2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$100,000 PCA Super High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
$1,775,460
Event Info
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$5,918,220
Entries
61
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000

Greenwood All In Once Again

Level 17 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Sam Greenwood defended big blind with {a-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} from a Chris Hunichen button open with {j-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} and they checked down {q-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} until Hunichen bet 160,000. Greenwood shoved all in and Hunichen quickly folded.

Greenwood's been all in on all three hands dealt so far.

Player Chips Progress
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Sam Greenwood
7,570,000
270,000
270,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Chris Hunichen
765,000
-255,000
-255,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings

Tags: Chris HunichenSam Greenwood

Greenwood Doubles Through Hunichen, Takes the Lead

Level 17 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Sam Greenwood
Sam Greenwood

Sam Greenwood opened to 95,000 under the gun. Henrik Hecklen, on the button, three-bet to 300,000. Chris Hunichen in the small blind four-bet to 825,000. Greenwood responded by moving all in for 3,460,000. Hecklen folded. Hunichen made the call.

Sam Greenwood: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}
Chris Hunichen: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

The board ran {6-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{9-Spades}{5-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and Greenwood doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
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Sam Greenwood
7,300,000
3,840,000
3,840,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Chris Hunichen
1,020,000
-3,535,000
-3,535,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings

Tags: Chris HunichenHenrik HecklenSam Greenwood

Greenwood Over Shakerchi to Start

Level 17 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Sam Greenwood raised to 95,000 with {q-Hearts}{j-Spades} in the cutoff and Talal Shakerchi three-bet to 235,000 with {8-Spades}{7-Hearts} on the button.

Greenwood checked the {q-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades} flop and Shakerchi bet 175,000. Greenwood raised to 450,000 and Shakerchi peeled to the {7-Diamonds} turn. Greenwood shoved all in and Shakerchi mucked immediately.

Player Chips Progress
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Sam Greenwood
3,460,000
785,000
785,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Talal Shakerchi
985,000
-685,000
-685,000

Tags: Sam GreenwoodTalal Shakerchi

Level: 17

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

A Winner Will Be Crowned Today in the $100,000 PCA Super High Roller

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Trophy

Some of the biggest names in poker get back to the Atlantis poker room today for the final five of the $100,000 Super High Roller.

Leading the 5 remaining players, who are all guaranteed $485,300, is one of the most successful online tournament players of all times, Chris Hunichen (4,555,000). He is followed by Henrik Hecklen with 3,465,000. Hecklen is known for dominating the high stakes cash games.

The player in third is Jesus Cortes (2,885,000). Cortes is a newcomer in those toughest fields but he has already proved himself and will be looking to capture his first title in a high buy-in.

Sam Greenwood will start the day 4th in chips with 2,675,000. Greenwood has been around for very long and has plenty of experience playing at the highest stakes.

Talal Shakerchi is in 5th place with 1,670,000. Shakerchi is mainly a businessman but has over $6 million in poker winnings and has already locked another big score to add to his poker resume.

The remaining five players will continue to battle it out at 1:00 pm local time at 20,000/40,000/40,000 until a champion is crowned. You can watch the action on the stream on PokerStars.tv. with a 30-minute delay where hole cards will be available. Live updates will also be available here on PokerNews.

SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Jesus CortesSpain2,885,00072
2Sam GreenwoodCanada2,675,00066
3Talal ShakerchiUK1,670,00041
4Henrik HecklenDenmark3,465,00086
5Chris HunichenUSA4,555,000113
PositionPrize
1$1,775,460
2$1,284,260
3$828,560
4$627,340
5$485,300

Tags: Chris HunichenHenrik HecklenJesus CortesSam GreenwoodTalal Shakerchi

Final Five Player Profiles

Seat 1: Jesus Cortes, 30, Zaragoza/Spain - 2,885,000

30-year-old Jesus Cortes is a wild card in Super High Roller fields. The Spaniard is a newcomer to this exclusive club of top-shelf players, but the long-time poker fans might remember Cortes' fantastic run in the 2010 EPT Barcelona Main Event. Cortes came close to hoisting the trophy, falling to Kent Lundmark in the final duel. He was awarded €525,000 for the runner-up finish. While Cortes' latest reported live cash dates all the way back to 2012, he has been ahead of the game; Cortes has been grinding live cash games in London and Spain for the last years.

Jesús Cortes
Jesús Cortes

Seat 2: Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood, Toronto, ON/Canada - 2,675,000

Sam “Str8$$$Homey” Greenwood, along with both his brothers, cashed in the $25,000 PSPC (49th for $69,100; Max was 47th and Luc 98th) and has continued on form throughout the Super High Roller. Fourth on the Canadian all-time money list, Greenwood has nearly $13 million in live tournament winnings. He has a WSOP bracelet, multiple SCOOP/WCOOP titles and high roller victories from the EPT, Partypoker Millions and ACOP and even a 6th place finish in this very event ($100,000 Super High Roller) from the 2015 PCA. An outspoken and respected member of the high stakes poker community and Run It Once poker coach, Greenwood has the credentials to back up his opinions and has plenty of experience in the toughest high buy-in fields.

Sam Greenwood
Sam Greenwood

Seat 3: Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi, 54, London/UK - 1,670,000

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi, 54, has just made back-to-back final tables here at the PCA, in two of the biggest events on offer. The first – the record-breaking PSPC – saw him finish 8th out of 1.039 entrants for $509,000, and this $100,000 Super High Roller guarantees him at least a further $485,300 tomorrow. Businessman Shakerchi is a poker amateur only in the sense that it is not his day job; he’s 158th on the all-time money list for live poker, and 6th in the England-only one, with over $6 million in winnings. He is also the 2016 $10,000 SCOOP High Main Event champion, which he won on PokerStars for $1,468,000 to add to his sizeable virtual trophy cabinet.

Talal Shakerchi
Talal Shakerchi

Seat 4: Henrik "hhecklen" Hecklen, 28, Aarhus/Denmark - 3,465,000

Elite high stakes cash game grinder Henrik Hecklen arrived in the Bahamas fresh on the back of his biggest live tournament victory, having triumphed in last month's EPT Prague €10k High Roller for €503,700. That result helped Hecklen move inside the top 10 on the Danish all-time money list. While the 28-year-old is closing on $2 million in live tournament cashes, his bread- and-butter is the online grind. Hecklen's moniker "hhecklen" can be found mostly in high stakes cash games, but his tournament accolades are also spectacular. Hecklen notched four six-figure results at PokerStars, including two just short of $500,000.

Henrik Hecklen
Henrik Hecklen

Seat 5: Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen, 34, Clayton, NC/United States - 4,555,000

Former #1-ranked player on the PocketFives online tournament leaderboard, Chris Hunichen is notoriously known as "Big Huni" in the virtual poker arena. Hunichen one of the most prolific online tournament players of all times, having racked up over $11.7 million cashes with $7.2 million coming at PokerStars. Hunichen settled in Costa Rica after the Black Friday, and his résumé is packed with dozens of outright victories. However, Huni's standout result has been a bronze medal in the 2018 SCOOP Main Event which earned him a hefty $618,943. Hunichen has been successful on the live circuit as well, having accumulated nearly $3.8 million in winnings. He scored his largest live cash last month at the Bellagio where he picked up $592,000 for a third-place finish in a $100,000 event.

Chris Hunichen
Chris Hunichen

*Profiles above courtesy of PokerStars.

Tags: Chris HunichenHenrik HecklenJesus CortesSam Greenwood

$100,000 PCA Super High Roller

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