Action folded to Felipe Ramos on the button and he shoved for his last 40,000 chips. After brief consideration, Christopher Kruk moved all-in from the small blind for what looked like just over 1,300,000. Justin Bonomo folded his big blind and the two live players tabled their hands.
Felipe Ramos:
Christopher Kruk:
Ramos was way ahead preflop with the better pocket pair and Kruk needed a lot of help from the deck in order to knock him out. The flop came giving Kruk a set of fives to take the lead and leaving Ramos in need of a club or seven. The on the turn put Ramos back in the lead with a flush, but the river paired the board to give Kruk the winning full house, so he took the pot to end Ramos's deep run in this tournament.
It was not the start that Felipe Ramos had envisioned coming into the final day of the $25,000 High Roller. Richard Seymour opened to 47,000 from the hijack and Ramos defended his big blind. The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn.
Ramos checked again and Seymour fired a bet of 50,000 which Ramos called. The river was the and Ramos checked one more time. Seymour bet another 115,000 and Ramos called after using up a time bank. Seymour tabled and Ramos was forced to muck.
In the next hand, Justin Bonomo pushed all in from under the gun for 361,000 and the action folded to Ramos in the small blind. He took his time before making the call and when the cards were tabled, it was a race. Bonomo held and Ramos showed . The board ran out and Bonomo got a full double up through Ramos, leaving him with around 50,000 chips.
The $25,000 3-Day High Roller at the 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure drew a total of 142 entries from 99 unique players, but just eight remain in contention for the title and $836,350 top prize. Leading the way is Jonathan Jaffe, who will take a massive 2,143,000-chip stack out of the bag when Day 3 begins at noon local time at the ultra-luxe Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island, Bahamas.
Jaffe is the only player to carry a stack of over 2 million into the third day of play. Canadian online grinder Christopher Kruk sits in second position with 1,420,000, and just behind him is former Super Bowl champion Richard Seymour with 1,400,000.
PokerStars Team Pro Igor Kurganov is still in the hunt with a stack of 660,000, as are Felipe Ramos (633,000), Stefan Schillhabel (480,000), Justin Bonomo (361,000), and short stack Mikita Badziakouski (134,000).
Here's a look at the final table payouts:
Place
Prize (USD)
1st
$836,350
2nd
$569,760
3rd
$376,360
4th
$310,150
5th
$249,160
6th
$195,150
7th
$146,360
8th
$108,030
The remaining players will play 60-minute levels with a 20-minute break every two levels until a winner is determined. The final table seat draw can be found below.
Seat
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Jonathan Jaffe
United States
2,143,000
107
2
Felipe Ramos
Brazil
633,000
32
3
Christopher Kruk
Canada
1,420,000
71
4
Justin Bonomo
United States
361,000
18
5
Igor Kurganov
Russia
660,000
33
6
Richard Seymour
United States
1,400,000
70
7
Mikita Badziakouski
Belarus
134,000
7
8
Stefan Schillhabel
Germany
480,000
24
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giving Kruk a set of fives to take the lead and leaving Ramos in need of a club or seven. The 
on the turn put Ramos back in the lead with a flush, but the 
river paired the board to give Kruk the winning full house, so he took the pot to end Ramos's deep run in this tournament.
and both players checked to the 
on the turn.
and Ramos checked one more time. Seymour bet another 115,000 and Ramos called after using up a time bank. Seymour tabled 
and Ramos was forced to muck.
and Ramos showed 
. The board ran out 
and Bonomo got a full double up through Ramos, leaving him with around 50,000 chips.
