A 2012 Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure has now finished and forty-three-year-old New York-based day trader John Dibella, took down the Main Event, securing the title and $1,775,000 in 1st place prize money and the Dibella, amateur player won his seat in the competition on a $1 000 satellite of some 1,072 eager entrants.
The final table stacked up with the following players:
1. Mark Drover Canada PokerStars qualifier 1,430,000
2. Tony Gregg USA 1,160,000
3. David Bernstein Canada 1,960,000
4. Ruben Visser Netherlands 4,400,000
5. Faraz Jaka Chicago/Las Vegas/Europe 6,470,000
6. John Dibella USA 6,470,000
7. Xuan Liu Canada 6,355,000
8. Kyle Julius USA
Kyle Julius bluff-shoved the river of a {Ac} {Qh} {3c} {8d} {Tc} with the airball {9d} {6s}. It may have worked if not for the fact that Dibella rivered the flush with {5c} {6c} and the 2012 PAC his largest live cash had been $16,000 at a previous PCA in dibella’s 3rd time at the PCA, he cashed in the Main Event in 2008 when he finished 60th for $16,000 his largest cash on record.
The final table stacked up with the following players:
1. Mark Drover Canada PokerStars qualifier 1,430,000
2. Tony Gregg USA 1,160,000
3. David Bernstein Canada 1,960,000
4. Ruben Visser Netherlands 4,400,000
5. Faraz Jaka Chicago/Las Vegas/Europe 6,470,000
6. John Dibella USA 6,470,000
7. Xuan Liu Canada 6,355,000
8. Kyle Julius USA
Kyle Julius bluff-shoved the river of a {Ac} {Qh} {3c} {8d} {Tc} with the airball {9d} {6s}. It may have worked if not for the fact that Dibella rivered the flush with {5c} {6c} and the 2012 PAC his largest live cash had been $16,000 at a previous PCA in dibella’s 3rd time at the PCA, he cashed in the Main Event in 2008 when he finished 60th for $16,000 his largest cash on record.