2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship

2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
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Event Info
2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
105
Prize
$3,121,838
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$24,843,000
Entries
1,014
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,005
Players Left
680
Players Left 1 / 1,014
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Kniska Coolers Reis

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was three ways to a flop. Rafael Reis was in early position against Lucas Rocha in the cutoff and John Kniska in the big blind.

There was around 9,000 in the pot and the flop came {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}. Action checked to Reis who bet 2,800. Rocha called before Kniska put in the check-raise to 12,000. Only Reis called.

The turn came the {a-Clubs} and Kniska bet 17,000. Reis moved all in for 50,000 and Kniska thought for a little while before calling.

John Kniska: {4-Clubs}{4-Spades}
Rafael Reis: {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}

It was a cooler in Kniska's favour as he had flopped a full house while Reis had flopped trips. The river came the {3-Spades} which gave Kniska a double and left Reis with fumes.

Player Chips Progress
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John Kniska
144,000
144,000
144,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Rafael Reis br
Rafael Reis
10,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: John KniskaLucas RochaRafael Reis

Last Five Hands

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The tournament clock has paused and the tournament director has said that Day 1 will end upon the completion of five more hands.

Day 2 play will resume at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, January 31.

Buican Jams on Vang

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Kou Vang opened to 2,500 from under the gun. Radu Buican called on his direct left and Christoph Vogelsang defended from the big blind.

Vang continued for 3,000 on the {j-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs} flop and only Vang called. Vang then called a bet of 9,000 on the {a-Diamonds} turn.

The {10-Hearts} completed the board and Vang fired a third barrel of 12,000. Platinum Pass winner Buican wasted little time putting in his 27,000 stack and after around two minutes of thinking time, Vang folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Kou Vang
95,000
Profile photo of Radu Buican ro
Radu Buican
71,000
pokerstars

Tags: Kou VangRadu Buican

Saout Sends Constabile Packing

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Antoine Saout
Antoine Saout

Platinum Pass winner and Actor David Constabile (well known for his roles on Breaking Bad and more recently as the character "Wags" on Billions) has been running bad on the Feature Table.

He got his last 8,200 in holding {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds} in the small blind on the last level of the day and was up against Antoine Saout's {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} in early position and Daniel Neilson in the hijack, holding {k-Spades}{9-Spades}.

They checked down the board of {a-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{2-Hearts} and Saout made a club flush to scoop. Constabile said farewell to his table-mates before exiting the stage.

David Costabile
David Costabile
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
134,700
21,200
21,200
Profile photo of Daniel Neilson au
Daniel Neilson
72,000
72,000
72,000
Profile photo of David Costabile us
David Costabile
Busted
pokerstars

Tags: Antoine Saout'sDaniel NeilsonDavid Constabile

Veldhuis Gone as Shaban Scores Double Knockout

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Lex Veldhuis
Lex Veldhuis

Lex Veldhuis three-bet jammed and Lauro Cesar Artmann re-shoved behind him with a slightly smaller stack.

Lauro Artmann: {a-}{k-}
Lex Veldhuis: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}

Despite being dominated, Veldhuis flopped the world as it landed {q-Hearts}{10-Spades}{7-Spades} to give him a flush draw and gutshot. But sadly for the PokerStars Ambassador, the board proceeded to brick out {4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}.

The next hand, an early position player opened to 2,600 and Veldhuis moved all in with less from the cutoff. Fellow PokerStars Pro Arlie Shaban then three-bet to 8,000 on the button and Ante Jukic four-bet jammed a stack of 49,600 from the big blind. The initial raiser folded and Shaban called.

Lex Veldhuis: {k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Ante Jukic: {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Arlie Shaban: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{6-Spades}{5-Clubs}{q-Spades} to improve Shaban to a set for a double knockout as Jukic and Veldhuis hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Arlie Shaban ca
Arlie Shaban
205,000
85,000
85,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Lauro Artmann br
Lauro Artmann
80,000
80,000
80,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
Busted
Profile photo of Ante Jukic hr
Ante Jukic
Busted

Tags: Ante JukicArlie ShabanLauro ArtmannLex Veldhuis

Sanchez Fires Three Streets

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ramon Lampert opened to 2,500 from under the gun and Mauricio Sanchez three-bet to 7,100 in the hijack. The action folded back to Lampert who called to see a flop of {8-Spades}{5-Spades}{3-Hearts}.

Lampert check-called a bet of 5,800 from Sanchez on the flop and then another 9,100 on the {4-Spades} turn. The {j-Hearts} completed the board and Lampert checked for the third time. Sanchez reached back for a bet of 31,000 and Lampert finally dumped his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mauricio Sanchez
Mauricio Sanchez
99,300
67,300
67,300
Profile photo of Ramon Lampert ch
Ramon Lampert
97,500
pokerstars

Tags: Ramon LampertMauricio Sanchez

Konnikova Eliminates Ionescu With Kings

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Maria Konnikova
Maria Konnikova

There was 18,000 in the pot. Alexandru Ionescu was in early position against Maria Konnikova in the cutoff.

The flop came {j-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} and Ionescu checked. Konnikova bet 10,000 before Ionescu moved all in for 45,800. Konnikova took a bit of time to think before calling.

Alexandru Ionescu: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
Maria Konnikova: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

Ionescu had top pair, top kicker, but needed help as Konnikova had pocket kings for the overpair. No help came, however, as the turn brought the {5-Clubs} and the river the {4-Spades} to eliminate Ionescu from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Maria Konnikova us
Maria Konnikova
110,000
54,400
54,400
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
pokerstars
Profile photo of Alexandru Ionescu ro
Alexandru Ionescu
Busted
pokerstars

Tags: Alexandru IonescuMaria Konnikova

Updated Chip Counts

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Eric Afriat ca
Eric Afriat
220,000
63,500
63,500
WPT 3X Winner
Profile photo of Sergio Fernandez es
Sergio Fernandez
197,000
131,800
131,800
Profile photo of Jeremy Ausmus us
Jeremy Ausmus
193,000
142,500
142,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Tommy Nguyen ca
Tommy Nguyen
182,500
7,700
7,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
180,500
68,500
68,500
Profile photo of Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
147,000
12,000
12,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Rayan Chamas ca
Rayan Chamas
141,000
141,000
141,000
Profile photo of Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
127,500
52,500
52,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Santiago Plante ca
Santiago Plante
125,000
113,000
113,000
Profile photo of Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
112,500
37,200
37,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Richard Seymour us
Richard Seymour
111,500
61,500
61,500
Profile photo of Nadya Magnus us
Nadya Magnus
102,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
80,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Espen Jorstad no
Espen Jorstad
51,500
6,300
6,300
WSOP Main Event Champion
GTO Wizard
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once

Kanit Calls Down Rebei

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Karim Rebei and Mustapha Kanit were heads up to the river on a board showing {10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{6-Clubs}. Kanit was facing a raise from Rebei to 53,000 and took some time before coming to a decision.

Kanit tossed in the call and Rebei responded by flipping over {7-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for a missed flush draw. Kanit showed {7-Diamonds}{4-Spades} to take down the pot.

"I had to show you I could bluff" said Rebei, as Kanit smiled while stacking his chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
186,500
125,500
125,500
Profile photo of Karim Rebei dz
Karim Rebei
48,800
138,700
138,700

Tags: Karim RebeiMustapha Kanit