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12:25pm: Early eliminations
Level 19 - Blinds 4,000-8,000 (1,000 ante)

These are the first five to leave today.

69. Carter Swidler (Canada) $12,880
70. Davidi Kitai (Belgium) $12,880
71. Leonardo Maria Armino (Netherlands) $12,880
72. Neeraj Madhvani (UK) $10,840
73. Jonathan Crute (UK) $10,840

12:20pm: Gross is gone
Level 19 - Blinds 4,000-8,000 (1,000 ante)

We joined the action after the turn had been dealt, with the board reading as follows: [4d][5c][3h][3d]. Taylor Paur had put Jeff Gross all in, so it would cost him his remaining 123,000 if he called and was wrong.

After five minutes thinking time the clock was eventually called, and 30 seconds later Gross' chips were in the middle and the cards were on their backs.

Taylor Paur [4s][4c]
Jeff Gross [jd][jh]

Only a jack on the river could save Gross (giving him a bigger full house), but it wasn't to be. Gross will take home $12,880 for 68th place, while Paur is up to 450,000. --JS

12:15pm: Crute falls to Ulmer
Level 19 - Blinds 4,000-8,000 (1,000 ante)

Ilkin Amirov raised to 16,000 from the button and Jonathan Crute re-raised to 44,000 from the small blind. Timothy Ulmer, who had both of the players covered, moved all-in from the big blind.

Amirov folded but Crute called.

Crute: [ac][qc]
Ulmer: [ad][kd]

Crute was dominated and couldn't improve on the [7c][9c][8h][ks][2d] board.

Crute won $10,840 for his 73rd place elimination while Ulmer chipped up to about 1 million.

Timothy Ulmer -- 1,000,000
Ilkin Amirov -- 145,000
Jonathan Crute -- OUT --AV

12:10pm: Gregg busts Madhvani
Level 19 - Blinds 4,000-8,000 (1,000 ante)

Two hands in and we've just lost Neeraj Madhvani. He shoved his 116,000 stack holding the [ac][qd], and Anthony Gregg made the call on the button with pocket eights. An eight in the window on the flop made it trips for Gregg, and Madhvani hit the rail. Gregg now sits with 710,000. --JS

12pm: Dealers, start please
Level 19, Blinds 4,000-8,000 (1,000 ante)

No "Shuffle up and deal" in these parts. It's a more measured, "Dealers, start please." The button is in seat two and action is under way. -- HS

11:30am: Five levels, is that all we've got!

It's the day before the penultimate day at the $5,000 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event. This tournament has played through three days; it has three more left. You could call this the halfway point.

Today's schedule is pretty simple: we'll play five 90-minute levels and get down, probably, to around 20-30 players (give or take.) The day after that is when we'll need to get down to a final.

There are 73 still involved at the moment, each of whom is already guaranteed $10,840. But the aim getting towards that final--and the $833,260 first prize. Play begins at noon.

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PokerStars Blog reporting team on the $5,000 Main Event: Jack Stanton, Howard Swains, Alex Villegas and Brad Willis. Photos by Joe Giron and Neil Stoddart. For more photos from this event by Joe Giron visit Poker Photo Archive.

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