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

01-06-2019 16:13 UTC-5

Apostol Pays Off Koonce

Adam Lamers

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Bill Perkins raised to 900 in middle position and was called by Tyson Apostol just a couple of seats over. Jason Koonce three-bet to 3,400 in the cutoff and the action was back on Perkins who called along with Apostol.

The flop came and Perkins began with a check followed by a bet of 6,500 from Apostol. Koonce just called while Perkins laid his hand down. The turn brought the and both remaining players checked.

The completed the board and Apostol checked again. Koonce stuck in a bet of 9,000 and Apostol paid him off. Koonce tabled and Apostol sent his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koonce	89,000
Bill Perkins	70,500 10,500	10,500
Tyson Apostol	55,300 28,700	28,700

Tags: Bill Perkins Tyson Apostol Jason Koonce

01-06-2019 16:19 UTC-5

Toktabayev Takes Both Hilsercop and Glaser Out

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Shirley Ang

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Timur Toktabayev is sitting on a pretty big stack after having eliminated both Jeremy Hilsercop and Benny Glaser in two separate hands.

Hilsercop had opened from the cutoff, Kevin Mathers three-bet from the button and Toktabayev jammed in the big blind. Hilsercop called for his last 25,000 or so and Mathers got out of their way. Hilsercop held while Toktabayev stayed ahead with the .

A few hands later, Glaser lost it all when Toktabayev shoved in the big blind on the rainbow flop. Glaser asked if Toktabayev had queens again which Toktabayev confirmed. Glaser still made the call having made a pair of jacks. Toktabayev held and the overpair held to eliminate Glaser too.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timur Toktabayev	188,000
Kevin Mathers	95,500 9,500	9,500
Benny Glaser	Busted

Jeremy Hilsercop	Busted

Tags: Benny Glaser Jeremy Hilsercop Kevin Mathers Timur Toktabayev

01-06-2019 16:21 UTC-5

Nitsche Climbing the Ranks

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Nitsche	117,500 57,500	57,500

Nick Petrangelo	87,000 7,000	7,000

Jeff Gross	83,000 23,000	23,000

Dan Shak	82,700
Patrik Antonius	75,000

Chance Kornuth	74,000 24,000	24,000

Chris Moneymaker	69,400 9,400	9,400

Benjamin Pollak	68,000
Aymon Hata	57,500
Davidi Kitai	55,800

Aleeyah Jadavji	53,600
Jack Salter	49,000
Adrian Mateos	38,900 10,900	10,900

Steve O'Dwyer	30,400 19,600	19,600

Rainer Kempe	11,700 12,300	12,300

01-06-2019 16:22 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan O'Brien	153,000
Dominik Nitsche	122,000 4,500	4,500

Alan Schein	115,000
Isaac Haxton	88,000

Martin Jacobson	85,000 31,300	31,300

Thomas Muehloecker	71,000
Chance Kornuth	70,000 4,000	4,000

Felipe Ramos	66,800 3,200	3,200
Chris Moneymaker	66,000 3,400	3,400

Scott Stewart	46,500 13,500	13,500

Steve O'Dwyer	36,500 6,100	6,100

Byron Kaverman	30,000

Jeff Banghart	14,000 46,000	46,000
Dietrich Fast	Busted

01-06-2019 16:24 UTC-5

Hecklen Over Mercier in Raising War

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Henrik Hecklen bet an unknown amount from the big blind on . Jason Mercier was a couple of seats over and made it 7,700, and Hecklen responded with another raise to 18,500. Mercier considered a bit and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Henrik Hecklen	75,000 25,000	25,000
Jason Mercier	64,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Henrik Hecklen Jason Mercier

01-06-2019 16:26 UTC-5

Hamann Chips Up Without Showdown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

James Romero raised to 800 and Peter Jetten from one seat over made it 3,100 to go. Thai Ha called on the button and Klaus Hamann in the small blind announced a reraise to 5,200, he was then told that a minimum raise was to 5,400. Hamann obliged and he was called by Jetten and Ha.

The flop brought and Hamann bet 10,500 to claim the pot without resistance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Klaus Hamann	75,000 75,000	75,000
Thai Ha	55,000 55,000	55,000

James Romero	35,000 35,000	35,000

Peter Jetten	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: James Romero Klaus Hamann Peter Jetten Thai Ha

01-06-2019 16:28 UTC-5

Navarrete Picks Off Selbst

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Vanessa Selbst, under the gun, and Marcelo Navarrete in the small blind built a pot of 30,000 heading to the river with on the felt. On the river, Navarrete checked and snap-called when Selbst bet about 15,000 and she indicated his hand was good.

Navarrete turned over for a backdoor flush and Selbst nodded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcelo Navarrete	110,000
Vanessa Selbst	33,400 26,600	26,600

Tags: Vanessa Selbst Marcelo Navarrete

01-06-2019 16:30 UTC-5

Assorted Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	135,000 30,000	30,000

Michel Dattani	130,000 130,000	130,000

Harry Lodge	115,000 64,000	64,000

Eoghan O'Dea	100,000 25,000	25,000

Mikhail Shalamov	95,000 95,000	95,000
Chris Hunichen	95,000 5,000	5,000

Kristen Bicknell	80,000 15,000	15,000

Antoine Saout	75,000 75,000	75,000
Ivan Luca	70,000 70,000	70,000

Sosia Jiang	70,000 70,000	70,000
Natalie Teh	70,000 70,000	70,000
Ian Simpson	65,000
Matthias Eibinger	60,000 25,000	25,000

Andjelko Andrejevic	50,000 13,000	13,000

Ben Lamb	50,000 50,000	50,000

Scott Bohlman	35,000

Brian Altman	22,000 1,000	1,000

Sam Panzica	Busted

01-06-2019 16:38 UTC-5

Boeree Takes a Hit

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Just before the end of the level, Sirzat Hissou raised on the button and was called by PokerStars Team Pro Liv Boeree in the big blind. The flop came and Boeree check-raised from 2,300 to 6,200. Hissou made it 20,000 in total and Boeree called.