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

01-08-2019 13:40 UTC-4

De Zutter Makes De Silva Send Them to De Muck

mnuwwarah

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	180,000

Upeshka De Silva	237,000 -198,000	-198,000

Tags: Alexandre de Zutter Upeshka De Silva

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	25,000
Vlad Tatu	275,000 -68,000	-68,000

Brandon Hall	100,000 35,000	35,000

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

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	232,000
Farid Jattin	570,000 -351,000	-351,000

Tags: Farid Jattin Jonathan West

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	86,000

Luc Greenwood	183,000 -173,000	-173,000

Tags: Luc Greenwood Marvin Rettenmaier

01-08-2019 13:57 UTC-4

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	192,000

Yuka Asaka	Busted

Tags: Blair Hinkle Yuka Asaka

01-08-2019 13:57 UTC-4

Early Day 3 Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

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

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

01-08-2019 13:58 UTC-4

Turn Bet Takes It

Sandra Barbour

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

Tracey Guice opened to 17,000 on the cutoff. Ramon Colillas, in the big blind, called.

The dealer spread a flop of . Colillas checked. Guice bet 17,000. Colillas check-called.

The turn brought the . Colillas checked again. Guice fired another bet of 25,000, that was enough to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramon Colillas	730,000 95,000	95,000

Tracey Guice	425,000 169,000	169,000

Tags: Ramon Colillas Tracey Guice

01-08-2019 14:02 UTC-4

Perkins Spikes a Double

Christian Zetzsche

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

Bill Perkins jammed for the last 51,000 and Max Greenwood asked for a count, then tossed in calling chips. The rest of the table got out of the way and the cards were turned over.

Greenwood flashed and Perkins immediately said "I am in trouble," then revealed .

"We are looking for a queen or hearts," Perkins continued.

The flop came and Perkins gasped "that's no queen or hearts."

However, the improved Perkins and he remained in the lead thanks to the river.

"The guy that had me bust with ace-queen of hearts will be pissed," Perkins grinned. Earlier today, he had started a competition to guess the hand he would bust with and the "winner" receives an entry into the WSOP Main Event.

If I bust --> # for someone. Guess the EXACT hand I bust w & win a entry to #WSOP 10k main event. Send email to the… https://t.co/uGICe2qdkB
— Bill Perkins (Guy) (@bp22)

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Greenwood	310,000 9,000	9,000

Bill Perkins	120,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Bill Perkins Max Greenwood

01-08-2019 14:10 UTC-4

Bernabeu, Srinivasan Eliminated

mnuwwarah

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

A player in early position opened for 18,000, Blair Hinkle made it 53,000 on the button and small blind Samuel Bernabeu jammed in the small blind for 271,000. The opener mucked and Hinkle quickly called with . Bernabeu showed .

The dealer spread a flop of and Bernabeu left his seat, accepting a fist bump from Hinkle after the turn ended his slim hopes.

At another table, Shyam Srinivasan busted, saying he ran kings into Tracey Guice's aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blair Hinkle	800,000 279,000	279,000

Samuel Bernabeu	Busted

Shyam Srinivasan	Busted

Tags: Blair Hinkle Samuel Bernabeu Shyam Srinivasan

01-08-2019 14:12 UTC-4

Elias Hangs Tough, Hand-for-Hand Begins

Adam Lamers

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

The action folded to Christoph Vogelsang who raised it up on the button. Darren Elias called from the big blind and the two players went heads-up to a flop of . Elias check-called a bet from Vogelsang and the landed on the turn.

Elias checked again and Vogelsang tossed in a bet of 50,000. Elias continued to call and the paired the board on the river. Elias checked one more time and Vogelsang reluctantly checked it back. Elias tabled and that proved to be enough to take down the pot.

With 185 players remaining, the tournament director has elected to start the hand-for-hand process a bit early to prevent stalling. The clock will continue to run throughout the hand-for-hand process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christoph Vogelsang	537,000 54,000	54,000
Darren Elias	363,000 -48,000	-48,000

Tags: Christoph Vogelsang Darren Elias