[Danish Shaikh]

Day 1 of the Super High Roller event ($100.000 buy-in NLHE) at the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has come to an end at the Atlantis Casino and Resort.

A total of 30 players registered for the tournament, and after two players (Bill Perkins and Jonathan Duhamel) opted to re-enter, an official 32 entries generated a prize pool of $3,136,000 with a first-place prize of $1,254,400.

Heading into day 2, Isaac Haxton is leading the tournament with 1,240,000 in chips, just ahead of Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, who is in second place with 875,000 in chips.

Remaining players:

Isaac Haxton 1240000
Viktor Blom 875000
Erik Seidel 753000
Jonathan Duhamel 729000
Humberto Brenes 609000
Mike McDonald 577000
Jason Mercier 514000
Chance Kornuth 444000
Galen Hall 380000
Scott Seiver 365000
Daniel Negreanu 346000
Sam Stein 344000
Dan Shak 182000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko 174000
Will Molson 164000
Tom Marchese 158000
Bertrand Grospellier 112000
David Sands 47000

Prizes ($):

1 1,254,400
2 846,700
3 470,400
4 313,600
5 250,900

[vishal nayak]

go go isildur!

[Danish Shaikh]

PCA 2012 Super High Roller: Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom makes the final eight.

The 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller is now down to final eight players, and what a final table it will be.

To start of things, 2011 PCA Main Event champion Galen Hall will start the final table in a chip lead with 1.748 million in chips.

In addition to Hall, Jonathan Duhamel, Daniel Negreanu, Scott “mastrblastr” Seiver, Mike “Timex” McDonald, Humberto Brenes, Dan Shak and Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom will all play in the final.

“Isildur1″

It will be interesting to see can Blom score his first major live tournament win.

Final eight:

Table Seat Player Chips
1 1 Humberto Brenes 343,000
1 2 Scott Seiver 556,000
1 3 Daniel Negreanu 1,230,000
1 4 Jonathan Duhamel 1,336,000
1 5 Mike “Timex” McDonald 360,000
1 6 Dan Shak 1,199,000
1 7 Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom 1,228,000
1 8 Galen Hall 1,748,000

Prizes ($):

1 1,254,400
2 846,700
3 470,400
4 313,600
5 250,900

[Poker Guru]

4 players remain in the High Roller`s. Present Chip Counts:

1 Galen Hall 2,597,000
2 Viktor Blom 2,010,000
3 Dan Shak 1,930,000
4 Jonathan Duhamel 1,480,000

[Anonymous]

Viktor “Isildur1” Blom wins the PCA 2012 Super High Roller.

Place Player Prize Sponsor
1 Viktor Blom 1,254,400 PokerStars Team Pro
2 Dan Shak 846,700
3 Galen Hall 470,400
4 Jonathan Duhamel 313,600 PokerStars Team Pro
5 Daniel Negreanu 250,900 PokerStars Team Pro

[Rajat Agarwal]

way to go “isildur1”!

[Danish Shaikh]

Blom outlasted 30 of the best and most experienced live players in the world to take home $1,254,400 and the prestigious $100K title.

The final table featured players like Daniel Negreanu, Jonathan Duhamel and 2011 PCA Main Event Champion Galen Hall, and in the Heads-Up play Blom outlasted Dan Shak.

PCA 2012 Super High Roller Final Results:

1. Viktor “Isildur1” Blom $1,254,400

2. Dan Shak $846,700

3. Galen Hall $470,400

4. Jonathan Duhamel $313,000

5. Daniel Negreanu $250,990

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