Samuel Cobian opened to 275,000 from under the gun and Matthew Lambrecht shipped all in for 900,000 on his left. The action folded back to Cobian who flicked in a chip to call.
Matthew Lambrecht:
Samuel Cobian:
They were off to the races and the flop of gave Lambrecht the lead with a pair of jacks. The on the turn and the on the river secured Lambrecht a double up before the break.
Rui Bouquet opened from under the gun to 310,000, leaving just 85,000 behind. Matthew Lambrecht asked for a count before announcing all-in, with the rest of the table folding and Bouquet calling his remaining chips.
Rui Bouquet:
Matthew Lambrecht:
Lambrecht needed to avoid an ace for the knockout, but the flop put Bouquet in the lead. The turn brought Lambrecht some extra outs before the river completed Bouquet's double up.
Yuliyan Kolev raised to 240,000 in the cutoff and was called by Samuel Cobian on the button. They went heads-up to a flop of and Kolev continued with a bet of 250,000. Cobian called and the landed on the turn.
Kolev checked this time and Cobian pushed out a bet of 550,000. Kolev sized up the bet and gave it some thought but decided to send his cards to the muck.
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) is happening now, and later this month the PokerStars Players NLH Hold��em Championship (PSPC) will take place January 30-February 3. One man who will be heading to the Bahamas is 41-year-old Jared ��BeamDoctorPoker�� Halter, who won a Platinum Pass on PokerStars Michigan.
��I won a PSPC Platinum Pass on Wednesday, November 9,�� Halter told PokerNews. ��I had just returned from Vegas that morning on a red eye flight and slept for four hours on a friend��s couch before I drove home for two hours. To be honest, I was very fortunate to win because I had a very rough 72 hours. Some things happened in Vegas that caused me to have anxiety attacks for the first time in my life and I ended up only sleeping about five hours total in the previous 48.��
He continued: ��I was exhausted and when the MTT started, I said to myself, it will take a miracle for me to win. Funny enough, I mis-clicked two different times early in the tourney and called three-bets with hands like 85o (I did not win those hands). I streamed the tourney, and only single tabled it, because of how tired and ungrounded I felt from the previous time. During the stream, I talked about how exhausted I was and how there was almost zero chance I win. Of course, as we know, the universe had a different plan.��
Kayhan Mokri moved all-in from early position for his final 650,000 chips, with Rui Bouquet shoving his larger stack from the cutoff. The button and blinds got out of the way, leaving Mokri at risk heads up.
Kayhan Mokri:
Rui Bouquet:
Mokri immediately found some help on the flop, with the turn and river completing his double up through Bouquet.
Andy Wilson raised to 260,000 in the hijack and David Peters shipped all in for just over 1,000,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Wilson asked for a rough count before making the call.
David Peters:
Andy Wilson:
The flop came and Wilson spiked one of his three outs to take the lead. The on the turn and the on the river were no help to Peters who bowed out in eighth place.
Michael Uguccioni opened from early position to 200,000 and the action folded around to Andy Wilson on the button. Wilson three-bet enough to put Uguccioni all in and the call was quickly made.
Michael Uguccioni:
Andy Wilson:
Uguccioni's pocket queens were in the lead after the flop, but Wilson spiked the turn. The river left Uguccioni second best, ending his run in 9th place.
David Peters jammed all in for 530,000 in early position and the action folded around to Andy Wilson in the big blind. Wilson quickly called and the cards were tabled.
David Peters:
Andy Wilson:
Peters was fighting an uphill battle but the flop of gave him a flush draw. The on the turn made his flush and Wilson passed over a small double-up.