Martin Finger Leads 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller After Day 1A Total of 53 Entries Have Been Made With Registration Open Until Play Begins On Day 2 |
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The 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 eight-max no-limit hold’em super high roller event drew a total of 52 entries on day 1, with 45 unique players and seven re-entries. As a result the prize pool has already surpassed $5 million, and could grow even larger before registration closes at 12:00 PM EST for the beginning of play on day 2. At the end of eight hour-long levels the chip leader was 2013 European Poker Tour London £50,000 super high roller champion Martin Finger, who ended the day with 829,000.
As you’d expect, this event attracted many of tournament poker’s biggest stars, many of whom made it to day 2 with sizable stacks including 2013 EPT Grand Final €100,000 super high roller champion Max Altergott (707,000), Isaac Haxton (594,000), Bryn Kenney (562,000), Jason Koon (551,000) and 2012 EPT Grand Final €100,000 super high roller winner Justin Bonomo (516,000).
Only 37 players remain from the 52 that started. Notables who were eliminated and have yet to re-enter, including Mike Watson, John Juanda, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Steven Silverman and reigning WSOP main event champion Ryan Riess. Those who busted and then re-entered were Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari, Igor Kurganov, Paul Newey, Tobias Reinkemeier and Guy Laliberté, who is the only player so far to have re-entered twice.
This event set a record last year for the largest number of entrants in a six-figure or higher buy in poker tournament with 59. Reigning champion Scott Seiver earned more than $2 million for emerging victorious in 2013, and looked to be off to a good start at a title defense when he took the chip lead halfway through the day. In the later levels his stack dwindled, and at the end of the night he was left with just 131,500 in chips.
Here is a look at the chip counts of the survivors heading into day 2:
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Martin Finger | 829,000 |
| 2 | Max Altergott | 707,000 |
| 3 | Isaac Haxton | 594,500 |
| 4 | Bryn Kenney | 562,000 |
| 5 | Jason Koon | 551,000 |
| 6 | Lawrence Greenberg | 518,500 |
| 7 | Justin Bonomo | 516,000 |
| 8 | Daniel Colman | 512,500 |
| 9 | Pau Newey | 477,000 |
| 10 | Philipp Gruissem | 454,000 |
| 11 | Mike McDonald | 435,000 |
| 12 | Joseph Cheong | 428,500 |
| 13 | Sorel Mizzi | 409,500 |
| 14 | Vanessa Selbst | 401,000 |
| 15 | Timothy Adams | 395,500 |
| 16 | Matt Glantz | 382,500 |
| 17 | Ole Schemion | 344,500 |
| 18 | Igor Kurganov | 337,500 |
| 19 | Jonathan Duhamel | 316,500 |
| 20 | Dan Smith | 292,000 |
| 21 | Steve O’Dwyer | 291,500 |
| 21 | Tony Gregg | 291,500 |
| 23 | Fabian Quoss | 283,000 |
| 24 | Antonio Esfandiari | 279,500 |
| 25 | Guy Laliberte | 270,000 |
| 26 | Tom Marchese | 263,000 |
| 27 | Dan Shak | 255,500 |
| 28 | Jason Mercier | 253,000 |
| 29 | Cary Katz | 250,500 |
| 30 | Noah Schwartz | 231,500 |
| 31 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | 222,000 |
| 32 | Zach Hyman | 205,000 |
| 33 | Tobias Reinkemeier | 200,500 |
| 34 | Jesse Chinni | 149,000 |
| 35 | Scott Seiver | 131,500 |
| 36 | Chris Klodnicki | 111,500 |
| 37 | Dani Stern | 98,500 |
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