Sergio Fernandez opened to 5,500 from under the gun and was called by Omar Del Pino and Timothy Adams in the blinds. The flop came and the action checked around to the on the turn.
All three players checked again and the completed the board. Timothy Adams finally took a stab at the pot with a bet of 28,500 on the river. Fernandez called and Del Pino quickly folded. Adams tabled for air while Fernandez showed to claim the pot.
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) is happening now, and later this month the PokerStars Players NLH Hold’em Championship (PSPC) will take place January 30-February 3. One man who will be heading to the Bahamas is 41-year-old Jared “BeamDoctorPoker” Halter, who won a Platinum Pass on PokerStars Michigan.
“I won a PSPC Platinum Pass on Wednesday, November 9,” Halter told PokerNews. “I had just returned from Vegas that morning on a red eye flight and slept for four hours on a friend’s couch before I drove home for two hours. To be honest, I was very fortunate to win because I had a very rough 72 hours. Some things happened in Vegas that caused me to have anxiety attacks for the first time in my life and I ended up only sleeping about five hours total in the previous 48.”
He continued: “I was exhausted and when the MTT started, I said to myself, it will take a miracle for me to win. Funny enough, I mis-clicked two different times early in the tourney and called three-bets with hands like 85o (I did not win those hands). I streamed the tourney, and only single tabled it, because of how tired and ungrounded I felt from the previous time. During the stream, I talked about how exhausted I was and how there was almost zero chance I win. Of course, as we know, the universe had a different plan.”
Dan Smith was out of position in a heads-up pot against Platinum Pass winner Diego Cuellar on a flop of .
Smith, who tweeted earlier in the event that his poker strategy is to "generally just bet half pot and hope for the best," did precisely that as he bet 13,000 for a little more than half pot. Cuellar called.
Smith stuck to a similar strategy by betting 32,000 on the turn before Cuellar again called. Smith opted to try something new on the river and checked before Cuellar checked back. Smith tabled for ace-high, which was no good against the of the Platinum Pass winner.
Artur Martirosian opened the action with a button raise to 7,000. From one seat over, Kevin Eyster pushed all-in and it folded back to Martirosian, who instantly asked for a count.
While the 65,000 of Eyster was counted, Martirosian already had calling chips in the hand and splashed them in as soon as the amount was officially confirmed.
Kevin Eyster:
Artur Martirosian:
Eyster was behind but that changed on the flop on which he improved to a pair of tens. Nothing changed on the turn and river, leaving Martirosian on fumes.
Joining the action on a heads-up turn of , Timothy Adams opted to check over to Adam McIlroy and then faced a bet of 6,000. Adams subsequently check-raised to 18,000 and McIlroy eventually called after brief consideration.
The on the river completed a back door flush and Adams made it 20,000 to go, which forced a fold from McIlroy.
Fedor Holz raised to 6,000 from middle position and was called by Rayan Chamas in the big blind. The flop came and action checked through. The was the turn and Chamas fired 16,500. Holz called. The river was the and Chamas bet 49,500, to which Holz folded.
The very next hand Holz made it 6,000 from early position and Chamas three-bet to 22,500 from the small blind. Holz called. The flop came and Chamas continued for 13,000. Holz called. Action went check-check on the turn. The river was the and Chamas checked. Holz paused before betting 77,000. Chamas quickly called. Holz showed while Chamas tabled for top two pair to take down the pot.