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

Kurganov Sends O'Dwyer to the Rail

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Igro Kurganov
Igro Kurganov

Igor Kurganov opened to 6,000 from the hijack, only to have Chance Kornuth re-raise to 20,000 directly to his left. Steve O'Dwyer was in the big blind and stuck in his last 11,000 chips. With the action back on Kurganov, he splashed in a four-bet to 46,000, which quickly prompted a fold from Kornuth.

Igor Kurganov: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Steve O'Dwyer: {3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}

The flop came {j-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and O'Dwyer was barely hanging out with his pair of threes. The turn brought the {k-Hearts} and Kurganov took the lead with a pair of kings, and held on when the {2-Clubs} fell on the river.

Player Chips Progress
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Igor Kurganov
267,000
27,000
27,000
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Steve O'Dwyer
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Chance KornuthIgor KurganovSteve O'Dwyer

Petrangelo Gets a Fold from Koon

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The board read {7-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{3-Hearts} and Mike Watson checked from the big blind. Jason Koon was in the cutoff and slipped out a bet of 6,000. Nick Petrangelo called from the button and Watson laid his hand down.

The turn was the {q-Diamonds} and Koon checked this time. Petrangelo took control of the pot with a bet of 20,000 but Koon still called.

The river landed the {j-Spades} and Koon checked again. Petrangelo used one of his time banks before making another bet of 65,000. It was now Koon's turn to spend some time in the tank, using up half of his six time banks, before eventually folding.

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Koon
233,000
38,000
38,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Nick Petrangelo
221,000
81,000
81,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Jason KoonMichael WatsonNick Petrangelo

Level: 6

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

Assorted Stack Updates

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
250,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
240,000
138,000
138,000
Profile photo of Igor Yaroshevskyy ua
Igor Yaroshevskyy
210,000
24,000
24,000
Profile photo of Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
202,000
102,000
102,000
Defending Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
165,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
155,000
-16,000
-16,000
$25K Fantasy
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Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
146,000
79,500
79,500
Profile photo of Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
136,000
-68,000
-68,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
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Daniel Negreanu
134,000
34,000
34,000
Profile photo of Oleksii Khoroshenin ua
Oleksii Khoroshenin
106,000
9,000
9,000
EPT 1X Winner
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Mike Watson
90,000
-11,000
-11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
80,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Pablo Cabrera
75,000
-57,000
-57,000
Profile photo of Steffen Sontheimer de
Steffen Sontheimer
70,000
-58,000
-58,000
Profile photo of Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
62,000
-39,000
-39,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Hobbs Doubles Through Tollerene

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

There were about 100,000 chips in the middle and the board read {Q-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{7-Spades}{8-Spades} when we got to the table. Ben Tollerene checked from the small blind and Kevin Hobbs checked behind from the hijack.

The {J-Hearts} fell on the river and Tollerene shoved after about a minute in the tank. Hobbs called, Tollerene tabled {A-Clubs}{10-Spades} for ace high, and Hobbs showed {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} for a pair of queens to take the pot, leaving Tollerene with just 2,000 chips remaining. He busted shortly thereafter.

Player Chips Progress
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Kevin Hobbs
295,000
156,000
156,000
Profile photo of Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene
Busted

Tags: Ben TollereneKevin Hobbs

Mobaress Takes from Engel

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Oussama Mobaress
Oussama Mobaress

Action folded to Ari Engel on the button and he raised to 7,000. Oussama Mobaress called from the big blind.

The flop came {K-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{4-Hearts} and Mobaress checked. Engel bet 8,000 and Mobaress check-raised to 20,500. Engel called.

The turn brought the {J-Clubs}, Mobaress bet 20,500, and Engel called.

The {K-Spades} fell on the river and Mobaress checked. Engel bet 19,000, Mobaress called, and Engel tabled {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}. However, his overpair was no good, as Mobaress held {K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} for rivered trip kings.

Player Chips Progress
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Oussama Mobaress
220,500
90,500
90,500
Profile photo of Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
58,000
-162,000
-162,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Ari EngelOussama Mobaress

Vaskaboinikau Can't Shake Bonomo

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Oleksii Khoroshenin opened to 6,000 from under the gun and was called by Chance Kornuth in the hijack and Justin Bonomo on the button. Mikalai Vaskaboinikau three-bet to 25,000 from the big blind, forcing folds from Khoroshenin and Kornuth. Bonomo, however, hung around to see the flop of {q-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{5-Clubs}.

Vaskaboinikau checked to Bonomo who fired a bet of 13,500. Vaskaboinikau leaned back in his chair and then tossed his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Justin Bonomo
158,500
158,500
158,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
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Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
66,500
6,500
6,500

Tags: Chance KornuthJustin BonomoMikalai VaskaboinikauOleksii Khoroshenin

Koon Stacks Seidel

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Erik Seidel in a previous event
Erik Seidel in a previous event

Jason Koon raised to 5,500 from under the gun and Erik Seidel three-bet shoved from the cutoff for 47,500. After brief consideration, Koon called to put Seidel at risk.

Seidel: {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}
Koon: {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}

Seidel was racing for his tournament and Koon needed to improve in order to win. Although Seidel retained his lead on the {8-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Spades} flop, Koon pulled ahead on the {A-Diamonds} turn. The {9-Diamonds} river changed nothing, so Koon took the pot to end Seidel's tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Koon
195,000
53,000
53,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Erik Seidel
Busted
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Erik SeidelJason Koon

A Round of Counts

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene
210,000
146,000
146,000
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
164,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Mikita Badziakouski
150,000
48,000
48,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
145,000
45,000
45,000
Winamax
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Kevin Hobbs
139,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Kelly Becker ca
Kelly Becker
117,000
22,000
22,000
Profile photo of Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
108,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Hunichen us
Chris Hunichen
103,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
101,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of David Stamm us
David Stamm
92,000
92,000
92,000
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Benjamin Pollak
92,000
-8,000
-8,000
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Stefan Schillhabel
77,000
-59,000
-59,000
WPT 1X Winner
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Christopher Kruk
68,000
-72,000
-72,000
Profile photo of Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
58,000
-39,000
-39,000
Jaka Coaching
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Daniel Monosson
34,000
-64,000
-64,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400