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2012 PCA High Roller – Day 1 Report
Posted by: Randy Williams - Sun, 2012-01-15 10:59
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2012 PCA’s $25k High Roller event drew a starting field of 141 players – an impressive feat indeed, considering the size of the buy-in. Of these players, 56 survived the day, as Nick Yunis clinched the chip lead with a stack of 407k chips.
There were plenty of name players among the starters, and many of those who found themselves on the rail early on chose to re-buy. Chris Moorman was among those who re-bought, together with PokerStars’ Bertrand Grospellier, the chip leader himself: Nick Yunis and Chance Kornuth.
The prize-pool was set to $3,626,000 of which the winner will receive $1.1 million+. The money bubble has been set to 17th place and the min-cash is $58k.
Yunis’ day was an impressive rollercoaster ride indeed. He found himself chip-less after only 4 levels of play, he chose to re-enter though, putting $50k into the middle while looking at a min-cash of $58k. His new stack gave him newfound strength. He began chipping up steadily until a major hand thrust him straight into the lead. The board was reading 8d,2d,10c,5s when Carlos Boyd shoved all-in. Even though he had more than enough chips to cover his opponent, it took Yunis a while to make the call. He eventually did so with A,8 for a measly pair, only to see Boyd table a Kd, 5d for the monster flush draw. The river was not a diamond though and Boyd was out.
Bill Perkins provided one of the most interesting performances of the day: seemingly set to play in every single pot at his table, he got his chips into the middle again and again, getting away with robbery every time. During his day-long rampage, he eliminated players like Carlos Mortensen, Viktor Blom and Ludovic Lacay. He eventually finished with a very healthy stack of 345.7k chips.
Team PokerStars pro Jonathan Duhamel finished the day with a healthy stack too.
