2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship

2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
105
Prize
$3,121,838
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$24,843,000
Entries
1,014
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,005
Players Left
680

Gago Calls De Goede's Bluff

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Platinum Pass winners went to battle after Javier Amores Gago raised from the cutoff and was called by Taco de Goede in the big blind.

There was 5,900 in the pot and action checked through on the {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{3-Spades} flop.

The turn was the {4-Clubs} and De Goede led for 3,500. Gago called.

The {5-Hearts} was the river and De Goede fired 9,200. Gago went into the tank before making the call. De Goede quickly mucked conceding the pot to Gago.

Gago won his Platinum Pass via the the Platinum Grind Promotion.

Player Chips Progress
Javier Amores Gago es
Javier Amores Gago
71,000
71,000
71,000
Taco de Goede nl
Taco de Goede
55,000
4,000
4,000

Tags: Javier Amores GagoTaco de Goede

Updated Chip Counts

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Tony Tran us
Tony Tran
230,500
230,500
230,500
Day 1 Chip Leader
Chris Lee us
Chris Lee
136,000
136,000
136,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
136,000
-4,700
-4,700
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Conor Beresford gb
Conor Beresford
129,000
21,500
21,500
Dylan Linde us
Dylan Linde
128,500
29,100
29,100
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Kayhan Mokri no
Kayhan Mokri
127,500
21,800
21,800
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
126,000
58,700
58,700
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
StakeKings
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
105,000
-7,000
-7,000
Chris Brewer us
Chris Brewer
90,000
48,000
48,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Jamil Wakil ca
Jamil Wakil
75,000
20,500
20,500
Ryan Laplante us
Ryan Laplante
58,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
John Racener us
John Racener
36,600
36,600
36,600
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
34,000
34,000
34,000
EPT Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos ca
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos
29,000
-48,200
-48,200

Spulber Doubles Through O'Connor

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Iosif Spulber
Iosif Spulber

Alban Beysson opened to 2,100 in early position and Jamie O'Connor three-bet to 6,300 on the button. PokerStars Ambassador David Kaye then four-bet to 15,500 from the small blind and Beysson and O`Connor both folded.

The very next hand, Beysson again opened to 2,100 and O'Connor again three-bet to 6,300. It was deja vu as Iosif Spulber then four-bet jammed a stack of 45,000 from the big blind. Beysson got out of the way and O'Connor tanked for over a minute before calling with a bigger stack.

Iosif Spulber: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Jamie O'Connor: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

"Wow!" reacted Alexandra Botez.

"Slow roll!" Spulber joked about O'Connor's tank.

The flop came {6-Spades}{2-Clubs}{k-Hearts} to give Spulber the lead and he held for a double after the {3-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} runout.

Player Chips Progress
David Kaye us
David Kaye
100,000
-1,000
-1,000
Iosif Spulber gb
Iosif Spulber
90,000
90,000
90,000
Alban Beysson fr
Alban Beysson
85,000
85,000
85,000
Jamie O'Connor gb
Jamie O'Connor
25,000
-13,100
-13,100

Tags: Alban BeyssonDavid KayeIosif SpulberJamie O`Connor

Kudzmanas Gets Value From Simpson

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Marius Kudzmanas opened to 2,000 from the cutoff and the action folded to Conrad Simpson in the big blind. Simpson called to see the {k-Spades}{4-Spades}{3-Hearts} flop and check-called a continuation bet of 2,000 from Kudzmanas.

Simpson then led out on the {2-Diamonds} turn for 3,500 and Kudzmanas called to the {7-Spades} river.

Simpson led again for 5,500 but quickly faced a raise from Kudzmanas to 22,000. Simpson took some time before tossing in the call and mucked when Kudzmanas tabled {q-Spades}{6-Spades} for a flush.

Player Chips Progress
Marius Kudzmanas lt
Marius Kudzmanas
72,500
72,500
72,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Conrad Simpson us
Conrad Simpson
34,500
34,500
34,500

Tags: Conrad SimpsonMarius Kudzmanas

Faria Takes Down a Big One

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The board read {6-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}, the pot was swelled to over 60,000, and Lewis Spencer was the first to act. He eventually decided to check and sent the action over to his heads-up adversary, Luis Faria.

After some thought, Faria slid out a bet of 11,500 which resulted in a hasty fold from Spencer. Faria was pushed the pot to grow his stack to almost 100,000.

Player Chips Progress
Luis Faria pt
Luis Faria
95,000
95,000
95,000
Lewis Spencer gb
Lewis Spencer
60,000
27,000
27,000

Tags: Lewis SpencerLuis Faria

Fast Puts Pressure on Lee

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Dietrich Fast
Dietrich Fast

There was 5,500 in the pot as Calvin Lee was on the button against Dietrich Fast.

The flop came {9-Spades}{6-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and Fast check raised to 15,500 following the continuation bet from Lee. Lee called.

The {7-Hearts} was the turn and Fast paused before he fired 19,000. Lee counted his chips before making the call.

The river was the {3-Spades} and Fast paused again before moving all in for 36,600 effective. Lee folded as Fast took in a big pot.

Player Chips Progress
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
150,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Calvin Lee kr
Calvin Lee
36,600
-31,800
-31,800
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Calvin LeeDietrich Fast

Spragg's Shove Gets Through

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Marle Spragg opened to 2,200 from early position and found calls from Stewart Chantler on the button and Marcello Del Grosso in the big blind.

All three players checked the {j-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} flop before Chantler and Del Grosso tapped the table again on the {2-Spades} turn. Spragg fired 6,500, which was called by Chantler while Del Grosso got out of the way.

Spragg then moved all in on the {k-Diamonds} river, producing a fold from Chantler to take it down.

Player Chips Progress
Marcello Del Grosso ca
Marcello Del Grosso
128,500
128,500
128,500
Stewart Chantler ca
Stewart Chantler
64,500
64,500
64,500
Marle Spragg us
Marle Spragg
58,400
58,400
58,400
StakeKings

Tags: Marcello Del GrossoMarle SpraggStewart Chantler

Post Dinner Break Counts & Eliminations

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
190,000
-3,000
-3,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
140,700
36,700
36,700
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
125,000
30,700
30,700
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
124,600
32,600
32,600
$25K Fantasy
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
120,000
12,000
12,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
115,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Stefan Huber ch
Stefan Huber
115,000
25,000
25,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
112,000
33,000
33,000
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
110,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
106,700
-2,800
-2,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Kayhan Mokri no
Kayhan Mokri
105,700
-4,300
-4,300
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
103,000
1,000
1,000
Dylan Linde us
Dylan Linde
99,400
-10,600
-10,600
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
93,000
49,000
49,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
84,500
-22,500
-22,500
Rafael Moraes br
Rafael Moraes
82,700
-7,300
-7,300
Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
81,300
-45,700
-45,700
Daniel Herrada es
Daniel Herrada
80,000
15,000
15,000
Anthony Hu us
Anthony Hu
79,700
-25,300
-25,300
Adam Hendrix us
Adam Hendrix
70,900
-3,100
-3,100
$25K Fantasy
Carl Shaw gb
Carl Shaw
70,500
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Clement Eloy fr
Clement Eloy
70,000
-9,000
-9,000
Alex Keating us
Alex Keating
68,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Blake Bohn us
Blake Bohn
67,500
-19,500
-19,500
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
67,300
27,300
27,300
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
StakeKings

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Up and Down for Shaban

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Arlie Shaban
Arlie Shaban

Arlie Shaban opened to 2,100 in middle position and Oliver Weis defended from the big blind. The flop came {j-Hearts}{8-Spades}{3-Clubs} and Weis check-called a bet from Shaban.

The turn was the {2-Spades} and both players checked to the {10-Clubs} on the river. Weis led out with a bet of 2,600 on the river and Shaban quickly called. Weis knuckled the table and Shaban tabled {q-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for the winner.

On the next hand, Shaban raised to 2,100 again and Ante Jukic re-raised to 5,500 in the cutoff. Shaban called and they went heads-up to a flop of {a-Clubs}{9-Spades}{2-Spades}.

Shaban check-called bets of 2,700 on the flop and then 6,700 on the {8-Clubs} turn. The river was the {q-Diamonds} and both players tapped the table. Shaban showed {a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} but Jukic held {a-Spades}{k-Clubs} for the better kicker.

Player Chips Progress
Arlie Shaban ca
Arlie Shaban
120,000
-1,000
-1,000
Oliver Weis de
Oliver Weis
71,000
Ante Jukic hr
Ante Jukic
66,000

Tags: Oliver WeisArlie ShabanAnte Jukic