The final report from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure as the $10,300 Main Event throws up two different storylines, as Chino Rheem dominates the final table to win the $1.5m first prize, and a Canadian Buddhist donates the entirety of his $671,240 purse to charity.

[Image credit: Carlos Monti]

I would love to sit down with Chino Rheem, stab him with sodium thiopental, shove a lit cigarette in his mouth, and a voice recorder switched ‘on.’ The poker circus took a hammer to the 38-year-old from Los Angeles a long time ago. There are pieces of him all over the place.

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