PCA Champion John Gale is Here
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It's been 11 years since John Gale managed to take down the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, which was still a World Poker Tour event back then. Gale defeated a field of 461players to take home the $890,600 first-place prize, and he managed to add a lot to that over his successful career in poker.
Gale won a World Series of Poker bracelet in both 2006 and 2015, the latter after a long hiatus away from the game. The Londoner has spoken openly about the struggles with his health, as he's battling both heart problems and a brain tumor.
Gale states the love for the game of poker as one of the reasons to keep going, and he's showing some of that again today. After making deep runs in other events across Europe this year it looks like he's got his eye set on taking down another big title, and he'll got as good of a chance as any player in this event.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 |
flop, Francisco Rodrigues led for 775 and Ronaldo folded, Banicevic raised to 1,800 and just Rodrigues called. On the 
turn, Rodrigues check-called a bet worth 2,800 before the 
river slowed down the action.
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river for 1,500 and fellow Super High Roller participant Sergey Lebedev squeezed to 4,100 from one seat over to enforce a fold. Max Silver and Andrew Lichtenberger joined Day 1a very recently as well while Isaac Haxton was there from the start.
flop and the 
turn both players checked before the opponent of the American then check-folded the 
river to a bet worth 425.
on which Ronaldo bet 1,000 and both his opponents called.
and now Ronaldo bet 1,500 which was called again by the limper, but Rodrigues raised to 4,000. Ronaldo moved all in for 11,000 total and Rodrigues called right away.
and Ronaldo was knocked out in the first level of the day.
when Rasmus Agerskov bet 500 from the small blind and Steven van Zadelhoff raised from the big blind to 2,000. Agerskov thought for a little and made the call.
and Agerskov said, "That's not friendly," about the river raise.
turn, John Gale raised a bet by Aleksandr Denisov to 3,225 and was called by the Russian to see the