Si è appena concluso il Main Event del PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, ed è stato il bravissimo Galen Hall (in foto) ad aggiudicarsi la vittoria e i 2,3 milioni di dollari del primo premio: il poker player è riuscito a battere in heads up Chris Oliver, nonostante l’avversario avesse inizialmente un vantaggio di chips di 5 a 1.
Oliver si presentava al final table da otto giocatori con circa il 40% delle chips in gioco, ma evidentemente il suo gap con gli opponent non gli è stato sufficiente per trionfare, dovendosi accontentare di una posizione da runner up.
Il primo eliminato del tavolo finale è stato Philippe Plouffe, che con coppia di Donne è stato eliminato da un avversario con Asso-Kappa ed un impietoso Asso al river scoperto dal dealer, seguito da Max Weinberg che con Asso-8 è stato battuto da una scala runner runner.
Boliver Palacios è uscito invece in sesta posizione, mentre per Mike Sowers la corsa al premio al PokerStars Caribbean Adventure si è conclusa al quinto posto. Sorte avversa anche per Sam Stein ed Anton Ionel, che hanno lasciato il campo al testa a testa conclusivo.
Galen Hall è quindi riuscito ad avere la meglio sul corposo field di questo Main Event, grazie alla sua incredibile pazienza ed a una dose di tecnicità davvero invidiabile.
Di seguito, la lista dei piazzamenti e dei relativi premi per questo PokerStars Caribbean Adventure:
• 1. Galen Hall, USA, $2,300,000
• 2. Chris Oliver, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $1,800,000
• 3. Anton Ionel, Romania, PokerStars qualifier, $1,350,000
• 4. Sam Stein, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $1,000,000
• 5. Mike Sowers, USA, $700,000
• 6. Bolivar Palacios, Panama, PokerStars player, $450,000
• 7. Max Weinberg, USA, $300,000
• 8. Phillipe Plouffe, Canada, PokerStars qualifier, $202,000
• 9. Dmitriy Stelmak, Russia, $155,000
• 10. Anna Marquez, Spain, PokerStars Player $155,000
• 11. Chris Moneymaker, USA, Team PokerStars Pro $130,000
• 12. Michael Pesek, USA, PokerStars Player, $130,000
• 13. Gregory Baksic, Canada,$115,000
• 14. Calvin Anderson, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $115,000
• 15. Rafael Golka, Germany, $100,000
• 16. Walid Bou-Habib, Lebanon, PokerStars qualifier, $100,000
• 17. Martin Mathis, USA, PokerStars qualifer, $87,500
• 18. Shayne Khanna, Canada, $87,500
• 19. James St Hilaire, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $87,500
• 20. Bryan Colin, USA, PokerStars qualifier $87,500
• 21. Grayson Ramage, USA, $75,000
• 22. Joel Patchell, USA, PokerStars qualifier $75,000
• 23. Josh Bergman, USA, PokerStars player, $75,000
• 24. Tim Finne, USA, $75,000
• 25. Nicholas Kamen, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $66,000
• 26. Max Lehmanski, Germany, PokerStars qualifier, $66,000
• 27. Paulo Rink, Brazil, $66,000
• 28. Matt Lichtie, $66,000
• 29. Aaron McCready, Canada, PokerStars qualifier, $66,000
• 30. Eddie Sabat, USA, PokerStars player, $66,000
• 31. Wesley Wiemes, Netherlands, PokerStars qualifier, $66,000
• 32. Marcio Barbieri, Brazil, PokerStars qualifier, $66,000
• 33. Eric Froehlich, USA, PokerStars player, $59,000
• 34. Toby Lewis, UK, PokerStars player, $59,000
• 35. John Andress, PokerStars qualifier, USA, $59,000
• 36. Ilan Rovah, France, $59,000
• 37. Alan Gould, USA, $59,000
• 38. Pablo Martin-Romo, Spain, PokerStars qualifier, $59,000
• 39. William Givens, PokerStars qualifier, $59,000
• 40. Sander Jansen, PokerStars qualifier, Netherlands $59,000
• 41. Pietro Valente, PokerStars player, Canada $52,000
• 42. Erika Cerasti, Italy, PokerStars qualifier, $52,000
• 43. Steven Curtin, USA, PokerStars player, $52,000
• 44. John Spadavecchia, USA, $52,000
• 45. Adam Geyer, USA, PokerStars player, $52,000
• 46. Robert Cezarescu, Romania, PokerStars qualifier, $52,000
• 47. Eric Beren, USA, PokerStars player, $52,000
• 48. Oleg Perepletchikov, Russia, PokerStars player, $52,000
• 49. Greg DeBora, Canada, Team PokerStars Pro, $45,000
• 50. Nikolai Yakovenko, USA, $45,000
• 51. Daniel Reijmar, Netherlands, $45,000
• 52. Martin Van Gelder, Switzerland, PokerStars qualifier, $45,000
• 53. Guillaume Gigna, Canada, PokerStars player, $45,000
• 54. Jean Claude Moussa, USA, PokerStars player, $45,000
• 55. Ben Klier, USA, $45,000
• 56. Davide Nughes, PokerStars qualifier, Italy $45,000
• 57. Edgar De Leon,Uruguay, PokerStars qualifier, $38,000
• 58. David Sands, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $38,000
• 59. Yves Sy, Philippines, PokerStars player, $38,000
• 60. Cesar Pimenta Caio, PokerStars player, Brazil, $38,000
• 61. Dana Kellstrom, USA, $38,000
• 62. Scott Wilson, Canada, PokerStars player, $38,000
• 63. Simon Taberham, PokerStars qualifier, $38,000
• 64. Reymond Lee, UK, PokerStars player, $38,000
• 65. Alexis Foorcade, France, PokerStars player, $33,000
• 66. Darren Stater, USA, $33,000
• 67. Edward Pham, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $33,000
• 68. David Robinson, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $33,000
• 69. Masaaki Kagawa, Japan, $33,000
• 70. Brian Zimcosky , USA, PokerStars qualifier, $33,000
• 71. Nicolas Hahn, Germany, PokerStars qualifier, $33,000
• 72. Faraz Jaka, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $33,000
• 73. Dwyte Pilgrim, Guyana, $28,000
• 74. Eugene Katchalov, USA, PokerStars player, $28,000
• 75. Jaime Kaplan, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $28,000
• 76. Charlie Hook, USA, PokerStars player, $28,000
• 77. Jesse Martin, USA, PokerStars player, $28,000
• 78. Sean Nolan, USA, PokerStars player, $28,000
• 79. Scott Ward, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $28,000
• 80. Frank Calo III, USA $28,000
• 81. Edgaras Stusevas, Rep. of Lithuanuam, PokerStars qualifier, $23,500
• 82. Joshua Kay, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $23,500
• 83. Andrea Tringali, Italy, PokerStars player, $23,500
• 84. Franco Brunetti, USA, $23,500
• 85. Thomas Middleton, UK, PokerStars qualifier, $23,500
• 86. Louis-Samuel Pouliot, Canada, PokerStars player, $23,500
• 87. David Burn, England, PokerStars player, $23,500
• 88. Harrison Kaczka, , USA $23,500
• 89. Daniel Heimiller, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $23,500
• 90. Pieter de Korver, Holland, Team PokerStars Pro, $23,500
• 91. Olivier Busquet, USA, PokerStars player, $23,500
• 92. Iulian-Georgian Ruxandescu, Romania, PokerStars qualifier, $23,500
• 93. Steven Burkholder, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $23,500
• 94. Kim Frederikson, USA $23,500
• 95. Alek Givotovsky, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $23,500
• 96. Ted Lawson, USA $23,500
• 97. JP Kelly, UK, Team PokerStars Pro, $23,500
• 98. Bahbak Oboodi, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $23,500
• 99. Shawn Busse, USA, PokerStars player, $23,500
• 100. Christoph Niesert, Germany, PokerStars qualifier, $23,500
• 101. Eric Buchman, USA, PokerStars player, $23,500
• 102. Thomas Finneran, Ireland, PokerStars qualifier, $23,500
• 103. Chad Eveslage, USA, PokerStars player, $23,500
• 104. Clark Hamagami, UK $23,500
• 105. Brandon Meyers, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $23,500
• 106. Jonathan Tamayo, USA, PokerStars player, $23,500
• 107. Alexander Haber, Jamaica $23,500
• 108. Sami Aro, Finland, 100 FPP Mega-Path winner, $23,500
• 109. Benjamin Marshall, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $23,500
• 110. David Tuthill, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $23,500
• 111. Jiri Kulhanek, Czech Rep. PokerStars qualifier, $23,500
• 112. Rudi Johnsen, Norway, PokerStars qualifier, $23,500
• 113. Jeffrey Galati, Canada, PokerStars player, $20,000
• 114. Moshe Bonshtein, USA $20,000
• 115. Gregory Hobson, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $20,000
• 116. Scott Veitzer, USA, PokerStars player, $20,000
• 117. Michael Binger, USA $20,000
• 118. Robert Akery, PokerStars qualifier, UK $20,000
• 119. Alex Santiago, USA $20,000
• 120. Michael Kaiser, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $20,000
• 121. Lawrence Greenberg, USA, PokerStars player, $20,000
• 122. Spencer Hudson, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $20,000
• 123. Asier Flores Urawga, Spain, PokerStars player, $20,000
• 124. Joseph Chaplin, USA $20,000
• 125. Pavel Zuev, Russia $20,000
• 126. Bertrand Grospellier, France, Team PokerStars Pro, $20,000
• 127. Jake Cody, UK $20,000
• 128. Ryan Franklin, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $20,000
• 129. Thomas Grigg, Australia, PokerStars qualifier, $20,000
• 130. Don Dayian, Canada $20,000
• 131. Roberto Rodrigues, Brazil, PokerStars qualifier, $20,000
• 132. Johnathan Cuevas, USA $20,000
• 133. Jonathan Jaffe, USA $20,000
• 134. Bruno Severino, Brazil, PokerStars qualifier, $20,000
• 135. Loic Blarez, France, PokerStars qualifier, $20,000
• 136. Nathan Schoo, Canada, PokerStars player, $20,000
• 137. Anthony Guetti, USA $20,000
• 138. Michael Gagliano, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $20,000
• 139. Aaron Overton, USA $20,000
• 140. Maxwell Greenwood, Canada, PokerStars player, $20,000
• 141. Chino Rheem, USA $20,000
• 142. Derek Boundy, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $20,000
• 143. Tamas Lendvai, Hungary, PokerStars qualifier, $20,000
• 144. Matthew Wood, Canada, PokerStars qualifier, $20,000
• 145. Yulius Sepman, Russia, PokerStars qualifier, $17,500
• 146. Nathan Ross, USA $17,500
• 147. Andery Dauilyuk, Russia, PokerStars player, $17,500
• 148. Joe Le, Canada, PokerStars qualifier, $17,500
• 149. Richard Mask , Canada, PokerStars player, $17,500
• 150. Vitaly Tolokonnikov, Russia, PokerStars qualifier, $17,500
• 151. Zuzhao Yang, USA, PokerStars player, $17,500
• 152. Bernard Lee, USA $17,500
• 153. Radwan Khuri, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $17,500
• 154. Kyriacos Dionysiou, Cyprus $17,500
• 155. Haykel Vidal, Spain, PokerStars qualifier, $17,500
• 156. Rory Chinn, Jamaica $17,500
• 157. Javier Tazon, Spain, PokerStars player, $17,500
• 158. Alex Brenes, Costa Rica $17,500
• 159. Moshen Jalal, Germany $17,500
• 160. Hoyt Corkins, USA $17,500
• 161. Matthew O’Donnell, USA, PokerStars player, $17,500
• 162. Marco Esposito, Italy, PokerStars player, $17,500
• 163. Victor Ramdin, USA, Team PokerStars Pro, $17,500
• 164. Andrey Bondar, Russia $17,500
• 165. Juan Monclus, Spain, PokerStars qualifier, $17,500
• 166. Casey Jarzabek, Canada, PokerStars qualifier, $17,500
• 167. Acsinia Kish, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $17,500
• 168. Aaron Schaff, USA, PokerStars player, $17,500
• 169. Tristan Wade, USA, PokerStars player, $17,500
• 170. David Boughner, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $17,500
• 171. Cornel Cimpan, USA $17,500
• 172. Tomer Aminpour, Israel, 40 FPP Mega-Path winner, $17,500
• 173. Georges Yazbeck, Lebanon, PokerStars qualifier, $17,500
• 174. Daniel Dodet, Belgium, PokerStars qualifier, $17,500
• 175. Nathan Meyvis, USA, PokerStars player, $17,500
• 176. Shahryar Eslami, USA, PokerStars player, $17,500
• 177. Robert Suer, USA, $17,500
• 178. Clayton Maguire, USA, PokerStars player, $17,500
• 179. Raffi Nahabedian, Canada, PokerStars qualifier, $17,500
• 180. Kyle Julius, USA, PokerStars player, $17,500
• 181. John Vlassis, Canada, PokerStars qualifier, $17,500
• 182. Mike Gorodinsky, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $17,500
• 183. Mathieu Martin, Canada, PokerStars qualifier, $17,500
• 184. Andreas Klatt, Germany, PokerStars qualifier, $17,500
• 185. Lennart Holz, PokerStars qualifier, Germany, $15,000
• 186. Jesse Cohen, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 187. Eric Haddad, USA, PokerStars player, $15,000
• 188. Helio Chreem, Brazil, $15,000
• 189. Eugene Bachand, Canada, $15,000
• 190. Octovian Voegele, Austria, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 191. Jamie Rosen, USA, PokerStars player, $15,000
• 192. Marvin Rettenmaier, Germany, $15,000
• 193. Thomas Fjellheim, Norway, $15,000
• 194. Max Bracht, Germany, PokerStars player, $15,000
• 195. Horatio Kemeny, Canada, $15,000
• 196. Sandra Naujoks, Germany, Team PokerStars Pro, $15,000
• 197. Gustavo Kuerten, Brazil, $15,000
• 198. Jonathan Jaffe, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 199. James Fennell, Ireland, PokerStars player, $15,000
• 200. Joshua Weizer, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 201. Marcel Luske, Holland, Team PokerStars Pro, $15,000
• 202. Antonios Koukouras, Greece, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 203. Regent Lacroix, Canada, $15,000
• 204. Maria Demetriou, UK, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 205. Noeung Troeung, Canada, $15,000
• 206. Victoriya Taranova, Russia, $15,000
• 207. Simon Charette, Canada, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 208. Matt Fox, USA, $15,000
• 209. William Reynolds, USA, $15,000
• 210. Francesco Bruno, Canada, $15,000
• 211. Yurii Korsunskii, Ukraine, PokerStars player, $15,000
• 212. Sascha Klier, Germany, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 213. Nick Binger, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 214. Ernesto Jimenez Estevez, Spain, PokerStars player, $15,000
• 215. Greg Dyer, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 216. Shander de Vries, Netherland, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 217. Alexandre De Souza, Brazil, $15,000
• 218. Adilson Moraes, Brazil, PokerStars player, $15,000
• 219. Tyler Kenney, USA, $15,000
• 220. Frederic Edelmann, France, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 221. Michel Leijenaar, Holland, 200 FPP Mega-Path winner, $15,000
• 222. Miguel Borrero, USA, $15,000
• 223. Aage Ravn, Norway, PokerStars player, $15,000
• 224. Simon Auerbacher, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 225. Marcel Schreiner, Germany, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 226. Alan Liu, USA, PokerStars player, $15,000
• 227. Alberto Novoa, Spain, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 228. Curt Kohlberg, USA, $15,000
• 229. Manelic Minaya, USA, $15,000
• 230. Philip Sousa, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 231. Tarun Ravi, USA, PokerStars qualifier, $15,000
• 232. Jason Senti, USA, PokerStars player, $15,000
