$25,000 PokerStars NL Hold'em Players Championship Day 3 | 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-08-2019 13:57 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Celina Lin	Busted
Thiago Nishijima	Busted
Peter Brankin	Busted
Ben Heath	Busted
Darren Millar	Busted
Richard Seymour	Busted
Corentin Ropert	Busted
Vladas Tamasauskas	Busted
Georgios Karakousis	Busted
Willliam Batista Arruda	Busted
Adriano Dias Marques	Busted
Georgios Christou	Busted

Hinkle Eliminates Asaka

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Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Yuka Asaka got her last 65,000 or so in with but ran into the of Blair Hinkle. The board left the king kicker playing for the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blair Hinkle	521,000	192,000
Yuka Asaka	Busted

Tags: Blair Hinkle Yuka Asaka

01-08-2019 13:54 UTC-4

Rettenmaier Picks Off Greenwood

Adam Lamers

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With the board already reading , Luc Greenwood and Marvin Rettenmaier were left heads-up in the pot. Both players checked the turn and Greenwood bet 85,000 into about 70,000 when the paired the board on the river.

Rettenmaier mulled over his decision for a couple of minutes and eventually tossed in a single chip to signify a call. Greenwood showed for a missed straight and flush draw while Rettenmaier tabled to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier	390,000	86,000
Luc Greenwood	183,000	-173,000

Tags: Luc Greenwood Marvin Rettenmaier

01-08-2019 13:46 UTC-4

West Jams Into Jattin

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jonathan West and Farid Jattin clashed in a bigger pot to the and Jattin made it 147,000 to go out of the blinds. West considered his options for quite some time and eventually moved all in for more than 330,000, a quick fold by Jattin followed.

As a result, the start-of-the-day chip leader from Colombia had to surrender the top spot and even dropped below West.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan West	670,000	232,000
Farid Jattin	570,000	-351,000

Tags: Farid Jattin Jonathan West

01-08-2019 13:42 UTC-4

Hall Doubles Through Tatu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Vlad Tatu raised to 16,000 and big stack Marc Perrault in the cutoff three-bet to 46,000. Toby Lewis in the big blind gave it some thought and folded, as did Tatu. They were shown the by Perrault.

One hand later, Tatu raised and Brandon Hall jammed for the last 46,000. Lewis again gave it some consideration and folded, Mark Radoja in the big blind asked for a count and folded also with the words "I thought I saw a green in there." Tatu called and the cards were on their back.

Brandon Hall:
Vlad Tatu:

"Nines are running hot today," Bill Perkins added in table chat. They weren't hot enough to send Hall to the rail, however, as the board came up blank with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Perrault	750,000	25,000
Vlad Tatu	275,000	-68,000
Brandon Hall	100,000	35,000

Tags: Bill Perkins Brandon Hall Marc Perrault Mark Radoja Toby Lewis Vlad Tatu

01-08-2019 13:40 UTC-4

De Zutter Makes De Silva Send Them to De Muck

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Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

In a three-bet pot containing around 190,000, Alexandre De Zutter checked in the small blind and Upeshka De Silva bet 72,000 on . De Zutter responded by raising all in for effectively 237,000 more. De Silva leaned back and went into the tank for about a minute before mucking.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre De Zutter	880,000	180,000
Upeshka De Silva	237,000	-198,000

Tags: Alexandre de Zutter Upeshka De Silva

01-08-2019 13:35 UTC-4

Ruzicka Eliminates Gnanasambanthan

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Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Vojtech Ruzicka opened under the gun and Ajay Gnanasambanthan shoved in the small blind for just over 70,000. Ruzicka quickly called and tabled , leading against . The board troubled the Czech player not at all, and he collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka	373,000	134,000
Ajay Gnanasambanthan	Busted

Tags: Ajay Gnanasambanthan Vojtech Ruzicka

01-08-2019 13:30 UTC-4

The Tanking Begins

Adam Lamers

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

While the money bubble is within sight, there are still quite a few eliminations needed until the hand-for-hand progress begins. However, that results in many of the short stacks taking their time to make a decision. At Table 17, there are quite a few short stacks and nobody seems in a rush to play a hand.

In fact, the first at the table just completed. Tzai Wei Phua raised to 16,000 on the button and Jack O'Neill defended from the big blind. The flop came and O'Neill check-called a bet of 11,000 from Phua. The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river.

O'Neill checked again and Phua announced all in, for roughly 250,000 effective. That is when the tanking began for O'Neill as he sat still for well over 10 minutes. Other players at the table stood up and walked around while O'Neill deliberated on what to do. Everyone at the table refused to call the clock until the tournament director finally showed up.

After another 30 seconds, O'Neill's hand was declared dead and the table was given a warning. "Just so you guys know, stalling is not allowed. If we believe you are stalling, we will look at your cards and you will be susceptible to a severe penalty."

Player	Chips	Progress
Tzai Wei Phua	548,000	33,000
Jack O'Neill	248,000	-35,000

Tags: Jack O'Neill Tzai Wei Phua

01-08-2019 13:28 UTC-4

Raus Loses Flip to Hajiyev

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Julien Martini raised on the button and Martin Raus jammed out of the small blind. Big stack Ramin Hajiyev reshoved in the big blind and Martini got out of the way swiftly.

Martin Raus:
Ramin Hajiyev:

The board came and Raus became one of the first casualties on Day 3.

Ramin Hajiyev, 880000
Martin Raus, 0

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramin Hajiyev	880,000	160,000
Martin Raus	Busted

Tags: Martin Raus Ramin Hajiyev Julien Martini

01-08-2019 13:21 UTC-4

Drummond Eliminates Borisov

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Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Artemii Borisov jammed his last 74,000 in late position with and ran into the of Hugh Drummond in the cutoff. The board ran out , so Borisov missed a turned flush draw to bust.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hugh Drummond	380,000	77,000
Artemii Borisov	Busted

Tags: Hugh Drummond Artemii Borisov