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

01-07-2019 13:35 UTC-5

Elias on the Come Up

Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Both blinds checked to Darren Elias on the button, and he bet 8,200 on a flop of . Small blind Andjelko Andrejevic called, and both players checked the . The river was a , which got checked through as well.

Andrejevic showed but Elias had kings up with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	265,000 182,600	182,600

Andjelko Andrejevic	164,000 23,200	23,200

Tags: Andjelko Andrejevic Darren Elias

01-07-2019 13:35 UTC-5

Updated Counts

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Adam Lamers

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	174,000 63,400	63,400
Mikita Badziakouski	164,000 69,600	69,600

Jaime Staples	156,000 87,600	87,600
Steven van Zadelhoff	138,000 2,000	2,000
Sam Grafton	134,000 17,400	17,400

Benjamin Pollak	131,000 25,900	25,900
Kenny Hallaert	126,000 22,600	22,600

Esther Taylor	111,500 51,500	51,500

Lauren Roberts	102,300 40,700	40,700
Cliff Josephy	102,000 17,100	17,100

Ben Heath	101,000 3,000	3,000

James Rann	82,000 37,900	37,900
Taylor Black	79,000 35,100	35,100

John Juanda	76,500 2,600	2,600

Ben Keeline	61,500 8,100	8,100
Jen Harman	57,000 57,000	57,000
Aleeyah Jadavji	Busted

01-07-2019 13:37 UTC-5

Perkins Doubles Through Krpan

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

John Krpan opened on the button for 3,700, the small blind reraised to 14,500 and Bill Perkins ripped in just shy of 60,000 in the big blind. Krpan reraised all in for just about 12,000 more and the small blind quickly folded.

John Krpan:
Bill Perkins:

Perkins held through the runout and Krpan busted in short order.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bill Perkins	135,000 80,100	80,100
John Krpan	Busted

Tags: Bill Perkins John Krpan

01-07-2019 13:44 UTC-5

Assorted Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Rudolph	240,000 45,000	45,000
Nadya Magnus	190,000 65,100	65,100
Colin Robinson	180,000 10,100	10,100

Ryan Olisar	160,000 61,200	61,200
Jonathan Abdellatif	150,000 5,000	5,000
Elio Fox	135,000 32,200	32,200

Ramin Hajiyev	120,000 45,000	45,000
Daniel Zack	110,000 10,100	10,100

Richard Seymour	70,000 29,000	29,000
Connor Drinan	50,000 8,000	8,000

Pierre Calamusa	50,000 9,600	9,600
Bob Bounahra	45,000 2,100	2,100

01-07-2019 13:48 UTC-5

Payouts Released

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The prize pool has been made available to the players with an official registration count of 1,039 entries. The total prize money is $26,455,500, counting the $1 million added to first by PokerStars. The winner of the event will bank $5.1 million ($4.1 million plus $1 million added), and five other players at the final table will take home seven figures. A total of 181 places are paid, with a min-cash being worth $25,450.

Check the "Payouts" tab above for a full breakdown of the pool.

01-07-2019 13:49 UTC-5

Hajiyev Sends Lindsay to the Rail

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

A big pot had built between Ramin Hajiyev in the big blind and Katie Lindsay in middle position and the completed board showed . Hajiyev had moved all in with the pot around 65,000 and Lindsay had approximately 60,000 behind. After some time, the clock was called on Lindsay and she was given 30 seconds to act once the tournament director arrived.

"I call," Lindsay said with few seconds left and Hajiyev rolled over for trips deuces, Lindsay only held for kings and deuces.

According to Hajiyev, he had defended and check-raised the flop from 3,000 to 9,200, which Lindsay called. Hajivev bet the turn for 20,000 and picked up a call before he put ultimate pressure on the river.

Lindsay quickly collected her belongings and headed out of the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramin Hajiyev	195,000 75,000	75,000
Katie Lindsay	Busted

Tags: Katie Lindsay Ramin Hajiyev

01-07-2019 13:55 UTC-5

More Eliminations

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Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Asif Warris won a Platinum Pass as the 2018 Persistence Award winner but unfortunately, the friendly Brit has just been eliminated. So have the following notable players:

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pastor	Busted
Matous Houzvicek	Busted
Pablo Brito Silva	Busted
Mohsin Charania	Busted

Emil Patel	Busted
Paul Tedeschi	Busted
Toby Joyce	Busted
Ari Engel	Busted

Gilbert Diaz	Busted
Matt Berkey	Busted
Asif Warris	Busted
Isaac Haxton	Busted

Tags: Asif Warris

01-07-2019 14:05 UTC-5

Drinan Sends Merisecu Packing

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

On a flop of , Connor Drinan faced the shove of Vasile-Ionut Merisecu for 27,500 and carefully counted his remaining stack. Drinan barely had his opponent covered with some 20,000 more behind and needed a minute to make the call.

Vasile-Ionut Merisecu:
Connor Drinan:

The turn immediately improved Drinan to a flush and the river failed to keep Platinum Pass winner Merisecu in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	95,000 45,000	45,000

Vasile-Ionut Merisecu	Busted

Tags: Connor Drinan Platinum Pass Vasile-Ionut Merisecu

01-07-2019 14:07 UTC-5

Kein Tops Peters

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Adam Lamers

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

While Gustavo Kein and David Peters both entered the tournament via the Platinum Pass, you could say one player has a more distinguished poker resume. Kein from Argentina has a mere $22,700 in career earnings while Peters sits inside the top 5 all-time earners with over $29.5 million to his name.

However, once you sit down at the poker table, you can toss all those numbers away and put everyone on an even playing field. The two players were seated at the same table and got involved in a hand that saw Peters put himself at risk. The American shoved all in for 20,400 in the hijack and Kein pushed all in over the top from the small blind.

Gustavo Kein:
David Peters:

The board ran out and Kein got the best of Peters this time around, sending him to the rail prior to the first break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gustavo Kein	99,500 58,000	58,000
David Peters	Busted

Tags: David Peters Gustavo Kein Platinum Pass

01-07-2019 14:08 UTC-5

Jiang Busts Hallaert in Huge Pot

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Kenny Hallaert opened under the gun and called a three-bet from Sosia Jiang to 10,500 a couple of seats over. The flop came and Hallaert check-called 6,000. On the turn, he checked and faced a bet of 22,000. He responded by moving all in for 85,000 and Jiang called after thinking only a moment.