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2012 PCA Super High Roller – Viktor Blom Wins
Posted by: Jo Martin - Tue, 2012-01-10 08:36
8 players returned to action on the last day of the 2012 PokerStars
Caribbean Adventure’s Super High Roller event. The $100k tournament drew a starting field of 30, and 2 players re-bought, so the prize-pool hit the $3 million mark, guaranteeing a $1.25 million haul for the eventual winner.
PokerStars’ Viktor Blom, the menace of the high stakes online tables, was the only one left standing at the end of the day. The win marked the Swede’s first ever live poker tournament victory, a truly impressive achievement for a player who was thus far only known for his online antics.
Due to the relatively low number of participants, the money bubble was set for 5th place, so out of the 8 players returning for the final stretch, 3 would have to leave empty-handed.
Humberto Brenes was the first one to go. Brenes started the day with the shortest stack and he was compelled to act early. He got his chips into the middle shortly after the action kicked off on an A,8o. Galen Hall pounced on the opportunity to get a rival out of the way and made the call with pocket Js. The board did give Brenes a pair of 8s through the river card, but it was too little too late for him.
Mike McDonald, another short-stack, fell next, courtesy of Viktor Blom, whose A,J bested McDonald’s K,J without any sort of problems.
The event’s bubble would see all those landing in the money take home at least $250k, so the stakes were high indeed. Scott Seiver was the one who succumbed to the bubble-pressure, Galen Hall the one directly responsible for his demise.
Daniel Negreanu couldn’t find any traction at the final table, and as soon as the bubble was out of the way, he hit the rail, ushered out by Viktor Blom. Jonathan Duhamel followed him, eliminated by Blom as well.
Galen Hall busted out in 3rd, leaving Blom and Dan Shak to battle it out for the win. The final hand of the event saw Shak’s Ah,5h fall to Blom’s K,Qo.
