PCA High Roller Event: PokerNoob finishes 6th
The PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure High Roller event concluded today with PokerNoob earning $108,045 for his 6th placed finish. William Reynolds pocketed $576,240 for his first place finish.
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The grueling Day 4 of the PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure High Roller event concluded with William Reynolds emerging as champion after 9 hours of play. He took home the $576,240 winner's purse.
PokerNoob went into the final table as the chip leader and got off to a great start by eliminating Dmitry Stelmak in just the second hand of the day. However, things took a turn for the worse and he hit the rails in 6th place after about 3 hours of play. For his efforts, PokerNoob earned $108,045.
PokerNoob misses a monster draw
The key hand for PokerNoob came against second placed finisher Will Molson about an hour after the cards hit the felt.
Pre-flop: Molson (SB) completes, PokerNoob (BB) raises to 60,000, Molson calls
Flop (132,000): 
Molson checks, PokerNoob bets 65,000, Molson raises to 180,000, PokerNoob goes all-in, Molson snap-calls
Turn (1,800,000): 
River (1,800,000): 
PokerNoob: 
(king high)
Molson: 
(straight, ace high)
Molson wins 1,800,000
If PokerNoob had hit any of his 15 outs after the flop, he would have moved his stack past the 2 million chip mark, giving him a massive chip lead. As things turned out, he lost close to 70% of his stack in the hand, vaulting Molson into the chip lead.
Molson returns some of PokerNoob's chips
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Not much later, Molson and PokerNoob were at it again with PokerNoob shoving pre-flop with 
in the big blind, after Molson had raised the small blind with 
. Molson called and PokerNoob completed his flush on the turn to recover some of his lost chips. This put him back in contention with 1 million chips.
However, things did not stay rosy for PokerNoob as he immediately lost about 400,000 chips in the very next hand to Adolfo Vaeza. Vaeza shoved 
pre-flop and PokerNoob had to call with 
. The board came out 
to give Vaeza a flush on the river for the suck-out.
In the end, it was eventual champion William Reynolds that handed PokerNoob his exit ticket. Unfortunately for PokerNoob, his 
came up against Reynolds' and his miserable day ended in unspectacular fashion, as no help came on the river.
After 3 further eliminations, Reynolds and Molson battled it out in heads-up play for close to 3 hours, before Reynolds finally sealed the victory. His win marks a remarkable end to a roller-coaster ride, which saw him come back from the brink multiple times before eventually landing the title.
Final results of the PCA High Roller Event:
| PCA High Roller Event Results |
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| Rank | Name | Prize |
| 1. | William Reynolds | $576,240 |
| 2. | Will Molson | $322,075 |
| 3. | Adolfo Vaeza | $218,150 |
| 4. | Michiel Brummelhuis | $154,350 |
| 5. | Lisa Hamilton | $133,770 |
| 6. | PokerNoob |
$108,045 |
| 7. | Matt Marafioti | $87,465 |
| 8. | Dmitry Stelmak | $66,885 |
