After a late position open to 5,000, Joe Cassidy looked down at his cards on the button. He moved forward a three-bet to 11,400 only to have the action be four-bet to 32,000 by Liv Boeree from the small blind. The big blind and the original opener folded, leaving the action back on Cassidy. He announced a five-bet ship all in 116,600 total. Boeree took a moment before announcing a call.
Boeree:
Cassidy:
Boeree took the lead after the flop fell and clinched the elimination after the and the completed the board. Cassidy made his exit from the tournament area while Boeree boosted her stack to 240,000.
On Episode #196 of the PokerNews Podcast, the crew takes a look at the conclusion of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller, debates TV personalities, and discusses the PCA Main Event. They are then joined by 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Merson to talk about his goals for the year, playing in more tournaments, and to ask him a few questions from our Facebook fans and Twitter followers.
Kyle Sorel raised from early position, Christopher Ulsrud called from the hijack, and the player in the big blind called to see a flop of flop.
Action checked to Sorel who continued for 11,000. Ulsrud raised to 27,000, the player in the big blind folded, and Sorel reraised to 60,000. Ulsrud shoved for about 330,000 and Sorel called.
Sorel:
Ulsrud:
Sorel was ahead with top two pair and held up through the turn and river to score the massive elimination and take the chip lead.
The player in the cutoff opened to 5,000 and Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier three-bet shoved on the button for 29,200. Daniel Luis Lapegrini four-bet shoved from the small blind and forced the opening raiser to fold.
Mercier:
Lapergini:
The board ran out a safe for Mercier to double up.
We are down to just 187 players after PokerStars Team Online Marc-Andre Ladouceur just busted Shai Zurr. Zurr raised to 4,000 from middle position and Ladouceur three-bet from his immediate left to 14,600.
The action was folded back around to Zurr who moved all in for 70,000 and Ladouceur called immediately.
Zurr:
Ladouceur:
The board ran out and Zurr was eliminated. Ladouceur picked up some more chips and he's a real contender as we're heading towards the money.
We arrived at the table in time to find Tim West all in and at risk before the flop against Daniel Ghionoiu. West held and looked to be in good shape against Ghionoiu's .
The board ran out and West was able to double to right around 90,000. Ghionoiu's stack has fallen to about 50,000.
When we arrived on the scene David Bell was faced with an all in by Rudy Blondeau for an additional 40,600. A ton of chips were already in the pot, just shy of 200,000, and ultimately Bell made the call creating a very big pot.
Bell:
Blondeau:
The board ran out and Blondeau raked in a very big double up as the money bubble nears.