$25,000 PokerStars NL Hold'em Players Championship Day 2 | 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-07-2019 17:08 UTC-5

Boeken Busted by Martini

Shirley Ang

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Noah Boeken was seen getting up from his seat and had in front of him. His stack was pushed Julien Martini's way who held .

The board read which meant that Martini had flopped two pair while Boeken had a pair of treys and the flush draw. The rest of the board didn't help Boeken as he made his way out of the tournament area while Martini shoots to the top of the chip counts for now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Martini	578,000 268,000	268,000

Noah Boeken	Busted

Tags: Julien Martini Noah Boeken

01-07-2019 17:08 UTC-5

Desilva Finds a Fold

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Upeshka Desilva had put in 32,500 in the small blind and was facing an all-in shove for his remaining 132,000 or so from Jacqueline Burkhart in middle position.

"Pretty strong," he said with a smile, stretching.

"All right, take it," he added moments later, flicking in .

Burkhart smiled but didn't show.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacqueline Burkhart	275,000 75,000	75,000

Upeshka De Silva	132,000 54,700	54,700

Tags: Jacqueline Burkhart Upeshka Desilva

01-07-2019 17:09 UTC-5

Benger Waits for the Turn

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Griffin Benger raised it up to 6,500 from middle position and was called by both of the blinds. The flop came and everyone opted to check as the landed on the turn.

Both of the blinds checked again and Benger took a stab at the pot with a bet of 15,000. The small blind folded but Mario Hofler put up some resistance from the big blind. After counting out a raise, Hofler just decided to call instead.

The completed the board and Hofler took his time before checking again. Benger tossed in a bet of 25,000 and Hofler went back into the tank for over two minutes, eventually deciding to lay his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Griffin Benger	306,000 111,000	111,000

Tags: Griffin Benger Mario Hofler

01-07-2019 17:16 UTC-5

No Payday for 'Papi'

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Joey Ingram tried to make the most out of his surprising Platinum Pass that he received but once again, he proved that two cards just isn't his game. Ingram specializes in the game of Pot-Limit Omaha but has recently been focusing most of his attention on creating YouTube content.

Unfortunately for 'Papi', he was unable to keep his stack alive long enough to reach the money as he bowed out mid-way through Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaime Staples	238,000 88,000	88,000
Darren Elias	237,000 13,000	13,000

Dylan Linde	233,000 13,000	13,000

Nadya Magnus	205,000 15,000	15,000
Marvin Rettenmaier	113,000 53,200	53,200

Martin Jacobson	106,000 24,000	24,000

Patrick Tardif	106,000 77,200	77,200
Richard Seymour	68,000 3,000	3,000
Joey Ingram	Busted

Tags: Joey Ingram Platinum Pass

01-07-2019 17:22 UTC-5

Hinkle Concedes in Raising War Against Bicknell

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Blair Hinkle raised on the button to 8,000 and Kristen Bicknell defended big blind aggressively with 31,000. Hinkle fired in a four-bet to 73,000 and Bicknell moved in for around 300,000 effective. Hinkle instantly released.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristen Bicknell	453,000 118,000	118,000

Blair Hinkle	220,000 212,000	212,000

Tags: Blair Hinkle Kristen Bicknell

01-07-2019 17:24 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack O'Neill	450,000 327,500	327,500
Vojtech Ruzicka	275,000 72,000	72,000
Luc Greenwood	255,000 212,100	212,100
Dylan Linde	239,000 6,000	6,000

Victor Ramdin	180,000 145,700	145,700
Michael Kamran	175,000 105,000	105,000
Jake Cody	165,000 35,000	35,000

Dan O'Brien	159,000 111,000	111,000
Bill Perkins	111,000 24,000	24,000
Tony Gregg	97,000 41,100	41,100

Cord Garcia	91,000 24,000	24,000

Chris Moneymaker	88,000 117,000	117,000

Marc-Andre Ladouceur	50,000 41,400	41,400
Jon Turner	22,500 22,500	22,500

01-07-2019 17:26 UTC-5

Kornuth Kicked Out by Nevanlinna

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Shirley Ang

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The board read with just over 40,000 in the pot already.

Jussi Nevanlinna had a bet of 16,000 in front of him in the cutoff while Chance Kornuth was sitting in the under-the-gun position with the all-in button in front of him and his stack counted out to be 94,500. Nevanlinna was in the tank trying to figure out what to do. After quite a while, Nevanlinna grabbed one of his stacks of 5,000-value chips and put them in for the call to see the cards go on their backs.

Chance Kornuth:
Jussi Nevanlinna:

They both had flopped a pair with Nevanlinna ahead with the higher pair. The turn gave them both the straight draw to split the pot.

The river completed the board with the which meant that Kornuth's run in this tournament was over and he quickly left the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jussi Nevanlinna	338,000 275,600	275,600

Chance Kornuth	Busted

Tags: Chance Kornuth Jussi Nevanlinna

01-07-2019 17:30 UTC-5

Assorted Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mustapha Kanit has been tearing up the secondary feature table and soared towards the top of the leader board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustapha Kanit	580,000 274,000	274,000
Sven McDermott	280,000 128,100	128,100

Gianluca Speranza	240,000 184,000	184,000
Vojtech Ruzicka	240,000 35,000	35,000
Athanasios Polychronopoulos	230,000 104,400	104,400

Daniel Wilson	220,000 196,400	196,400
[Removed:172]	215,000 130,500	130,500
Nicolas Cardyn	210,000 148,900	148,900
Upeshka De Silva	205,000 73,000	73,000

Guillaume Diaz	195,000 80,000	80,000
Marius Gierse	180,000 79,900	79,900
Esther Taylor	180,000 68,500	68,500

Mihai Manole	180,000 49,500	49,500
Mikhail Shalamov	165,000 15,500	15,500
Aleksandr Gofman	160,000 121,500	121,500
Eric Wasylenko	115,000 27,000	27,000
Andjelko Andrejevic	100,000 64,000	64,000

Esteban Garcia	95,000 61,600	61,600

Michael Gathy	60,000 40,000	40,000

Matt Glantz	60,000 3,000	3,000

01-07-2019 17:30 UTC-5

Jacobson Scoops a Monster from Cody

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

After a raise to 6,000 from early position, Martin Jacobson three-bet to 19,000 on the button. Jake Cody was in the big blind and announced all-in for 155,000. The initial raiser quickly folded and Jacobson called just as quickly.

Martin Jacobson:
Jake Cody:

Jacobson held a massive preflop lead and the flop of only improved his outs. The on the turn gave Cody a straight draw but the on the river bricked off as the majority of Cody's chips were sent across the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Jacobson	298,000 192,000	192,000

Jake Cody	11,000 154,000	154,000

Tags: Jake Cody Martin Jacobson

01-07-2019 17:37 UTC-5

Dokler Done by Sanchez

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Joaquin Sanchez was among three players to call the raise by Jonathan Dokler and checked the flop. Dokler continued for 4,000 and forced folds from Dan Shak and Andrea Benelli on the button. Sanchez check-raised to 12,000 and Dokler called.

On the turn, Sanchez bet enough to give Dokler the option to fold or call all in, and he opted for the latter.

Sanchez showed and Dokler was trailing with the . A blank sent Dokler, who started the day as one of the big stacks, to the rail much earlier than he was hoping for.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joaquin Sanchez	125,000 58,500	58,500
Jonathan Dokler	Busted

Tags: Andrea Benelli Dan Shak Joaquin Sanchez Jonathan Dokler