2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$10,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
107
Prize
$1,081,100
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$5,645,400
Entries
582
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000

More Updated Counts and a Couple New Entries

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Christopher Kruk ca
Christopher Kruk
89,000
89,000
89,000
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
73,000
1,800
1,800
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
62,000
28,400
28,400
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Kevin Martin ca
Kevin Martin
46,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Kinson Cheung us
Kinson Cheung
41,500
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of David Guay ca
David Guay
41,000
16,500
16,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
22,000
-5,600
-5,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Jamie Staples ca
Jamie Staples
20,700
-4,400
-4,400
Profile photo of Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
15,500
-875
-875
Profile photo of Fatima Moreira De Melo nl
Fatima Moreira De Melo
13,500
-2,500
-2,500

Greenstein Loses Some

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Action folded around to the blinds and the player in the small completed. Barry Greenstein raised from the big and his opponent called.

The flop came {10-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and the small blind check-called a bet of 1,500 from Greenstein.

The turn brought the {K-Spades} and the small blind checked. Greenstein bet 3,200 and the small blind called.

The {10-Hearts} fell on the river and both players checked. The small blind tabled {K-Hearts}{10-Spades} for tens full, Greenstein quickly mucked, and the small blind took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Barry Greenstein
71,200
9,700
9,700

Tags: Barry Greenstein

Leah Gets Three Streets of Value

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

On a flop of {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} Mike Leah and Guilhereme Lima were facing off. Lima checked over to Leah on the button who put out a bet of 1,200 and Lima called.

The turn was the {3-Spades} and Lima checked over to Leah. Leah bet 3,000 and Lima called again.

The river was the {9-Spades} and Lima checked for a third time. Leah put out a bet of 8,000 and Lima dropped into the tank. He thought for nearly a minute before calling Leah's bet. Leah showed {A-Hearts}{K-Spades} and Lima quickly mucked his hand, allowing Leah to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
40,000
10,200
10,200
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Mike Leah

Some Updated Chip Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joao Simao br
Joao Simao
92,000
14,000
14,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
68,500
23,500
23,500
WPT 3X Winner
Profile photo of Luc Greenwood ca
Luc Greenwood
57,800
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Kevin Martin ca
Kevin Martin
44,000
17,800
17,800
Profile photo of Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
37,000
4,000
4,000
Defending Champion
Profile photo of Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
30,500
14,700
14,700
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Christopher Frank de
Christopher Frank
27,750
-9,250
-9,250
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jamie Staples ca
Jamie Staples
25,100
5,350
5,350
Profile photo of Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
22,000
-5,200
-5,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Fatima Moreira De Melo nl
Fatima Moreira De Melo
16,000
-14,400
-14,400
Profile photo of Jennifer Shahade us
Jennifer Shahade
12,225
2,800
2,800
Profile photo of Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
Busted

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Cheong and Josephy Hit the Rail

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Cliff Josephy said he just didn't have the patience today. He tweeted about his bustout from the PCA Main Event after a rough first few levels.

A few tables over Joseph Cheong, fresh off his victory in PokerStars Sunday Supersonic for $30,939, also busted from the tournament as well. Cheong had lost most of his stack before the first break and proceeded to get rid of the rest of it before the second.

Player Chips Progress
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Cliff Josephy
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
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Joseph Cheong
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Cliff JosephyJoseph Cheong

Dan Shak Bluffs Away Nearly Half His Stack

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Dan Shak opened with a raise to 800 from under the gun. Anatoly Zuev was on the button and he reraised, three-betting to 2,200. Shak called and the two headed to a flop.

On the {A-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{5-Spades} flop, Shak checked over to Zuev who bet 2,500. Shak called after giving it some thought.

The turn was the {A-Hearts} and this time Shak decided to lead out, making it 5,500. Zuev thought for a bit then called.

The river was the {8-Clubs} and Shak counted his chips for about a minute before making another bet, this time for 6,000. Zuev thought for a while then decided to just call. Shak showed his {J-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for just two pair, but it was no good. Zuev was holding {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} for trips. Shak lost nearly half of his stack in that pot while Zuev capitalized and added to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Dan Shak
13,500
-16,500
-16,500

Tags: Dan Shak

Varpucinskis Doubles Up

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

With about 6,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades}{8-Diamonds}, Gintaris Varpucinskis had already committed 5,200 from the cutoff and was facing a decision for the remainder of his stack from the player in the big blind. After a bit of consideration, Varpucinskis called to put himself at risk for a total of 36,125.

The big blind tabled {9-Diamonds}{2-Spades}, having paired his nine on the flop, and Varpucinskis quickly flipped over {Q-Spades}{8-Spades} for queens full of eights.

"I thought you'd have queen-nine there a lot," said Varpucinskis as the dealer verified the stacks.

"You had enough of a hand to call with," his opponent replied with a smile.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Gintaris Varpucinskis
Gintaris Varpucinskis
78,250

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Jaka Doubles One Up

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Action folded around to the hijack seat where Faraz Jaka opened with a raise to 700. He was called by the player in the cutoff before Peter Tschernigg shoved all in for aright 2,375. Action folded back to Jaka who raised to 5,700. The cutoff player folded so Tschernigg and Jaka turned up their hands.

Jaka: {Q-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Tschernigg: {10-Spades}{2-Spades}

The board ran out {9-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} which gave Tschernigg a pair of tens on the river to go with the pair of nines on the board. That allowed him to double up through Jaka who dipped below the starting stack while Tschernigg's stack was boosted to over 6,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Faraz Jaka
27,200
-2,800
-2,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching

Tags: Faraz JakaPeter Tschernigg