$10,300 High Roller
Day 3 Completed
2018 Caribbean Poker Party
$10,300 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Caribbean Poker Party
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$1,901,200
Entries
196
Level
37
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Level 37
: 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante
Another high roller is in the books as the 2018 Caribbean Poker Party is coming to a close. The $10,000 High Roller has just wrapped up and partypoker pro Roberto Romanello has claimed the victory along with the first-place prize of $450,000.
Romanello defeated Mustapha Kanit in a heads-up battle after the two players worked out an ICM deal earlier on. While there was still some money to play for along with the trophy, Romanello and Kanit exchanged some friendly banter and many laughs. But the heads-up match all belonged to Romanello who held the chip lead throughout in a dominating performance.
The poker pro from Wales has accumulated nearly $3.5 million in his career but he was really looking forward to getting his hands on the partypoker trophy. This will go down as one of his largest cashes and it seems fitting that it came in a partypoker event.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Roberto Romanello | United Kingdom | $450,000 |
| 2nd | Mustapha Kanit | Italy | $271,200 |
| 3rd | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | $210,000 |
| 4th | Justin Bonomo | United States | $160,000 |
| 5th | Garik Tamasian | Russia | $125,000 |
| 6th | Guillaume Diaz | France | $100,000 |
| 7th | Joao Simao | Brazil | $80,000 |
| 8th | Adrian Mateos | Spain | $65,000 |
The day got started with 28 players returning to their seats but only 23 of them would make the money. After a flurry of bustouts in the first level, the money bubble was reached but it only took one hand. Bartlomiej Machon moved all in with pocket queens but ran into the pocket aces of Romanello, meaning the remaining 23 players were guaranteed at least $20,000.
Unlike most tournaments, there weren't many short stacks after the money bubble and so it took some time for players to hit the rail. The field was littered with notable names and they continued to drop one by one. Some of the notables eliminated in the money include partypoker pro Isaac Haxton, Jonathan Duhamel, Thomas Muehloecker, Steve O'Dwyer, and Joseph Cheong.
The unofficial final table was reached at a reasonable time, but the average stack of around 80 big blinds made for a lot of poker to be played. Nine-handed play lasted for well over two hours before Benjamin Pollak was finally eliminated. It was a little while later that the three short stacks hit the rail in quick succession. Adrian Mateos started the flurry when he ran into the pocket aces of Daniel Dvoress, followed by partypoker pro Joao Simao, and Guillaume Diaz who got his pocket kings cracked.
Maybe the least familiar player at the table, Garik Tamasian, came in with the least amount of experience but was able to ladder his way up into a fifth-place finish. Tamasian got the last of his chips in the middle in a flip against Dvoress but was unable to connect with the board. That left Justin Bonomo on the short stack and he wasn't afraid to make some moves to try and climb out of the hole. However, his flopped top pair was no good against the turned flush of Dvoress and Bonomo was ousted in third place.
The final three players agreed to take a look at the numbers but couldn't agree on making a deal. So play continued with an average stack of over 65 big blinds. Each player tossed the chip lead back and forth to the others and there multiple double ups over the course of three hours. One large double from Romanello left Dvoress on the short stack and he eventually lost a flip against Kanit.
That set up the heads-up match between Romanello and Kanit and the two had a blast dueling each other for over an hour. Romanello held the early chip lead and he would never look back, picking off a couple bluffs from Kanit. In the last hand of the night, Romanello picked up ace-king on the button against the king-deuce of Kanit. The board ran out clean for Romanello and the tournament finally ended in the wee hours of the morning.
That nearly wraps up the entire coverage from PokerNews at the 2018 Caribbean Poker Party with just one event still going on.
Level 37
: 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante
Roberto Romanello shipped all in on the button and Mustapha Kanit called off his last 38 million chips. Romanello turned over 
and was dominating Kanit's 
.
The flop of 
was no help for Kanit as he was still searching for a deuce. The turn brought the 
and the river was the 
as Romanello finally brought an end to the last high roller event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
196,000,000
21,000,000
|
21,000,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
Level 37
: 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante
Mustapha Kanit limped in on the button and Roberto Romanello checked his option in the big blind. The flop came 
and both players checked to the on the turn.
Romanello check-called a bet of 3.5 million and the 
landed on the river. Romanello checked again and Kanit bet 8.5 million. Romanello called saying he had a bluff catcher, which was exactly what Kanit had. Kanit showed 
while Romanello tabled to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000,000
37,500,000
|
37,500,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
21,000,000
-37,500,000
|
-37,500,000 |
Level: 37
Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000
Ante: 3,000,000
Level 36
: 1,250,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
137,500,000
23,800,000
|
23,800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
58,500,000
-23,800,000
|
-23,800,000 |
Level: 36
Blinds: 1,250,000/2,500,000
Ante: 2,500,000
Level: 35
Blinds: 1,000,000/2,000,000
Ante: 2,000,000
Level 33
: 70,000/1,400,000, 1,400,000 ante
Roberto Romanello folded his button and Daniel Dvoress shipped all in for around 24 million in the small blind. Mustapha Kanit made a quick call from the big blind and the players were off to the races.
Dvoress turned over 
and Kanit held 
. The flop came 
and Kanit remained in the lead with his pocket pair. The turn was the 
and Dvoress was left drawing to six outs. The river was the 
and Dvoress was eliminated in third place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
113,700,000
-7,500,000
|
-7,500,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
82,300,000
29,800,000
|
29,800,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 33
: 70,000/1,400,000, 1,400,000 ante
In a limped pot preflop, the flop read 
and Roberto Romanello led out for 2.5 million from the small blind. Daniel Dvoress raised to 7.6 million in the big blind and Romanello shoved all in for 58.5 million. Dvoress quickly called and the cards were on their backs.
Romanello turned over for a flush draw while Dvoress held 
for two pair. The turn was the 
and Dvoress just needed to fade a spade. The river brought the and Romanello spiked his flush to score a massive double up. With that, Dvoress fell to the shortest stack at the table with around 15 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
121,200,000
67,800,000
|
67,800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
52,500,000
3,100,000
|
3,100,000 |
|
|
22,300,000
-70,900,000
|
-70,900,000 |
|
|
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