2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Super High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$1,254,400
Event Info
Buy-in
$98,500
Prize Pool
$3,136,000
Entries
32
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Shak Strikes First

Viktor Blom raised to 120,000 on the button and Dan Shak called from the big blind, landing a {Q-Clubs}{9-Spades}{6-Diamonds} flop to the board.

Shak check-called 130,000 from Blom which brought the {Q-Hearts} on the turn. Both checked quickly and the {2-Hearts} hit the river. Both checked again and Shak tabled {Q-Spades}{4-Hearts} for trips, taking down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
4,390,000
-260,000
-260,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
3,610,000
260,000
260,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Dan ShakViktor Blom

Betting in the Dark

Level 19 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Dan Shak
Dan Shak

The two gents are back in their chairs, and one of them is sporting some new gear. Viktor Blom has shown up for the duel in a pair of rose-tinted, white-rimmed sunglasses.

"Oh, we're goin' dark glasses now?" Shak noticed. "Okay." With that, he slipped his own pair of shades over his eyes. "Except I can't see with these on," he laughed, sliding them back on top of his head.

Tags: Dan ShakViktor Blom

Galen Hall Eliminated in 3rd Place ($470,400)

Galen Hall - 3rd place
Galen Hall - 3rd place

Dan Shak folded his button, and that was probably a very good idea. Viktor Blom raised to 150,000 in the small blind, and Galen Hall went ahead and shoved all in for 1.54 million from the big. Snap-call! Cards up.

Showdown
Blom: {A-Hearts} {A-Clubs}
Hall: a big sigh... then {9-Clubs} {9-Spades}

"Those nines do hit though, don't they?" Hall asked rhetorically, hoping to conjure up a set. He could not. The board ran out {5-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {K-Clubs}, and that's that.

It's hard to say enough about Galen Hall's efforts here at the PCA. He won $2.3 million by binking the Main Event last time around, and this time, he was just two places from hoisting the Super High Roller trophy. He'll have to settle for a third-place consolation prize worth nearly a half-million dollars for now, but he'll be taking his seat in the Main again tomorrow with an eye on a repeat.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
4,650,000
1,950,000
1,950,000
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Galen HallViktor Blom

Level: 19

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 10,000

Blom Wins From Shak

Level 18 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Dan Shak raised to 125,000 from the small blind and Viktor Blom called from the big blind.

The flop came down {A-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and Shak bet 125,000. Blom called, landing the {6-Clubs} on the turn. Shak checked this time, leading to a Blom bet of 175,000. After a few moments Shak gave it up.

Tags: Dan ShakViktor Blom

Shak Plays Back

Dan Shak opened to 125,000, and Viktor Blom reraised to 350,000. Shak had a determined look on his face, and he grabbed his bet back and slid out two tall towers of green chips worth 1 million total. Blom shook his head and frowned, then quietly mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
3,850,000
350,000
350,000
$25K Fantasy
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
2,700,000

Tags: Viktor BlomDan Shak