Welcome to Day 3 of PokerNews' coverage of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller.
The starting field of 66 entries is down to just seven players, each looking to capture this coveted title and the first-place prize of $1,872,580. On top of the chip counts is Sorel Mizzi with 4.8 million, but a tough and talented final table stands between him and PCA glory.
The cards were scheduled to be in the air at 1 p.m. local time, but it appears the start of the final table has been delayed to about 1:30. Regardless, our coverage will run concurrently with the EPT Live stream, which begins an hour after the start of play. Be sure to check back to PokerNews for coverage of this final table and Day 1a of the 2015 PCA Main Event.
Here is how the $100,000 Super High Roller final table stacks up:
Andrew Robl opened to 140,000 from under the gun with , Roger Sippl called in the small blind with and Bryn Kenney defended his large blind with .
The flop fell and action checked to Robl who continued for 210,000. Both Sippl and Kenney check-called to see the turn. Sippl checked to Kenney who led for 635,000. After a little in the tank, Robl committed his final 840,000 and forced a fold from Sippl with his flush draw. Kenney called, looking for an ace or a club on the river.
The popped off, giving Kenney the nut flush to score the elimination.
Sorel Mizzi raised to 135,000 on the button with , Christoph Vogelsang called from the small blind with and Sam Greenwood three-bet shoved for 1.26 million with from the big blind. Mizzi folded, Vogelsang called and the hands were revealed:
Vogelsang:
Greenwood:
The board ran out , no help to Greenwood, ending his run in sixth place.
Roger Sippl was in the cutoff and he put out a raise to 210,000. Christoph Vogelsang called out of the big blind and the two were off to the flop.
The dealer fanned a flop and Vogelsang checked it over to Sippl. Sippl continued out for 350,000, sending Vogelsang into the tank. Ultimately he came out with a raise to 850,000. Sippl immeidately moved all in over the top for 1.925 million and Vogelsang called just as quickly.
Vogelsang:
Sippl:
The dropped down on the turn and gave Sippl the nut flush. The completed the board and Sippl was able to score the double up to 4.36 million. Vogelsang, on the other hand, dropped down to 1.71 million.
Roger Sippl was under the gun with and he raised to 220,000. Action folded over to Christoph Vogelsang in the small blind and he peered down at . Vogelsang cut out a three-bet to 850,000 and action trickled back to Sippl. Sippl four-bet all in and Vogelsang called for his tournament life of 1.105 million.
The flop came down , keeping Vogelsang's pocket tens in the lead. The hit the turn, meaning Vogelsang needed to fade an ace or a queen on the river in order to stay alive. Alas, the completed the board and Vogelsang was eliminated in fifth place. He will collect $512,160 for his efforts.
Bryn Kenney raised to 215,000 from the button and Sorel Mizzi moved all in from the small blind for 1.685 million. Action came back to Kenney and he called.
Mizzi:
Kenney:
The two were flipping for Mizzi's tournament life heading to the flop. The dealer put out a flop of , keeping Mizzi's deuces out in front. The turn was the , giving Kenney a few more outs to make a Broadway straight on the river.
Kenney made exactly that as the finished off the board and gave him a winning straight. Mizzi, who started the day as the chip leader, was eliminated in fourth place for $695,400.
Action folded to Steve O'Dwyer in the small blind and he completed with . Roger Sippl checked from the big blind and the flop came down . O'Dwyer checked, Sippl fired 175,000, and O'Dwyer called.
The on the turn paired the board and gave Sippl a full house of eights full of sixes. O'Dwyer checked again and Sippl dropped 550,000 past the betting line. O'Dwyer quickly called once more.
The fell on the river and O'Dwyer checked for a third time. Sippl moved all in for 2.215 million and O'Dwyer immediately asked for a count. After about a minute in the tank, O'Dwyer announced a call only to find that Sippl had turned a boat.
With this win, Sippl's stack is up to about 6.1 million. Despite this hit, O'Dwyer still holds the chip lead with 7.6 million.
Roger Sippl made it 300,000 to go from the button and Bryn Kenney three-bet all in for 3.32 million from the small blind. Steve O'Dwyer was in the big blind and he moved all in over the top. Sippl quickly folded and the cards were turned up with Kenney's tournament life at risk.
O'Dwyer:
Kenney:
The flop came down , failing to help improve Kenney's hand. The hit fourth street, meaning Kenney had six outs heading to the river. Unfortunately for Kenney, the finished the board and he was eliminated in third place.
Kenney will take home $873,880 in prize money. O'Dwyer, on the other hand, holds a massive chip lead going into heads up play.
Roger Sippl held on the button and cut out a raise to 450,000. Steve O'Dwyer was in the big blind with and he called to see a flop.
The flop came down and O'Dwyer checked. Sippl continued out for 750,000 and O'Dwyer called.
The fell on fourth street and O'Dwyer checked for a second time. Sippl followed suit and the completed the board on the river. O'Dwyer checked for a third time and Sippl instantly announced an all in bet for 2.995 million.
O'Dwyer went into the tank for about four minutes before calling with the ace-ten high. Sippl tabled his jack-high and was eliminated as the runner-up. He collected $1,344,420 for his impressive finish.
O'Dwyer was crowned the 2015 PCA Super High Roller champion and took home a prize of $1,872,580!
He's done it again. Just two months after winning the 2014 Asia Championship of Poker Super High Roller, top professional Steve O'Dwyer has added another prestigious title to his résumé. After a grueling three days of poker, O'Dwyer rose to the top of a stacked field to earn the title of 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller champion as well as $1,872,580 in first-place prize money.
The day began with seven of the eight members of the official final table returning to the felt (Scott Seiver was the final elimination of Day 2, earning $243,280 for his eighth-place finish). Sorel Mizzi held the chip lead coming into the day, while the eventual champion, O'Dwyer, sat in the middle of the pack with third-place chips.
The action at the final table came quickly with Andrew Robl being the first to hit the rail. On his final hand, Robl found himself all in on the turn with top pair against Bryn Kenney's flush draw and an over card. Another club peeled off on the river to complete Kenney's flush and eliminate Robl in seventh place for $313,700.
Following Robl to the exit was Day 1 chip leader Sam Greenwood. Greenwood became the victim of a confrontation with German Christoph Vogelsang whose pocket nines held up against Greenwood's pocket sixes during a preflop all in.
Despite this victory, Vogelsang could not gain any momentum at the final table and became the next player to fall. Vogelsang three-bet the over an open from Roger Sippl with the . Action came back around to Sippl, he moved all in, and Vogelsang called for his own tournament life. When the board ran out, Sippl spiked a queen on the river to send Vogelsang home as the fifth-place finisher for $512,160.
Mizzi became the next victim, unable to ride his start-of-day chip lead into a victory. Mizzi three-bet shipped deuces over the top of a button open from Kenney, who held ace-jack. Kenney called and made a Broadway straight to eliminate Mizzi from play. Mizzi collected $695,400 for his finish. Shortly after scoring this elimination, however, it was Kenney who was the next to fall. He lost a crucial preflop race for his tournament life against O'Dwyer and was forced to settle for a bust just shy of heads-up play.
O'Dwyer began heads-up play with a significant chip lead over Sippl and he maintained that lead throughout the entirety of the match. With the blinds at 80,000/160,000/20,000, Sippl opened his button to 450,000 with the and was called by O'Dwyer's . The flop came down , and O'Dwyer check-called a continuation bet of 750,000. Both players checked the on fourth street, allowing the to complete the board on the river. O'Dwyer tapped the table for a third time and Sippl instantly moved all in for his last 2,995,000. This bet sent O'Dwyer into the tank for roughly four minutes while he pondered calling with merely ace high. In the end, O'Dwyer announced a call and Sippl was eliminated as the runner-up. He collected $1,344,420 for his impressive finish.
Interestingly enough, Sippl was the first elimination from this tournament. He fired a second bullet on Day 1 and was able to ride that into a second-place finish. O'Dwyer also reentered on Day 1 and that was enough to propel him to his second career Super High Roller victory.
Final Table Payouts
Place
Player
Prize
1
Steve O'Dwyer
$1,872,580
2
Roger Sippl
$1,344,420
3
Bryn Kenney
$873,880
4
Sorel Mizzi
$659,400
5
Christoph Vogelsang
$512,160
6
Sam Greenwood
$396,920
7
Andrew Robl
$313,700
8
Scott Seiver
$243,820
That does it for our coverage of the 2015 PCA Super High Roller. While this tournament has reached its conclusion, the action is just getting started from the Atlantis Paradise Island. Be sure to check out the live updates from the tournament floor of Day 1 of the $10,300 Main Event.