$100,000 Super High Roller Dia 2 | 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

2018-01-07 10:48 UTC-4

$26,000 REG Charity Event Today (5 p.m.)

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A special charity event has been scheduled for today (January 7) at PCA 2018. The buy-in is $26,000 with $25,000 going into the prize pool and $1,000 going to the Raising for Effective Giving (REG) charity (donations of more than $1,000 are also accepted).

The tournament starts at 5 p.m. local time with unlimited re-entries allowed through the first ten levels. Players start with 100,000 in chips with 15-minute levels. Play will be 8-handed (9-handed final table) and the ante will be paid by the big blind. A 30-second shot clock will be in play with three additional timebanks of 60 seconds each.

A dinner will be delivered to the participants (6:30-7:00 selection, delivery between 7:30-8:00).

2018-01-07 12:26 UTC-4

Welcome to Day 2 of the 2018 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller

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Kevin Hart returns for Day 2 of the PCA SHR

Day 2 of the 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $100,000 Super High Roller, a tournament that dates back to 2011, gets underway in less than an hour.

Yesterday's Day 1 generated 46 entries, but registration is open until the start of play today. Cary Katz has already registered, so the total field will be at least 47 runners, which is a bit shy of last year’s 54 runners. From the Day 1 field, 33 players return with Scott Seiver and his stack of 804,000 out in front. Seiver is seeking his seeking his second PCA $100K Super High Roller title after topping a field of 59 entries to win this event back in 2013, good for $2,003,480.

"Honestly, it feels great coming in like this and doing well," said Seiver. "I was a little worried I would be rusty, this was my first big tournament in almost two years. For like a year and a half, I've been playing almost only cash games but it seems like things are going well."

Seiver currently sits third in all-time PCA $100K SHR earnings with $2,2246,760. Only Bryn Kenney and Dan Shak, who have $3,479,740 and $2,254,640 respectively, sit ahead of him. Kenney returns today with 548,000, while Shak comes in with 246,000.

Another popular figure coming back today is Hollywood star Kevin Hart, who sits with 316,000. Hart, who is currently starring in the box office hit Jumanji, is taking a break from his acting and comedy career to play a little poker. Also returning today are businessman Kevin Hobbs, WPT champ Stefan Schillhabel, and 2017 GPI Player of the Year Arian Mateos, just to name a few. Likewise, Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu (438,000), Igor Kurganov (333,000),

Someone seeking his first-ever PCA Super High Roller cash is Nick Petrangelo, who actually free rolled into the tournament. That’s because last night he won the PokerStars Championship Player of the Year invitational for exactly $100,000. Petraneglo begins today with 260,000.

The Super High Roller action will be streamed from Day 2, which gets underway at Noon local time. In addition, we’ll be live reporting all the action right here in the PokerNews Blog.

Stay tuned!

POKERSTARS CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE SUPER HIGH ROLLER HISTORY

Year	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Country	Prize
2011	38 entries	$3,743,000	Eugene Katchalov	Ukraine	$1,500,000
2012	32 entries	$3,136,000	Viktor Blom	Sweden	$1,254,400
2013	59 entries	$5,724,180	Scott Seiver	USA	$2,003,480
2014	56 entries	$5,433,120	Fabian Quoss	Germany	$1,629,940
2015	66 entries	$6,402,000	Steve O'Dwyer	Ireland	$1,872,580
2016	58 entries	$5,626,000	Bryn Kenney	USA	$1,687,800
2017	54 entries	$5,239,080	Jason Koon	USA	$1,650,300*

* (held as PokerStars Championship Bahamas in 2017)

2018-01-07 14:15 UTC-4

Start-of-Day Chip Leader Gone Early

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Nível 9 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

After losing a big pot to David Peters, start-of-the-day chip leader Scott Seiver was finished off by Argentina's Ivan Luca.

A preflop raising war resulted in Seiver getting all in for 607,000 against Luca, who had him covered.

Luca:
Seiver:

Both players held big pairs, but Luca's was best. Seiver was looking for some lady love, but he didn't get any as the board ran out a dry .

Just like that, the 2013 PCA $100K Super High Roller champ hit the rail

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ivan Luca	1,300,000	713,000
Scott Seiver	Eliminado

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2018-01-07 14:20 UTC-4

Dvoress Busted

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Nível 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Daniel Dvoress opened under the gun plus one for 14,000 and saw Bryn Kenney three-bet to 47,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded and Dvoress called to see a flop.

On , Dvoress checked. Kenney bet 41,000 and Dvoress called.

Dvoress check-called a bet of 85,000 on the turn before checking again on the river. Kenney moved in and Dvoress was left with the decision for his 219,000 stack.

Dvoress didn't need too long, he never touched his two time bank chips, as he called with 15 seconds left to act. Kenney showed , Dvoress mucked his .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Bryn Kenney	890,000	342,000
Daniel Dvoress	Eliminado

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2018-01-07 14:43 UTC-4

Kurganov Eliminated, Luca Getting Richer

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Nível 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Igor Kurganov (photo from an earlier event)

Igor Kurganov was talking to Justin Bonomo and Mustapha Kanit over on one of the outer tables, conversing about the charity $26,000 Turbo event later today.

When he was done, we asked him how his tournament had come to an end. He was kind enough to share the details of his bust out.

Kurganov opened under the gun for 18,000 and saw his neighbor Ivan Luca three-bet to 51,000. Action folded back to Kurganov and he shoved for about 350,000. Luca called.

Ivan Luca:
Igor Kurganov:

The board ran out and Kurganov exited the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ivan Luca	1,585,000	285,000
Igor Kurganov	Eliminado

Tags: Igor Kurganov Ivan Luca

2018-01-07 15:16 UTC-4

Shak Doubles Through Hunichen

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Nível 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Dan Shak opened under the gun for 20,000 and his neighbor Daniel Negreanu called. Chris Hunichen, right next to them, squeezed to 85,000 and action folded to Shak. Shak tanked for a bit before shoving for 225,000 total. Negreanu folded, Hunichen called.

Dan Shak:
Chris Hunichen:

Negreanu admitted having had folded . Shak wasn't so sure about his chances, claiming jacks hadn't been his hand the last year.

Still, the board brought no trouble for Shak as he doubled on . Hunichen now short.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Dan Shak	470,000	250,000
Chris Hunichen	140,000	-190,000

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2018-01-07 16:16 UTC-4

PCA $100K Super High Roller Newcomer Kevin Hobbs Eliminated

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Nível 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu raised to 22,000 from middle position and Seth Davies called from the button. Kevin Hobbs then three-bet all in for 87,000 from the small blind and Negreanu just called. Davies came along as well and three players took a flop of .

Negreanu bet 70,000, Davies folded, and the cards were turned up.

Hobbs:
Negreanu:

Hobbs was in a bad spot, and the turn left him drawing dead. Hobbs began shaking hands with everyone at the table as the dealer put out the meaningless on the river.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Daniel Negreanu	700,000	322,000
Kevin Hobbs	Eliminado

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2018-01-07 16:22 UTC-4

Dan Shak Eliminated in Massive Pot

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Nível 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu was first to act and opened. It folded to Dan Shak in the big blind and he three-bet to 87,000. Negreanu called in position.

Shak continued for 175,000 on and Negreanu wasted no time calling.

The hit the turn and Shak shoved for 352,000. Negreanu called instantly.

"You got queens?" Shak asked.

"I got two pair," Negreanu replied before anyone had shown their cards.

"Two pair is ahead," Shak said with a pained look on his face.

Daniel Negreanu:
Dan Shak:

Shak needed an ace, five, or eight to stay alive but missed with the on the river.

"Well played," Shak said with a sarcastic tone to his voice.

"Thank you," Negreanu replied.

"I didn't bet enough on the flop?" Shak asked.

"I had top pair!" Negreanu said, "I flopped the best I could hope for. What am I gonna do? Fold?"

Shak left the tournament floor as Negreanu started stacking towers of chips worth a combined 1.25 million.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Daniel Negreanu	1,250,000	550,000
Dan Shak	Eliminado

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2018-01-07 16:51 UTC-4

O'Dywer Loses Lots to Negreanu

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Nível 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer opened the button for 23,000 and saw big blind Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 70,000. O'Dywer called in position and checked behind once Negreanu checked on .

The hit the turn and Negreanu checked again. O'Dywer bet an even 100,000 and Negreanu called.

With the completing the board, Negreanu checked for the third time. O'Dywer bet 300,000 and Negreanu called.

O'Dywer showed , the pot went to Negreanu who tabled .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Daniel Negreanu	1,689,000	439,000
Steve O'Dwyer	186,000	-471,000

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2018-01-07 17:36 UTC-4

Defending Champion Jason Koon Eliminated

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Nível 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Erik Seidel opened the button for 27,000 and small blind Jason Koon shoved for 260,000 even. David Peters in the big blind asked for a count and shoved over the top for just under 400,000. Seidel folded right away.

Jason Koon:
David Peters:

The board ran out an uneventful and Koon hit the rail in 16th place.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
David Peters	698,000	463,000
Jason Koon	Eliminado

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