-57,000
-57,000
Profile photo of Chris Hunichen us
Chris Hunichen
319,000
-106,000
-106,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
271,000
51,000
51,000
Profile photo of Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
220,000
-180,000
-180,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
148,000
-117,000
-117,000
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
65,000
-345,000
-345,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once

Level: 13

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

Barry Greenstein Surviving the Bubble

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Professional poker player Barry Greenstein has 10 big blinds on the bubble of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event 2018. He is surviving, but wants to accumulate a bigger stack and stay in long enough for a minimum cash. If he makes it into the money, he will take home at least $17K. Should he fold into the money? Or shove and try to build a stack? Barry Greenstein isn’t always playing Texas Hold “Em. He much prefers mixed games including Stud, Pot Limit Omaha, Limit.

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Dinner Time

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The final 11 players have departed on an 80-minute dinner break. Stay tuned for full updated chip counts.

Kruk Doubles Through Haxton

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Christopher Kruk opened to 28,000 on the button and Isaac Haxton sized up his two opponents in the hand before putting out a stack of 25,000 chips, enough to cover both Kruk and Steffen Sontheimer in the big blind. Sontheimer quickly folded but Kruk snap-called.

Haxton: {j-Spades}{10-Spades}
Kruk: {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}

The board ran out {5-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{8-Spades}{k-Hearts}{k-Spades} and Kruk's jacks held to give him a big double up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
770,000
-235,000
-235,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Christopher Kruk ca
Christopher Kruk
455,000
238,000
238,000

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Haxton Making Moves

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Isaac Haxton
Isaac Haxton

With around 65,000 in the pot and the flop reading {5-Spades}{5-Hearts}{3-Clubs}, Isaac Haxton led out for 47,000 from the small blind. Steffen Sontheimer called from the big blind and the {j-Spades} landed on the turn.

Haxton checked this time and Sontheimer put out a bet of 55,000, which Haxton called. The river double-paired the board with the {3-Diamonds} and Haxton shipped all in, putting Sontheimer at risk for his last 240,000 chips should he call. He thought for a while, using up two of his time banks before he pushed his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Isaac Haxton
1,005,000
125,000
125,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Steffen Sontheimer
238,000
-67,000
-67,000

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Dvoress Sends Yaroshevskyy Home

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Igor Yaroshevskyy
Igor Yaroshevskyy

Igor Yaroshevskyy shoved from under the gun for his last 51,000 and Daniel Dvoress called from the button with the larger of the two stacks by a wide margin.

Yaroshevskyy: {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Dvoress: {A-Spades}{2-Spades}

Yaroshevskyy found himself behind preflop and needed to improve in order to stay alive. The board ran out {A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{9-Spades} so Dvoress took the pot with aces up to eliminate Yaroshevskyy.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Dvoress
410,000
120,000
120,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
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Igor Yaroshevskyy
Busted

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