$1,100 Main Event Day 1c | 2025 PokerStars Open Philadelphia

04-25-2025 15:46 UTC-5

Defrancesco Improbably Doubles Up

Josh Noy

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

After losing a large portion of his stack a short time earlier, Tulasi Chenchala had Andrew Defrancesco all in as the cards were turned up.

Andrew Defrancesco: A♣K♠ All in
Tulasi Chenchala: A♦K♥

Holding the same hand, both players saw nothing change through the A♠9♣4♠ flop. Defrancesco picked up a flush draw on the 3♠ turn, which was completed on the 8♠ river to avoid the chop and earn an unlikely double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Defrancesco	125,000 62,000	62,000
Tulasi Chenchala	15,000 74,000	74,000

Tags: Andrew Defrancesco Tulasi Chenchala

04-25-2025 15:37 UTC-5

200 Entries and Counting

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Josh Noy

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Day 1c has already seen the event climb past the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. The start of Level 8 has also brought the number of entries to 200 on the day, making it the largest flight so far.

Late registration remains open until the start of Level 13 tonight, while Day 1d will be played on Saturday.

04-25-2025 15:34 UTC-5

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Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

04-25-2025 15:23 UTC-5

Born Bets Big

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Josh Noy

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Andrew Defrancesco opened to 2,400 in middle position and Tulasi Chenchala called in the cutoff. Jimmy Born defended his big blind and the 5♠J♥6♥ flop was revealed.

Born checked and Defrancesco continued for 4,000. Both Chenchala and Born slid in the call.

Another check from Born followed the J♦ turn, with Defrancesco firing again for 11,000. Chenchala got out of the way before Born called.

The 10♣ river saw Born lead out, earning the pot before his bet of 33,000 hit the table as Defrancesco quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy Born	98,000
Tulasi Chenchala	89,000 129,000	129,000
Andrew Defrancesco	63,000

Tags: Andrew Defrancesco Jimmy Born Tulasi Chenchala

04-25-2025 15:03 UTC-5

Shaban Gets River Value

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Josh Noy

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

After returning from the reentry desk before break, Arlie Shaban was heads-up against Mykhailo Lendel through the 9♦2♥Q♥9♠4♦ river.

Shaban led out for 3,500 from the big blind, with Lendel taking some time in early position before tossing in the call.

The PokerStars Ambassador tabled Q♠6♣ for two pair, taking down the pot as Lendel mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mykhailo Lendel	87,000 87,000	87,000
Arlie Shaban	26,000 8,500	8,500

Tags: Arlie Shaban Mykhailo Lendel

04-25-2025 14:50 UTC-5

Notable Chip Counts

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Josh Noy

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tulasi Chenchala	218,000 218,000	218,000
David Walker	141,000 92,000	92,000
Vincent Giuliano	134,000 134,000	134,000
Dominic Picinic	122,000 122,000	122,000
Michael Stashin	117,000 117,000	117,000
Jason Nguyen	112,000 74,500	74,500
Hang Nguyen	108,000 108,000	108,000
Rollande Stillings	106,000 106,000	106,000
Kevin Grabel	102,000 102,000	102,000
Caitlin Comeskey	73,000 29,000	29,000

Joseph Reddick	41,000 95,000	95,000
Jen Shahade	24,000 14,000	14,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

04-25-2025 14:30 UTC-5

Break Time

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Josh Noy

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Players have been sent on the second break of the day, with action resuming in 15 minutes.

Blinds will be 400/800 with a big blind ante of 800.

04-25-2025 14:25 UTC-5

Williams Takes the Turn

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Josh Noy

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Aubrey Williams raised to 1,500 from the cutoff, with Rajath Tangam calling on the button and Thomas Cullis defending his big blind.

The dealer fanned out the 5♠J♠K♣ flop, where Cullis checked. Williams continued with a bet of 1,400 and Tangam made the call. Cullis got out of the way and the 2♣ turn hit the felt.

Williams sized up to 11,500, producing a fold from Tangam to take down the pot.