2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Day 4 of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event is in the books, and leading the remaining 20 players is Estonian Madis Muur. Madis Muur pipped Canadian Mike McDonald during the last few hands of the evening, winning a 1.7 million-chip pot off of Roger Teska and bagging 3.515 million.

This is Muur’s first season in the EPT – he qualified for the PCA, London, and Barcelona Main Events. The 27-year-old spends most of his time grinding online cash games, and has earned just over $100,000 in live tournament earnings. He can top that with an 11th-place finish or better in this event.

McDonald, winner of EPT Dortmund in Season 4, is the only remaining EPT champion, and could become the first player to ever capture two titles in the tour’s history.

McDonald was the recipient of a massive double in Level 21, when he four-bet all in for a little over a million chips holding pocket aces. Jason Helder, who flat-called a three-bet shove from Daniel Weinman, called with queens, and Weinman showed . McDonald’s aces held up, vaulting him to over two million chips, and he eventually bagged 3.432 million.

Fellow Canadians Pascal Lefrancois (2,401,000) and Shyam Srinivasan (2,129,000) also ended the day on big stacks. Lefrancois eliminated Vladimir Schemelev in Level 21 with pocket kings, rocketing up to over 1.6 million chips, and Srinivasan busted Jorge Ribeiro in Level 22 holding pocket queens, moving above 2.2 million.

Also reaching the penultimate day of play are former November Niner Antoine Saout (2,432,000), UKIPT Dublin winner Max Silver (2,359,000), online legends Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron (1,556,000) and Grayson “gray31” Ramage (571,000), and UKIPT Season 3 Player of the Year Thomas Hall (1,241,000).

Among the players who fell short of Day 5 were Team PokerStars Pros Vanessa Selbst, Angel Guillen, Liv Boeree, Marcel Luske, and PokerStars Team Online member Marc-Andre Ladouceur. Selbst made the deepest run of the bunch, finishing in 42nd place after placing third in the $100,000 Super High Roller. Selbst lost a race in Level 21 with pocket tens against Jennifer Shahade’s , and then Shahade hit the rail when she ran pocket jacks into pocket kings.

Boeree looked like she was going to climb back into contention, doubling up through Mark Ioli in Level 20, but a few hands later she lost a 1.2 million-chip flip to Saout and was eliminated.

Other players who failed to survive the day include Loni Harwood, Vladimir Schemelev, Matt Berkey, Matt Stout, Paul Berende, Ismael Bojang, Ty Reiman, and Tim Reilly.

Play will resume on Sunday at noon local time, where the remaining 20 players will battle until an official final table of eight is set. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for up-to-the-minute updates straight from the tournament floor.

The story of the late evening — and the rest of the day, actually — has been Roger Teska and his cup of red drink. PokerStars Blog spent an orbit taking a very close look at Teska, Mike McDonald, Max Silver and the cocktail server for a fascinating episode in the "A Round With…"

Madis Muur raised to 40,000 from under the the gun and Roger Teksa three-bet to 125,000 from the next seat over. The rest of the table folded back to Muur and he four-bet the action to 277,000. Teska called and the two saw a flop of .

Muur continued for 202,000 and Teska called. Both players checked the on fourth street and allowed the to finish off the board. Muur moved 377,000 forward for a final bet and Teska went deep into the tank. Eventually he called, but mucked his cards after being shown by Muur.

Muur dragged in the pot and now sits on the chip lead as the night draws to an end. He has about 3.52 million in chips.

Allon Allison raised to 40,000 from the cutoff and Mike McDonald flatted from the big blind. The small blind got out of the way and Roger Teska three-bet to 200,000 from the big blind.

Allison responded to this move by four-bet shipping all in for 803,000. McDonald folded and Teska followed suit, awarding Allison the pot. He's now up to 1.074 million in chips.

Jude Ainsworth was first to act, and raised to 40,000. The action folded all the way to Jorgen Sandvoll Lindebo, who moved all in for effectively 365,000 in the big blind, and Ainsworth called.

Ainsworth:
Lindebo:

Ainsworth picked up backdoor straight and flush draws on the flop, and the on the turn kept the flush draw alive. The river wasn't red though, nor was it paint, and the sent the Irishman packing.

He'll earn $60,700 for his efforts.

Dominik Panka popped it up to 42,000 from the cutoff and Thomas Hall called from the button. The two blinds got out of the way and the flop came down . Panka continued for 59,000 and Hall stuck around with a call. Fourth street saw the pair the board and Panka decided to bet 130,000. Hall called once more.

The was the river card and Panka slowed with a check. Hall decided to tap the table back and he mucked his cards after he saw Panka's for tens and fours. Panka raked in the pot and is now sitting on roughly 1.6 million. Hall, on the other hand, has fallen to 980,000.

Fabio Freitas was all in and at risk for his last 150,000 or so preflop holding on the feature table. Pascal Lefrancois had him at risk with , and flopped two backdoor straight draws when the dealer fanned .

The on the turn was a brick, eliminating both draws, and leaving Lefrancois with just six outs. The on the river wasn't one of them, and Freitas doubled.

The board read and Madis Muur checked over Adrian Bussman who moved forward 106,000. Muur called to see the final community card.

The river was the and Muur checked once again. Bussman bet 258,000 and Muur took a brief moment before announcing a call. Bussman showed for queen high and Muur rolled over for a pair of kings. Muur was pushed the pot and now has about 2.4 million in chips.