Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
816
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
After two Day 1 flights, the remaining players in the 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event all sat down in the same room for Day 2, with over 500 players to start the day. Following five 90-minute levels, Walter Fisher emerged as the leader when he bagged 497,000 in chips. Fisher holds a slight lead over Hugh Drummond (456,800) and Juan Martin Pastor (446,000).
Fisher, an amateur player, said most of his poker consists of playing cash games in Los Angeles. He came to the PCA with a trio of recognizable names (Bill Perkins, Jeff Gross, and Sorel Mizzi), and said he had the good fortune to hit a few sets against fellow big stacks holding aces. Despite his excellent early position, Fisher is taking the long view.
"I'm trying to get rest and keep myself nice and calm because it's only Day 2 and there's so many days," Fisher said. "I've seen so many of my friends go through it with monster stacks and end up being massively upset because they punted away their chips."
As for Drummond, he won a monster pot late in the day when Sebastian Von Toperczer shoved over his 47,000 reraise for about 150,000 during Level 13 (1,000/2,000/300), the last of the night. Drummond snapped it off with 
, and his bullets held up against Von Toperczer's 
.
Surviving were 175 players to advance to Sunday's Day 3. Other notables to advance included Pratyush Buddiga (357,900), Jim Collopy (342,000), Daniel Negreanu (295,600), Liv Boeree (247,100), Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (212,400), Ole Schemion (192,600), Olivier Busquet (190,700), Mike Leah (185,400), retired Brazilian footballer Ronaldo (146,300), former World Series of Poker Main Event champ Jonathan Duhamel (77,700), and Jason Mercier (49,000).
One player who failed to make it through was defending champion Dominik Panka. Last year, the Polish player defeated Mike McDonald heads up to capture the title and more than $1.4 million in prize money. Panka fell at some point during Level 10.
Faraz Jaka, Jacob Bazeley, Vanessa Selbst, pro golfer Sergio Garcia, David "Bakes" Baker, Jake Cody, Tony Gregg, Dan Kelly, 2003 Main Event champ Chris Moneymaker, Shaun Deeb, Randy "nanonoko" Lew, former PCA winner Harrison Gimbel, and 2014 WSOP Player of the Year George Danzer were also among those eliminated during the course of play.
Gregg had a big stack for much of the day, but found himself short during the last level of the night. Following a flop of 
, the man many refer to as "End Boss" was all in for about 22,000 with the 
against the 
held by German superstar Ole Schemion. Despite Gregg flopping a full house, Schemion caught the 
turn to take the lead and further improved to quads with the 
river to deliver a painful end to Gregg's tournament.
Play will resume at noon local time on Sunday for Day 3, and PokerNews will continue to provide live coverage. Meanwhile, check out the latest episode of Ivey Stories.
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
497,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
456,800
76,800
|
76,800 |
|
446,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
378,500
-11,500
|
-11,500 |
|
362,800
92,800
|
92,800 |
|
||
|
359,700
69,700
|
69,700 |
|
|
||
|
357,900
17,900
|
17,900 |
|
342,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
|
|
322,800
12,800
|
12,800 |
|
322,400
92,400
|
92,400 |
|
314,800
134,800
|
134,800 |
|
|
||
|
306,900
11,900
|
11,900 |
|
301,800
75,800
|
75,800 |
|
||
|
295,600
140,600
|
140,600 |
|
||
|
294,400
-85,600
|
-85,600 |
|
271,800
243,500
|
243,500 |
|
|
268,500
181,000
|
181,000 |
|
266,700
6,700
|
6,700 |
|
|
266,100
169,300
|
169,300 |
|
261,000
168,900
|
168,900 |
|
258,400
8,400
|
8,400 |
|
247,100
-22,900
|
-22,900 |
|
||
|
246,900
86,900
|
86,900 |
|
|
246,900
111,900
|
111,900 |
|
246,400
11,400
|
11,400 |
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Team PokerStars Pros Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and Jake Cody took questions on switching from online to live poker this morning, as the reports.
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier just lost back-to-back pots near the end of the night. The first hand was lost to Jose Manuel Nadal, but it was the second that would hurt a bit more.
On the first, Mercier raised to 4,000 from the hijack seat and received a call from Nadal, who was acting out of the big blind. After Nadal checked the 
flop, he checked and Mercier bet 3,700 with the flick of his wrist. Nadal called, and the turn was the 
. Both players checked, and then checked the 
river card. Nadal showed the 
for a pair of jacks, and he won the pot. Mercier mucked.
On the very next deal of the cards, Mercier opened from middle position to 4,000. An unknown opponent called on the button, and everyone else folded.
The flop was 
, and Mercier continued with a bet of 3,600. His opponent raised to 11,200, and Mercier called. The turn was the , and both players checked to see the 
pair the board on the river. That's where Mercier checked and his opponent bet 23,000. Mercier tanked for a bit, before finally tossing in the call. His opponent showed a flopped straight with the 
, and Mercier mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
108,000
52,800
|
52,800 |
|
58,500
-33,500
|
-33,500 |
|
||
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The tournament staff has announced that there will be four more hands before play concludes for the day.
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Brazil's Ronaldo opens up about the poker games he played during his football career, his love for the game and his excitement to play in the huge $10,000 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event.
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Sean Winter three-bet to 14,000 in middle position and then shoved all in over a four-bet from Mario Puccini on the button. The German made the call.
Winter: 
Puccini: 
Winter found no help as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
380,000
336,900
|
336,900 |
|
Busted |
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Three players including Pratyush Buddiga and Philip Klein took a flop of 
in a raised pot. There were two checks over to Buddiga and he fired out a bet of 7,500. Klein replied by moving all in over the top for approximately 80,000. It folded back to Buddiga and he announced a call.
Buddiga: 
Klein:
Buddiga led with top two pair and he retained that lead as Klein bricked through the on the turn and the 
on the river. Buddiga stacked his new chips and boosted his stack to about 340,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
340,000
175,600
|
175,600 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Carlos Chadha opened to 4,000 from the button and Laszlo Bujtas three-bet shipped for 30,900 from the big blind. Chadha called and the hands were turned on their backs.
Chadha:
Bujtas: 
The flop fell , pairing Bujtas but giving Chadha four to a spade flush and an inside Broadway draw.
"I like this flop!" remarked Chadha.
Unfortunately, he disliked the turn and river as he failed to improve with the 
and the . Bujtas doubled and now sits around 70,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
70,000
-29,600
|
-29,600 |