$10,000,000 Guarantee Main Event Dia 1b | 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

2014-01-08 22:08 UTC-4

Shankar Pillai Leads After Day 1b

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Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Day 1b of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure drew 710 players, and in the end it was Shankar Pillai who came out on top with 173,900 chips. Right around 475 players remain with many notables still in the hunt.

Among the many Team PokerStars players that entered today was SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo. She was knocked out almost immediately, though. Moreira de Melo ran a full house into quads in a very unlucky turn of events. On the other hand, Vanessa Selbst, who finished third in the $100,000 Super High Roller just one day ago, made it to Day 2, and picked up aces today in a very interesting pot. Selbst closed out the day with 76,700 chips.

Former PCA Main Event winner Harrison Gimbel had a nice start to the day as well after he got a hold of a lot of chips when his queens beat an opponent's ace-queen. However, Gimbel was knocked out at the very end of the day and that means he will not be winning a second PCA title.

Kevin MacPhee, who made it to the Bahamas after some troublesome travel, arrived right in time for the Main Event. Unfortunately, his efforts were not rewarded as the former European Poker Tour Berlin champion was knocked out when he ran jacks into aces.

Kyle Julius, runner-up in this event back in 2012, did not make it through to Day 2 as he was crippled by Dutchman Rens Feenstra and knocked out shortly afterwards. Feenstra moved all in on the river after a lot of action on previous streets and Julius called with the inferior hand. Feenstra’s top pair, top kicker took the pot down and he closed out the day with 148,400 chips.

Matt Waxman called himself "terrible" after getting knocked out, holding two pair versus a flopped set, while Jason Lavallee saw his lucky beer get cursed. Lavallee, the EPT London High Roller winner, was knocked out in the final level of play when his tens did not hold up against ace-king. World Series of Poker bracelet winner Trevor Pope was also knocked out as he ran ace-king into Dan Kelly’s king-queen when the board brought a queen.

Other players that were knocked out on the second starting flight included Team PokerStars Pros Juan Manuel Pastor, David Williams, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, and Barry Greenstein. Scott Baumstein, Chris Oliver, Paul Volpe, and Michael Mizrachi also did not make it through, but there are plenty of great players still in the hunt for the title.

Among the big stacks are Timothy Reilly (124,000). former WSOP Main Event champion Greg Merson (108,200), Dan Smith (71,200), Micah Raskin (58,500), and Fabian Quoss (65,800).

The $10,000,000 guaranteed prize pool was met towards the end of Day 1b, and registration will remain open until the start of Day 2.

Play resumes on Thursday at noon local time with a combined field of about 670 players. The levels tomorrow will be 75 minutes long and PokerNews.com will be right there with you to provide all the live updates, videos, photos, and chip counts. We'll see you then!

Tags: Shankar Pillai

2014-01-08 20:58 UTC-4

Fabian Quoss Doubles Through Dan Kelly

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Nível 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

We arrived at the table to find $100,000 Super High Roller champion Fabian Quoss and Dan Kelly going back and forth with a few raises. Quoss was facing a Kelly reraise to 3,300 and responded by making it 7,500 to go. Kelly reraised to 13,500, Quoss shoved for 33,400, and Kelly called.

Quoss:
Kelly:

The board ran out , no help to Kelly, securing the double up for Quoss.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Fabian Quoss	68,000	38,000
Dan Kelly	64,000	-33,000

Tags: Dan Kelly Fabian Quoss

2014-01-08 20:18 UTC-4

Ebony Kenney Discusses Love for the Game, Modeling, Acting, and Women in Poker

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Nível 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

One of the more than 1,000 players to enter the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event was an up-and-coming female in the game, Ebony Kenney. The Florida native is here playing her first PCA Main Event, but it could very well be the first of many more to come if she's able to make a run and truly ignite her career.

While poker may be Kenney's main squeeze, she also dabbles in modeling and acting, and is a part of the World Poker Tour’s Season X Ones to Watch. Kenney nearly final tabled the WPT Caribbean event in St. Maarten last November. Finishing just shy of a final table in 10th place, Kenney bagged $10,500 for her efforts.

Recently, PokerNews' Pamela Maldonado had the opportunity to speak with Kenney. In the interview, the mother of two discusses her love for the game, breaking into the industry, and women in poker.

You can read the full interview by clicking here.

Tags: Ebony Kenney

2014-01-08 16:15 UTC-4

Staking, Swapping and Selling with Haxton, Selbst and Williams

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Nível 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Ike Haxton, Vanessa Selbst and David Williams took centre stage in this morning’s PCA Q&A on staking, swapping and selling. Make sure you swap with the right people: Williams has swapped out $700,000 and got $0 in return! Find out some of their top tips at the PokerStars Blog.

Tags: Isaac Haxton David Williams Vanessa Selbst PokerStars

2014-01-08 15:53 UTC-4

"I'll Show You One Time"

Nível 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

PokerStars Team Pro Vanessa Selbst raised to 500 from under the gun plus one. Paul Volpe called from the button and the small blind folded. Gary Ackerman looked down at his cards in the big blind and tossed out a single yellow T1,000 chip. The dealer announced that it was a call but Ackerman protested, stating that he intended to raise. Since he only tossed out a single chip, it was regarded as a call and there would be no more action before the flop.

The dealer fanned on the felt and Ackerman was first to act. He bet 700 and Selbst came right over the top for 3,000 total. Volpe tossed away his hand and action was back on Ackerman. He cut into his stack and came out with a raise, making the action 6,000 to go. Selbst wasted little time moving forward a stack that included all of her blue T5,000 chips as well as some yellows.

Ackerman went into the tank while he pondered calling off his final roughly 18,000 in chips. He went back and forth, counting his stack again and again while mulling over his decision. After almost two minutes in the tank, Ackerman folded face up and the pot was pushed to Selbst.

Despite raking in the pot, Selbst sat shaking her head.

"I'll show you one time," said the Team Pro, tabling for top set. "He misclicked preflop," she went on to say to a player seated next to her, remarking about the potential missed value with her aces against Ackerman's kings.

Despite this fact, Selbst is still thriving early on Day 1 with about 48,000 in chips.

Tags: Vanessa Selbst

2014-01-08 12:56 UTC-4

Day 1b of the 2014 PCA Main Event Set to Start

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Welcome to our Day 1b coverage of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event!

Yesterday's Day 1a session drew 295 entrants and after eight levels of play, 184 players remained. On top of the chip counts is Dylan Hortin with 160,500, followed by Victor Levy with 150,100. Also bagging up solid stacks near the top of the chip counts were Joseph Cheong (128,700), Max Silver (111,800), Alex Fitzgerald (103,200), and Calvin Anderson (88,000). Among the Team PokerStars Pros who made it through were Eugene Katchalov (60,900), George Danzer (47,100), Liv Boeree (43,000), and Humberto Brenes (28,000).

At the moment, more than 350 players are registered for Day 1b and among them is defending champion Dimitar Danchev. Team PokerStars Pros Jason Mercier, Barry Greenstein, Andre Akkari, Marcel Luske, Marcin Horecki, and Chad Brown are registered and will be joined later by the likes of Daniel Negreanu and Vanessa Selbst, to name a few. Also expected to be in the field today is Fabian Quoss, fresh off of his win in the $100,000 Super High Roller event.

Play is set to kick off at the top of the hour, so keep it here throughout the day for live updates on all of the exciting action.