$250,000 PSPC Super High Roller Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$250,000 PSPC Super High Roller

Day 1 Completed

02-01-2023 03:13 UTC-4

Martirosian Leads The Pack In $250,000 PSPC Super High Roller

Andrew Knowles

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure continued today with Day 1 of the $250,000 PokerStars Players Championship Super High Roller at the beautiful Baha Mar Resort.

After only four levels of play on Day 1, Artur Martirosian leads the pack with an impressive 726,000 in chips. Next closest was Chris Brewer (547,500) and Henrik Hecklen (465,000) to round out the top three.

This star-studded field attracted 25 entries from the biggest and best players from around the globe to create a $6,088,500 prize pool, and with late registration and rebuys open until the start of Level 9 on Day 2, that number will be sure to grow.

Some high-stakes notables who jumped in early included EPT champions Adrian Mateos and Mikita Badziakouski, as well as recent PCA High Roller winners Isaac Haxton, Justin Bonomo, and David Yan to name a few.

$250,000 PSPC Super High Roller Top 10 Chip Counts

RANK	NAME	COUNTRY	CHIPS	BIG BLINDS
1	Artur Martirosian	Russian Federation	726,000	290
2	Chris Brewer	United States	547,500	219
3	Henrik Hecklen	Denmark	465,000	186
4	Orpen Kisacikoglu	Turkey	444,500	178
5	Chris Hunichen	United States	391,000	156
6	Aleksejs Ponakovs	Latvia	349,500	140
7	Isaac Haxton	United States	349,000	139
8	Juan Pardo	Spain	340,000	136
9	Stephen Chidwick	United Kingdom	330,500	132
10	Kathy Lehne	United States	325,000	130

Day 1 Action

Things got off to a hot start with many big pots early on. Martirosian scored a massive double up in the first level off of Andrew Lichtenberger, who held kings while Martirosian rivered the nut-flush with ace-king. Lichtenberger could not rebound from the bad beat and would hit the rail soon after.

Chalie Hook also exited the field early when he moved all in with ace-queen but ran into the ace-king of Brewer and couldn’t find improvement. A short while later, Yan would flop a set of sixes but was up against the top set of kings for Orpen Kisacikoglu. Yan would be left with a couple of big blinds and need to rebuy a few hands later.

Day 2 starts on February 1st at 2 p.m. EST and is scheduled to play eight more one-hour levels with blinds resuming at 1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 big blind ante. Players who wish to join will have until the start of Level 9 to do so.

Be sure to stick with PokerNews to bring you all the up-to-date coverage as we come closer to crowning a new super high roller champion here in The Bahamas.

Tags: Adrian Matteos Aleksejs Ponakovs Andrew Lichtenberger Artur Martirosian Chris Brewer Chris Hunichen David Yan Henrik Hecklen Isaac Haxton Justin Bonomo Mikita Badziakouski Orpen Kisacikoglu Stephen Chidwick

02-01-2023 02:43 UTC-4

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Andrew Knowles

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	726,000 26,000	26,000

Chris Brewer	547,500 35,500	35,500

Henrik Hecklen	465,000 -65,000	-65,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	444,500 59,500	59,500

Chris Hunichen	391,000 121,000	121,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	349,500 39,500	39,500

Isaac Haxton	349,000 9,000	9,000

Juan Pardo	340,000 -10,000	-10,000
Stephen Chidwick	330,500 60,500	60,500

Kathy Lehne	325,000 -5,000	-5,000
Seth Davies	323,500 3,500	3,500

Jean-Noel Thorel	308,500 33,500	33,500

Christoph Vogelsang	281,000 46,000	46,000
David Yan	263,000 263,000	263,000

Rob Yong	252,000 7,000	7,000
Michael Addamo	215,000 -25,000	-25,000

Adrian Mateos	206,500 -48,500	-48,500

Sam Greenwood	168,000 8,000	8,000

Justin Bonomo	158,000 45,000	45,000

Mikita Badziakouski	149,500 -85,500	-85,500

02-01-2023 02:31 UTC-4

End of Day 1

Andrew Knowles

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The final 20 players have bagged and tagged for Day 2 tomorrow at 2 p.m. A full recap of the day will be available shortly.

02-01-2023 02:29 UTC-4

Lehne Finds Lucky River To Stay Alive

Andrew Knowles

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

In a heads-up pot with close to 35,000 in the middle on a board showing , Kathy Lehne checked from the small blind to Seth Davies on the button who bet out 55,000. Lehne took a moment before moving all in for 153,000 total and Davies quickly called to put Lehne at risk.

Kathy Lehne:
Seth Davies:

Both players flopped trip fours but Davies was well out in front with the better kicker. Lehne was shocked to see what she was up against and let out a sigh.

"You're not dead yet," said Davies before the hit the river to give Lehne the one card she needed to secure the massive double up.

"I shouldn't have said anything," joked Davies as he paid the bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kathy Lehne	330,000 135,000	135,000
Seth Davies	320,000 -33,000	-33,000

Tags: Kathy Lehne Seth Davies

02-01-2023 02:10 UTC-4

Ponakovs Takes From Chip Leader

Andrew Knowles

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Aleksejs Ponakovs opened to 4,500 in the cutoff and only Artur Martirosian made the call in the big blind.

The flop fanned out and both players checked to the turn. Martirosian led out for 10,000 and Ponakovs quickly made the call.

The completed the board and Martirosian slowed down with a check to Ponakovs who announced a bet of 27,000. Martirosian pondered for a few moments, but eventually mucked his hand and the pot was sent to Ponakovs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	700,000 -135,000	-135,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs	310,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Artur Martirosian

02-01-2023 01:53 UTC-4

Table #3 Updated Chip Counts

Andrew Knowles

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	835,000 -25,000	-25,000

Chris Brewer	512,000 -23,000	-23,000

Isaac Haxton	340,000 30,000	30,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs	270,000 106,000	106,000

Rob Yong	245,000 -60,000	-60,000
Christoph Vogelsang	235,000 -25,000	-25,000

02-01-2023 01:46 UTC-4

Pardo Flops Top Set; Yan Hits The Rail

Andrew Knowles

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

David Yan moved all in for 8,000 from under the gun and Sam Greenwood called next to act. It folded around to Juan Pardo who called in the small blind and Orpen Kisacikoglu put in a three-bet to 40,000 from the big blind. Greenwood quickly got out of the way and Pardo called.

The flop came and both players checked to the turn. Pardo led out for 60,500 and Kisacikoglu quickly folded.

David Yan:
Juan Pardo:

The inconsequential hit the river and the set of eights for Pardo scored the pot to send Yan to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Orpen Kisacikoglu	385,000 -60,000	-60,000

Juan Pardo	350,000 65,000	65,000
Sam Greenwood	160,000 -65,000	-65,000

David Yan	Busted

Tags: David Yan Juan Pardo Orpen Kisacikoglu Sam Greenwood

Level: 4

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

02-01-2023 01:21 UTC-4

Davies Puts Pressure On Addamo; Yan Goes Set Over Set

Andrew Knowles

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

Michael Addamo opened to 4,500 from the button and only Seth Davies made the call in the big blind.

Action checked through to the river on a completed board of , and after close to two minutes, Davies led out for 11,500. Addamo took a few seconds, but in the end made the fold and Davies scooped the pot.

Meanwhile on Table #1, David Yan moved all in for close to 200,000 on a board showing and was snap-called by Orpen Kisacikoglu, who had just under that amount.