2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$100,000 7-Handed
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
108
Prize
$1,555,360
Event Info
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$4,508,460
Entries
46
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
46
Players Left
1

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Level 25 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

In a limped battle of the blinds, Isaac Haxton checked the {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} flop. Fedor Holz bet 100,000 and Haxton came along. The {q-Clubs} turn paired the board and another check by Haxton followed. Holz now bet 450,000 and won the pot near instantly.

Both then raised their respective buttons, Haxton for 230,000 and Holz for 225,000, to collect the big blind and big blind ante.

Player Chips Progress
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
3,900,000
-200,000
-200,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
3,000,000
200,000
200,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Fedor HolzIsaac Haxton

First Post Flop Pot to Haxton

Level 25 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Fedor Holz and Isaac Haxton claimed the respective big blind and big blind ante with button raises.

Holz then opened to 200,000 on the button for Haxton to defend the big blind. The {q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} flop was checked and Haxton's bet worth 400,000 on the {6-Diamonds} turn won the pot without resistance.

Player Chips Progress
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
4,100,000
145,000
145,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
2,800,000
-140,000
-140,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Fedor HolzIsaac Haxton

Level: 25

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs Eliminated in 3rd Place ($698,800)

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Aleksejs Ponakovs

One key hand reduced the stack of Aleksejs Ponakovs to a single chip and he was unable to bounce back with a miracle comeback to see his run come to an end in third place.

First, it was Isaac Haxton who got a three-bet through versus Fedor Holz.

Ponakovs then raised the button and Haxton called in the big blind. On a {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{7-Spades} flop, Haxton check-called for 80,000 and did so again for 300,000 on the {10-Hearts} turn. After the {5-Diamonds} river, Haxton checked the third street in a row with just shy of 1.7 million chips behind.

Ponakovs bet 865,000 and left a single T-5,000 chip behind. That sent Haxton into the tank and he used one time bank before making the call.

Ponakovs tabled the {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for a bluff and Haxton won the pot with the {j-Spades}{8-Hearts} for the second pair.

"Good game," Holz exclaimed and Ponakovs joked "I am still in".

"I didn't believe you ... I don't know," Haxton now said in table chat. Holz concluded the proceedings with the "sometimes you gotta go with your gut."

Ponakovs was forced all-in the next hand to survive before he was forced all-in for 10,000 out of the small blind next.

Haxton raised to 180,000 on the button and Holz defended the big blind. The flop came {7-Hearts}{3-Spades}{2-Diamonds} and Holz check-folded to a bet worth 400,000.

Aleksejs Ponakovs: {a-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}
Isaac Haxton: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}

"I had a good hand, too" Holz chimed in and the trio saw the board complete with the {2-Hearts} turn and {3-Diamonds} river. Ponakovs became the third place finisher for $698,800.

Player Chips Progress
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
3,955,000
1,830,000
1,830,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
2,940,000
-760,000
-760,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsFedor HolzIsaac Haxton

Lucky Split Pot for Ponakovs

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Isaac Haxton open-shoved out of the small blind into the big blind of Aleksejs Ponakovs, who called for around 700,000.

Aleksejs Ponakovs: {a-Clubs}{4-Spades}
Isaac Haxton: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}

The Latvian instantly sighed while Holz remarked "that's a big hand".

Thanks to a board of {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{6-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}, Ponakovs escaped as they chopped it up. Two successful all-in moves later, Ponakovs leaped to a seven-figure stack once more.

Player Chips Progress
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
3,700,000
-100,000
-100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
2,125,000
-140,000
-140,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
1,150,000
380,000
380,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsIsaac Haxton

Steve O'Dwyer Eliminated in 4th Place ($518,500)

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Steve O'Dwyer
Steve O'Dwyer

Fedor Holz raised to 180,000 on the button and Steve O'Dwyer as one of the two short stacks on the four-handed table defended the big blind with what appeared to be around 425,000 behind.

The {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{9-Hearts} flop saw O'Dwyer use one time bank extension before he moved all-in and Holz beat him into the pot with a snap-call.

Steve O'Dwyer: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}
Fedor Holz: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}

An audible sigh by O'Dwyer followed when he found himself in dire shape against the overpair and nut flush draw.

Nothing changed with the {4-Spades} turn and the {4-Hearts} river only improved Holz to the nut flush, ending the run of O'Dwyer in 4th place for a payday of $518,500.

Player Chips Progress
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
3,800,000
600,000
600,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Fedor HolzSteve O'Dwyer

Nick Petrangelo Eliminated in 5th Place ($405,800)

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Nick Petrangelo
Nick Petrangelo

Two big stacks and three short stacks at the table made for easy dynamics and once it folded to Nick Petrangelo on the button, he pushed all in for 450,000 in the small blind. Isaac Haxton in the big blind called and the cards were flipped over.

Nick Petrangelo: {j-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}
Isaac Haxton: {k-Hearts}{7-Hearts}

Along with his two live cards, Petrangelo also found a gutshot on the {q-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{5-Diamonds} flop. The {4-Hearts} turn gave Haxton a gutshot, too, Neither player connected with the {q-Hearts} river and king-high was good enough to eliminate Petrangelo in 5th place for $405,800.

Player Chips Progress
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
2,265,000
310,000
310,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Isaac HaxtonNick Petrangelo

Level: 24

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Ponakovs Doubles Through Holz

Level 23 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Aleksejs Ponakovs

Fedor Holz raised it up to 120,000 on the button and Aleksejs Ponakovs defended the big blind, after which the short stack got it in for 180,000 on the {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} flop and Holz obliged.

Aleksejs Ponakovs: {10-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Fedor Holz: {a-Clubs}{6-Hearts}

Ponakovs had a gutshot and two live cards at his disposal, one of which he hit on the {10-Spades} turn. The {8-Hearts} river was a blank and Ponakovs doubled.

Holz claimed most of the chips back when he raised to 120,000 on the next hand. Steve O'Dwyer called from the big blind and check-folded the {q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} flop.

Player Chips Progress
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
3,200,000
-150,000
-150,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
770,000
245,000
245,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
550,000
-195,000
-195,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsFedor HolzSteve O'Dwyer