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

01-06-2019 22:00 UTC-4

Plesuv Doubles Through Melogno

Christian Zetzsche

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

With some 40,000 in the middle and the completed board showing , Pavel Plesuv was put to the test by Pablo Melogno and had just 13,600 behind when facing the jam. Plesuv reluctantly called and Melogno immediately tapped the table, revealing for a bluff while Plesuv scored the double with to move back above the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Plesuv	67,000	15,400

Tags: Pablo Melogno Pavel Plesuv

01-06-2019 21:52 UTC-4

Sylvia Doubles Through Hansen

Adam Lamers

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

Three players were still in the hand on a board reading . The big blind checked and Gus Hansen bet 7,500 from middle position into a pot of around 11,000.

Jesse Sylvia raised to 18,500 on Hansen's left and the big blind was left shaking his head as his cards headed for the muck. Hansen went into the tank for a couple of minutes before announcing all in and Sylvia quickly called off another 30,800.

Jesse Sylvia:
Gus Hansen:

Sylvia just needed to dodge another ace to score a double up and the on the river proved to be good enough. Hansen sent his chips to the left and fell back below the 100,000 mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Sylvia	110,200	46,200
Gus Hansen	98,500	-51,500

Tags: Gus Hansen Jesse Sylvia

01-06-2019 21:50 UTC-4

Gierse Finds a Dub

mnuwwarah

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

Marius Gierse shoved all in from middle position for 41,700 facing a bet of what looked like 16,000 from a player on the button, who put in a call after confirming the count.

Marius Gierse:
Opponent:

The board ran out , so Gierse faded a turned flush draw to double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Gierse	85,900

Tags: Marius Gierse

01-06-2019 21:49 UTC-4

Paredes Busts Duczak

Christian Zetzsche

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

"You just missed a big one," Aaron Duczak said with a dry smile on the face and on his way out of the tournament area.

"I lost aces versus kings against David Paredes, king on the river," Duczak continued and Paredes confirmed what had happened.

Paredes said he had folded kings preflop to Duczak earlier on and now "wasn't good enough" to fold them.

That being said, Paredes moved up to more than three times the starting stack, joining the big stacks in the final level of the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Paredes	200,000
Henrik Hecklen	100,000	25,000
Jason Mercier	95,000	31,000
Ana Marquez	22,000	-28,000
Aaron Duczak	Busted

Tags: Aaron Duczak David Paredes

01-06-2019 21:46 UTC-4

Good Enough for Katz

Adam Lamers

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

The action folded to Cary Katz in the small blind and he just limped in. The big blind raised it up to 4,000 and Katz countered with a re-raise to 12,000.

His opponent thought for a minute and then stuck in a four-bet to 27,500. Now it was Katz's turn to do some thinking as he counted out the chips to call before sizing up the rest of his stack. Katz eventually decided to go with it as he pushed all in for around 62,000 which forced his opponent to quickly fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cary Katz	90,200

Tags: Cary Katz

01-06-2019 21:45 UTC-4

Nurzynski Takes From Wilkerson

Christian Zetzsche

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

Joining the action on the flop, Dylan Wilkerson and Piotr Nurzynski invested 2,200 to see the turn. Wilkerson bet 3,200 and picked up a call.

After the river, Wilkerson bet 8,100 and Nurzynski just called to get shown the by Wilkerson. Nurzynski had that beat with and raked in the pot. Further notables of the same table and their respective chip counts can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Noori	200,000	200,000
Piotr Nurzynski	120,000	35,000
Dylan Wilkerson	100,000
Ben Heath	80,000	-15,000
Shawn Daniels	60,000	-20,000
Leo Margets	20,000	-52,000

Tags: Dylan Wilkerson Piotr Nurzynski

01-06-2019 21:41 UTC-4

More Faces in the Field

Shirley Ang

01-06-2019 21:36 UTC-4

Watson Sends Holloway Packing

mnuwwarah

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

Mike Watson opened early and quickly called a shove from Chad Holloway, who had around 20,000 on the button.

"Uh-oh," Holloway said.

He was indeed in bad shape with against . The brought a little bit of hope for Holloway but the turn and river just gave him an inferior flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	152,000	60,000
Chad Holloway	Busted

Tags: Chad Holloway Mike Watson

01-06-2019 21:33 UTC-4

Taylor Survives

mnuwwarah

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

Scott Stewart opened for 1,800 in one of the last hands in Level 7, Farid Jattin made it 5,800 in the next seat over in the hijack, and then Esther Taylor crammed from the cutoff for 12,700. Stewart folded and Jattin called.

Taylor turned over and Jattin faked like he was mucking then showed .