Euro PokerStars Win $1.7 Million on Caribbean AdventureBenny Spindler and Peter Tielen win $1.1 million and $550,000 at PokerStars Caribbean Adventure |
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The $10,000 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, held at Paradise Island, was won yesterday by Poorya Nazari from 
Canada who took home $3 million for topping the record breaking 1,347 strong field.
Twenty-three year-old Benny Spindler, an online cash game specialist from Germany came third for $1.1 million while 36-year-old Peter Tielen from the Netherlands came fifth for $550,000.
The final table lined up thus:
1. Alexandre Gomes (Brazil) -- 8,080,000
2. Poorya Nazari (Canada) -- 6,790,000
3. Benny Spindler (Germany) -- 3,352,000
4. Pieter Tielen (Netherlands) -- 2,310,000
5. Anthony Gregg (USA) -- 2,245,000
6. Kevin Saul (USA) -- 1,640,000
7. Dan Heimiller (USA) -- 1,440,000
8. Dustin Dirksen (USA) -- 765,000
It was the young German who took out Tielen calling his 2.4 million reraise with 8-8. Tielen had A-Q but didn’t connect with the board and so hit the rail to collect his $550,000 prize — a significant return on the $33 he spent qualifying on PokerStars.com.
This turn of events catapulted Spindler into the chip lead but subsequent hands saw Nazari and Anthony Gregg double up through him.
Down to 4.9 million in chips Spindler moved all in preflop with Q
J and was looked up by Nazari with A
J. Despite hitting an open-ended straight draw on the turn, his hand could not overtake Nazari and he was eliminated for $1.1 million — the biggest payday of his short career.
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