January 10, 2007 marked a historic day for PocketFives.com as member Ryan “Daut44” Daut won the fourth annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure along with a $1.5 million paycheck and an entry into the $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship. Daut overcame a field of 937 entrants and nearly 150 PocketFivers, each of whom came to Paradise Island in The Bahamas in pursuit of poker glory. When asked what he would do with his newfound riches, Daut stated, "nothing, I don't really spend money. I'll pay my taxes, leave enough online to move up to $10-20 or $25-50, and invest the rest."

Daut entered final table play fourth in chips with a little over 2 million, but far behind chip leader Isaac Haxton (a fellow CardRunners member), whose 9.2 million chip stack dwarfed over the rest of the table. According to PocketFivesLive.com Tournament Reporter Court Harrington, who witnessed the final table unfold, “Daut came out of the gate aggressive at the final table, and then changed gears and tightened up until the heads up play started. Then the aggression came back and he was able to overcome Haxton’s significant chip advantage.”

Daut44 was recently crowned as a protégé of CardRunners.com owner Taylor "Green Plastic" Caby. According to Caby, “I'm very happy for Ryan and, although I'd love to take a lot of credit for his success, the truth is he was a very solid player before I started to work with him. The best part about him is that he has a great head on his shoulders and this should help him immensely when he starts to play at the bigger cash games.” Four out of the six final table participants were CardRunners members, a phenomenal feat for the young training site. Caby comments on Daut’s run through the final table: “He played great the whole way through. He was all in for all of his chips four times, AA to QQ twice, KK to 22 once, and A7hh on a two heart board to T7o on the same board (neither had a pair). It's pretty amazing he went the whole way without having to suck out or even win a race for his chips.”

PocketFiver Frank “Round42” Rusnak (pictured at left and a CardRunners member) finished in sixth after calling an all-in of Robert Ford with pocket kings after a flop of J-9-9. Ford flipped over A-K offsuit and a river ace sent Rusnak to the rail. Sixth place earned him a strong $247,234. Harrington explains, “Frank made solid plays and seemed much more comfortable at the table than many of the other players in the tournament without much live experience.”

Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little (also a CardRunners member) was eliminated in 5th place for $317,873. He pushed in for his last 315,000 chips and was called by Daut. Little had A-Q and Daut had K-6. A river 6 would give Daut trips and it was exit stage right for Little. Other top finishes included Scott “BigRiskky” Clements, who’s known on PocketFives.com as JRAvila, finished in 8th place. According to Harrington, “Scott is one of the top tournament players out there right now. He continues to go deep in many tournaments and was considered by many to be one of the favorites in the late stages of the PCA.”

World Series of Poker Bracelet Winner Jon “Pokertrip” Friedberg (pictured at right) was eliminated in 9th place. His dominant style in both online and live play has not gone unnoticed, claims Harrington: “As well as Jon plays, I always expect him to be deep in every tournament he plays. When he was eliminated from the PCA, I’m sure all the other players were relieved to see such a dangerous player eliminated from the tournament.” Fellow PocketFiver Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo finished 11th. Harrington comments, “Justin definitely has the most consistent results of anyone over the last few months. I would say he is the favorite to win player of the year this year.”

Next up for the PocketFivesLive.com crew is a walk on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the Borgata Poker Classic. This event kicks off on January 26, with the final table scheduled to play out on January 30. Check out PocketFivesLive.com for more details!