Germans Philip Grussiem and Ole Schemion were heads up on a flop of . Gruissem checked, Schemion tossed out two blue T5,000 chips, and Gruissem called.
The turn was the , Gruissem knuckled again, and the 2013 Global Poker Index Player of the Year winner splashed 25,000 forward. Gruissem studied the bet and his fellow countryman before calling.
The completed the board, Gruissem checked a third and final time, and Schemion emptied the chamber. He sloppily dropped 75,000 in blue chips in front of him, and Gruissem begrudgingly committed a single chip, signaling a call.
Schemion ripped over for a set of aces, and Gruissem mucked his hand.
"Oleeeeee! Ole! Ole! Oleeeeeeee!" Igor Kurganov chanted. "That's all he was thinking when he saw that flop."
Scott Seiver raised to 3,000 from the button and found calls from Paul Newey in the small blind and Antonio Esfandiari in the big blind. The flop came down and Newey checked. Esfandiari came out with a bet of 5,100 and Seiver flatted. Newey got out of the way, leaving the two heads up to fourth street.
The hit the turn and Esfandiari fired 12,200. Seiver called once again and the two saw the complete the board. Esfandiari bet 17,100 and the reigning champion waited a moment before dropping out a raise to 53,000. Esfandiari tanked for a bit before opting to release his hand, awarding Seiver the pot.
When we arrived at the table, Mike McDonald was calling a flop bet from Jesse Chinni on a board of . The turn was the , Chinni bet another 16,500, and McDonald tank-called.
The completed the board, Chinni fired out another 37,000, and McDonald tank-folded.
Timothy Adams opened to 6,000 in middle position, and the action folded to Keith Lehr in the big blind. He put in a three-bet, making it 16,000 to go, and his Canadian opponent called.
The dealer fanned , and Lehr led out for 15,000. Adams called. The turn was the , both players knuckled, and the completed the board. The two checked once more, and Lehr took down the pot with .
"It's a new year, Lehr," Noah Schwartz called out. "New Year Lehr."
The $100,000 Super High Roller players rightly take all the attention today as the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure gets under way in the Bahamas, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Mike McDonald opened the action with a raise to 3,000 from the hijack. Jason Mercier called from the cutoff and it folded around to Guy Laliberté who tagged along from the small blind.
The three players saw a flop of and there were two checks over to Mercier. He fired out a bet of 5,800 and Laliberté folded. McDonald called and the two saw the board pair on the turn with the . McDonald checked for a second time and Mercier bet 17,200.
McDonald stayed the course and the finished off the board. Both players checked and McDonald showed which was ultimately bested by Mercier's .
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier just recently took his seat in the $100,000 Super High Roller, arriving roughly 25 minutes late to there action. In his latest blog, Mercier mentioned that the most important goal he’d like to achieve for 2014 is to win at least three live poker tournaments. He accomplished this feat twice before in 2009 and 2011.
Mercier was specifically excited about this year’s PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, and he will have a little extra motivation to do well as some of his family will be with him.
"I’m very excited for the first few months of 2014, in which I’ll have many opportunities to fulfill my goals. As I’m now only a few days away from the PCA, I am extremely excited about getting back to the tables," he wrote. "I’m really looking forward to it as both sets of my grandparents are making the trip to watch me play for the very first time."
This is the seventh year Mercier has attended the PCA, and we’ll see if he’s due for a seven-figure score.
Paul Newey has seen his stack go from the starting amount of 250,000 to roughly 225,000 after losing two early pots here at Atlantis. The first he dropped to Isaac Haxton, and the second he gave up to Tom Marchese.
On the first hand, action was picked up on the turn of a board reading . Haxton had raised Newey's wager of 11,200 to 40,000, and Neweay opted to fold.
On the second hand, Newey had opened with a raise before Marchese three-bet to 6,500 on the button. When play folded back to Newey, he called, but then check-folded the flop to a bet of 5,000 from Marchese.
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. Gruissem checked, Schemion tossed out two blue T5,000 chips, and Gruissem called.
, Gruissem knuckled again, and the 2013 Global Poker Index Player of the Year winner splashed 25,000 forward. Gruissem studied the bet and his fellow countryman before calling.
completed the board, Gruissem checked a third and final time, and Schemion emptied the chamber. He sloppily dropped 75,000 in blue chips in front of him, and Gruissem begrudgingly committed a single chip, signaling a call.
for a set of aces, and Gruissem mucked his hand.
and Newey checked. Esfandiari came out with a bet of 5,100 and Seiver flatted. Newey got out of the way, leaving the two heads up to fourth street.
hit the turn and Esfandiari fired 12,200. Seiver called once again and the two saw the 
complete the board. Esfandiari bet 17,100 and the reigning champion waited a moment before dropping out a raise to 53,000. Esfandiari tanked for a bit before opting to release his hand, awarding Seiver the pot.
. The turn was the 
completed the board, Chinni fired out another 37,000, and McDonald tank-folded.
, and Lehr led out for 15,000. Adams called. The turn was the 
, both players knuckled, and the 
completed the board. The two checked once more, and Lehr took down the pot with 
and there were two checks over to Mercier. He fired out a bet of 5,800 and Laliberté folded. McDonald called and the two saw the board pair on the turn with the 
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