$100,000 Super High Roller
Dia 1 Iniciado
2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$100,000 Super High Roller
Dias: 1
Event Info
Resultado Final
Event Info
Informações sobre o nível
2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$98,000
Prize Pool
$5,433,120
Entradas
56
Nível
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
It's 2014... It's PCA... It's a $100,000 Buy-in! What More Could You Want?
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Welcome to the extravagant kickoff of the 2014 poker year!
Once again, PokerNews is back at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, and our live reporting squad will be on hand to provide up-to-the-minute coverage of poker's largest festival outside of the World Series of Poker.
Every January, players from around the globe travel to Paradise Island in the Bahamas with hopes of winning millions of dollars, but for those here to start things off in the first event — the $100,000 Super High Roller — they are likely already millionaires (or billionaires) a few times over. With a hefty six-figure buy-in and a star-studded field, this event has players whiping the sweat from their palms and fans salivating with every all-in shove.
Last year, the $100,000 Super High Roller attracted an astounding 59 entries, and generated a prize pool of $5,724,180. The field was made up from 47 unique players and 12 reentries, with the top eight spots making the money. Finishing on top was Scott Seiver, and he landed a first-place prize of $2,003,480.
This year, much of the same is expected with a massive prize pool up for grabs and big names galore. We've already been told that over 40 players have been confirmed, including Jason Mercier, Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari, Dan Smith, Jonathan Duhamel, Sorel Mizzi, Vanessa Selbst, Steve O'Dwyer, Chris Klodnicki, Mike Watson, Matt Glantz, Igor Kurganov, Timothy Adams, and Jason Koon.
Also slated to play is reigning WSOP Main Event champion Ryan Riess, who will aim to keep his hot streak rolling and silence the detractors who took insult to Riess' claim that he's the "best player in the world." One of those critics was Seiver, the reigning champion of this event.
Another high-profile person taking part will be Guy Laliberté. The Cirque Du Soleil founder, philanthropist and recreational poker player is considered by many to be "dead money" in these types of tournaments, but he held his own in the largest buy-in event ever in 2012. Laliberté finished fifth out of 40 players in the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop at the WSOP, donating all of his $1,834,666 in winnings to the One Drop Foundation.
The action is scheduled to kick off at 12 p.m. local time, and each player will start with a bank of 250,000 in chips. The first level of the day will be 500/1,000/100, and levels will last 60 minutes each.
With the cards set to be in the air in less than two hours, the anticipation is growing by the minute. Stay tuned right here to PokerNews.com for all your live reporting needs. This is surely one you don't want to miss!
Late Kickoff
Play is off to a delayed start as registered players are slowly trickling in. PokerStars staff and media are present in the room and all wait in anticipation for the cards to fly.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Nível 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The cards are in the air for Day 1 of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller.
The Early Birds
Nível 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Here's a list of some of the players who have taken their seats for the start of action. With registration and reentry open until the start of Day 2, there will surely be many more competitors filtering in, and we'll keep you posted throughout the day.
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250,000 |
Greenberg is Good
Nível 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Lawrence Greenberg opened to 2,500 in late position, Antonio Esfandiari three-bet to 5,100 out of the small blind, and Greenberg made the call.
The pair took a flop of 
, Esfandiari led out for 3,400, and Greenberg called. Both players checked on the turn (
), and the river (
), and neither player tabled their cards.
"Ace is good," Esfandiari said. "King is good."
Greeberg showed 
, and indeed, the king was good.
A Few Late Arrivals
Nível 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
Newey Gives Up Two
Nível 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
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.
More Stragglers
Nível 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |