Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier opened the action with a raise to 8,000. Players folded their hands around the table until the action hit Team PokerStars Online Pro Vicente Delgado in the small blind. Delgado cut out a three-bet to 28,000 and the big blind folded. Mercier came back over the top with a four-bet to 59,000 and Delgado called to see a flop.
The dealer produced a flop and Delgado checked. Mercier continued out for 38,000 and Delgado check-raised all in over the top. Mercier went into the tank, visibly put in a tough spot while he quickly riffled chips and talked through the hand to himself under his breath. After pondering the decision for some time, Mercier announced a call for his own tournament life of what looked to be around 140,000 more.
Mercier:
Delgado:
Mercier's jacks were out in front but Delgado was drawing live with four to a spade flush. The on the turn put Mercier one step closer to a key double. Unfortunately for the PokerStars Team Pro, the drilled the river to give Delgado a winning flush. Mercier was eliminated from play and Delgado won a massive pot that brought his stack to about 780,000.
Jake Schindler raised to 6,000 from under the gun only to have Kevin MacPhee three-bet the action to 15,500 from the next seat over. The action trickled back to Schindler who thought for about a minute before moving all in for his last 42,500. MacPhee instantly called and the hands were turned over.
Schindler:
MacPhee:
The board fell , giving Schindler trip kings for the double. He now has about 90,000 while MacPhee has dropped to around 145,000.
Once again, the $25,000 High Roller at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure didn't fail to disappoint. With a massive Day 1 field that set a new record for entries in this event with 257 total, it truly turned out to be the smashing affair that will close another spectacular event to kick off poker's calendar year. Of those, 117 players survived to Day 2, but with registration still open until the start of Day 2, it is highly expected to get some late entries that will see the number rise even more.
Topping the pack as the only player above 300,000 in chips was Scott Seiver. Seiver — who holds a World Series of Poker gold bracelet, a World Poker Tour title, and a PCA $100,000 Super High Roller win — bagged up 307,300 to end the night. He's trailed by Oleksii Khoroshenin with 272,000, Niall Farrell with 271,100, Georgios Sotiropoulos with 262,000, and Andre Akkari with 258,800 to round out the top five stacks.
Other notables who advanced with a healthy arsenal were Tony Gregg, Dani Stern, Will Failla, and Paul Volpe. As for Team PokerStars Pro, there's Akkari fifth in chips, and then Jason Mercier, Daniel Negreanu, Jake Cody, Eugene Katchalov, Leo Fernandez, and Jonathan Duhamel.
Play is scheduled to kick off at 12 p.m. local time, and PokerNews will be live with coverage starting then.
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flop and Delgado checked. Mercier continued out for 38,000 and Delgado check-raised all in over the top. Mercier went into the tank, visibly put in a tough spot while he quickly riffled chips and talked through the hand to himself under his breath. After pondering the decision for some time, Mercier announced a call for his own tournament life of what looked to be around 140,000 more.
on the turn put Mercier one step closer to a key double. Unfortunately for the PokerStars Team Pro, the 
drilled the river to give Delgado a winning flush. Mercier was eliminated from play and Delgado won a massive pot that brought his stack to about 780,000.
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