$25,000 PokerStars NL Hold'em Players Championship Day 1 | 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-06-2019 20:06 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Sylvain Loosli	Busted

Kevin Schulz	Busted

Scott Seiver	Busted

John Racener	Busted

Ivan Deyra	Busted

Georgios Vrakas	Busted
Daniel Strelitz	Busted

Nick Schulman	Busted

Justin Liberto	Busted

Justin Zaki	Busted
Christopher Andler	Busted
Jack Sinclair	Busted

Lander Lijo	Busted
Felix Bleiker	Busted
Norm McDonald	Busted
Ian Hunter	Busted
Dan Ott	Busted
Antoine Saout	Busted
Nipun Java	Busted

Koray Aldemir	Busted

Arlie Shaban	Busted

Erwann Pecheux	Busted
Bas de Laat	Busted
Adrian Mateos	Busted

Tony Hawk	Busted

Aleeyah Jadavji: F@!# Cancer

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Platinum Pass winner Aleeyah Jadavji takes some time to talk with [Removed:139] about the opportunity to play in the PokerStars Players Championship.

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01-06-2019 20:16 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Schein	230,000 87,000	87,000
Taylor Black	135,000

Isaac Haxton	110,000 7,000	7,000

Kevin Mathers	83,400 12,100	12,100
Ari Engel	80,800 2,200	2,200

Conor Beresford	39,300 75,700	75,700
Josh Turner	35,500
Matt Glantz	32,000 2,000	2,000

John Juanda	25,000 20,000	20,000

Matthias Eibinger	24,000 11,000	11,000

Jennifer Shahade	21,800 51,200	51,200

Manuel Survives

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Platinum Pass winner Nathan Manuel was all in for 14,300 when we arrived at his table, from the small blind against an open from Sergio Aido in the cutoff. Aido thought awhile and found a call, and he was pleased to see he was live with against .

The board ran out , and Manuel doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Aido	30,000 15,900	15,900

Nathan Manuel	29,800 29,800	29,800

Tags: Nathan Manuel Sergio Aido

01-06-2019 20:22 UTC-5

Another Set For Calamusa

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Pierre Calamusa got some value off Stanley Lee before the table broke and moved back to where he had been some time ago. The turn brought a bet of 13,500 by Calamusa in the small blind and Lee called in the hijack. On the river, Calamusa made it 25,100 to go and Lee went into the think tank for more than two minutes before making the call.

Calamusa showed for a set and claimed the pot. Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Schein	200,000 30,000	30,000
Elio Fox	175,000 86,500	86,500

Pierre Calamusa	145,000 5,000	5,000
Walter Treccarichi	130,000 130,000	130,000
Fintan Gavin	100,000 100,000	100,000
Chance Kornuth	85,000 15,000	15,000

Sosia Jiang	75,000 5,000	5,000
John Juanda	24,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Pierre Calamusa Stanley Lee

01-06-2019 20:24 UTC-5

Four-Flush Doesn't Scare Perkins

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Bill Perkins looked down at his cards in early position and made it 1,800 to go. The big blind defended and the flop fell . Both players checked and the landed on the turn.

The big blind led out for 3,500 this time and Perkins called as the put four spades on the board. His opponent fired another 3,700 and Perkins flicked in a chip to call. His opponent flashed the but Perkins quickly tabled for a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bill Perkins	122,500 52,000	52,000

Tags: Bill Perkins

01-06-2019 20:26 UTC-5

Michealis Doubles Through Tedeschi

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Shirley Ang

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

2018 EPT Prague Main Event winner, Paul Michaelis, was short but just doubled up through Paul Tedeschi with against Tedeschi's .

The board ran out for Michaelis' hope for another PokerStars tournament win to stay alive as he doubled up for the 13,200 he had behind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Tedeschi	70,000
Paul Michaelis	26,200 4,800	4,800

Tags: Paul Michaelis Paul Tedeschi

01-06-2019 20:29 UTC-5

Ruzicka and Rettenmaier Clash

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Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Vojtech Ruzicka raised to 2,000 from the button and Marvin Rettenmaier three-bet to 6,700 in the big blind which Ruzicka called.

The flop came , Rettenmaier continued with a bet of 5,600 and Ruzicka called.

The turn brought them the , Rettenmaier now checked while Ruzicka bet 14,600. Rettenmaier took a few seconds before he made the call.

The river completed the board with the for both players to quickly check through. Rettenmaier tabled for the flopped pair of fives but was bested by Ruzicka who held for the higher flopped pair of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka	112,000
Marvin Rettenmaier	77,000

Tags: Marvin Rettenmaier Vojtech Ruzicka

01-06-2019 20:29 UTC-5

Obreshkov Left with a Chip and a Chair

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Picking up the action with two players all in preflop, Stoyan Obreshkov found himself in a bit of a predicament and needing a lot of help. Corentin Ropert was his opponent and tabled against Obreshkov's with Ropert being at risk for 65,700.

The board ran out as Ropert's pocket queens held on for the full double up. Obreshkov was left with just 100 chips and will have an uphill battle in order to stay alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corentin Ropert	133,000
Stoyan Obreshkov	100

Tags: Corentin Ropert Stoyan Obreshkov

01-06-2019 20:29 UTC-5

Shakerchi Still Leading

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Shirley Ang

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Talal Shakerchi	319,000 59,000	59,000

Luiz Duarte	179,000
Isaac Haxton	160,000 50,000	50,000

Katie Lindsay	145,000 45,000	45,000
Martins Adeniya	140,000 15,000	15,000
Rachid Ben Cherif	76,000
Linda Johnson	65,000

Antonius Voncken	36,000
Ognyan Dimov	35,000