$25,000 High Roller Dia 2 | 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

2014-01-12 14:43 UTC-4

Oliver Triples, Morgensztern Doubles and Haxton Crippled

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Nível 12 : 1,200/2,400, 500 ante

After unknown action Chris Oliver and Gil Morgensztern ended up for their tournament life with PokerStars Team Online Isaac Haxton covering both players.

Oliver was all in for 33,500 while Morgensztern had an additional 119,500.

Oliver:
Morgensztern:
Haxton:

The board ran out and Oliver tripled up. Haxton was left with a small stack while Morgensztern is now a real competitor.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Gil Morgensztern	245,000 134,800	134,800
Chris Oliver	105,000 55,000	55,000
Isaac Haxton	42,000 -94,100	-94,100

Tags: Chris Oliver Gil Morgensztern Isaac Haxton

2014-01-12 14:37 UTC-4

Gruissem Over 400K

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Nível 12 : 1,200/2,400, 500 ante

Alex Bilokur checked the board to his opponent, Philipp Gruissem. Gruissem fired a bet of 16,000, and Bilokur called.

The river completed the board with the , and Bilokur checked. Gruissem bet 35,000, and Bilokur made the call.

Gruissem tabled the for a straight to beat Bilokur's . He's now over 400,000 in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Philipp Gruissem	420,000 200,000	200,000
Alex Bilokur	46,000 -48,000	-48,000

Tags: Philipp Gruissem Alex Bilokur

2014-01-12 14:35 UTC-4

The Waxman Miracle

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Nível 12 : 1,200/2,400, 500 ante

Faraz Jaka raised preflop to 6,500 and Matt Waxman, two seats over, moved all in for 44,900. The action folded to Ankush Mandavia and from the small blind he moved all in for about 30,000 more.

Dan Smith was next to act in the big blind and he tanked for a bit before moving all in as well. Jaka quickly folded and the showdown went as following.

Smith:
Mandavia:
Waxman:

The flop brought out and Mandavia cheered, "Spades!"

On the turn the popped up and Jaka said that Waxman was gonna get there on the river. The river did indeed bring the and Waxman leaned back in his chair in amazement.

"Don't report that please," Waxman jokingly said as he raked in a big triple up. Smith was left with a very small stack while Mandavia maintained his stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Matt Waxman	144,000 94,000	94,000
Ankush Mandavia	70,000 1,200	1,200
Dan Smith	32,000 -84,900	-84,900

Tags: Dan Smith Faraz Jaka Matthew Waxman

2014-01-12 14:34 UTC-4

Big Double for Newey

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Nível 12 : 1,200/2,400, 500 ante

From early position, Paul Newey raised to 5,000. Sorel Mizzi called on the button, and Joseph Cheong called out of the big blind. On the flop, Cheong and Newey checked. Mizzi bet 10,500, and Cheong folded. Newey reached for chips and tossed in a raise to 30,000. After some thought, Mizzi reraised all in. Newey called to put his stack on the line for 95,800 total. He held the for top pair, top kicker, while Mizzi had the for a flush draw.

The turn was the to give Newey two pair. It also added a Broadway straight draw for Mizzi.

The river completed the board with the , and Newey's big slick held up. He won the pot with aces and kings to double to over 200,000. Mizzi was left with 72,000.

Newey is a relatively new player to the high-stakes poker world, but he is no stranger to being a high roller. In a recent interview with PokerNews' Rich Ryan, Newey discusses diving into the world of poker, improving his game, and much more.

You can read that interview by clicking here.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Paul Newey	210,200 92,200	92,200
Joseph Cheong	210,000 19,000	19,000
Sorel Mizzi	72,000 -56,500	-56,500

Tags: Joseph Cheong Paul Newey Sorel Mizzi

2014-01-12 14:28 UTC-4

Charania Puts The Worst Beat on Kenney

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Nível 12 : 1,200/2,400, 500 ante

"That was the worst beat of my career," Bryn Kenney laughed as he told his bustout hand to numerous interested players. We missed most of the action, but caught the board and Faraz Jaka recapped the action for us.

Kenney raised and called Mohsin Charania's three-bet after which the flop brought and both players checked. On the turn the popped up and that card sparked a ton of action.

After a raising war Kenney ended up all in, after starting the hand with 110,000 chips, while Charania barely had him covered.

Kenney showed for a full house and Charania turned over for a gutshot straight flush draw on top of his straight. The river brought the and while Kenney improved to a bigger full house Charania made his straight flush.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Mohsin Charania	230,000 176,400	176,400

Bryn Kenney	Eliminado

Tags: Bryn Kenney Mohsin Charania

2014-01-12 14:08 UTC-4

Help Yourself to a Free $20 Thanks to PokerNews and Skrill

Nível 12 : 1,200/2,400, 500 ante

Tags: Skrill

Nível: 12

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 500

2014-01-12 14:04 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

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Nível 11 : 1,000/2,000, 500 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jonathan Jaffe	459,000 37,000	37,000
Ole Schemion	405,000 15,000	15,000
Daniel Negreanu	339,000 -5,500	-5,500

Jonathan Duhamel	286,000 93,700	93,700

Dani Stern	237,000 237,000	237,000
Philipp Gruissem	220,000 -70,300	-70,300
Eli Berg	165,000 104,400	104,400
Shannon Shorr	161,000 -5,400	-5,400

Fabian Quoss	146,000 61,100	61,100
Christian Harder	104,000 63,700	63,700

Alex Bilokur	94,000 56,500	56,500
Chris Klodnicki	70,000 20,000	20,000
Jeff Rossiter	60,000 -15,400	-15,400
Zachary Clark	42,000 -15,700	-15,700
Calvin Anderson	40,000 -10,000	-10,000

Jake Cody	28,000 -47,000	-47,000