2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship

01-30-2023 13:30 UTC-4

Lady Gaga No Good for Lin

Connor Richards

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Matthias Auer was in the cutoff in a heads-up pot against Ren Lin on the button with the board reading .

Auer bet on the turn and Lin called. Auer then bet 7,000 on the river and Lin agonized over a decision as he showed the in his hand.

"Lady Gaga again!" Lin said about his favorite hand before folding.

Auer let Lin see one card and he flipped over the .

"Aces?!" Lin said before revealed he had been holding pocket queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthias Auer	75,000 75,000	75,000
Ren Lin	45,000 -15,000	-15,000

Tags: Matthias Auer Ren Lin

01-30-2023 13:30 UTC-4

Ho Takes From Greenwood

Josh Noy

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Maria Ho raised to 500 from the cutoff and the action folded around to Sam Greenwood in the big blind.

Greenwood called to see the flop before checking. Ho continued for 1,300 producing a quick fold from Greenwood to take down an early pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Ho	64,500 64,500	64,500

Sam Greenwood	61,000 61,000	61,000

Tags: Maria Ho Sam Greenwood

01-30-2023 13:25 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianluca Speranza	60,000
Yi Klassen	60,000
Julien Sitbon	60,000

Fedor Holz	60,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	60,000

Eliot Hudon	60,000

Chris Moorman	60,000

Ramon Colillas	60,000

Alexandra Botez	60,000

Ryan Riess	60,000

Steve O'Dwyer	60,000

Arlie Shaban	60,000

Andre Akkari	60,000

Joseph Cheong	60,000

Ren Lin	60,000
Alexandre Reard	60,000

Eric Worre	60,000
Matthew Hunt	60,000
Kevin Rabichow	60,000

Pascual Just Calls with a Full House

Adam Lamers

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Dan Shak raised it up from early position and was called by Eliseo Pascual on his left and Juan Pardo in the big bind. The flop came and Shak continued with a bet of 500. Both Pascual and Pardo called.

The turn brought the and the action checked around to the on the river. Pardo led out with a bet of 2,000 and Shak quickly called. Pascual also called and all three hands were tabled.

Pardo flipped over for trip aces while Shak flashes his . Meanwhile, Pascual turned over for a flopped full house and was awarded the pot.

"How did I only lose 3,000 that hand," Shak said wide-eyed. Pardo also raised his eyebrow with a smirk on his face.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eliseo Pascual	66,000

Dan Shak	57,000
Juan Pardo	57,000 -3,000	-3,000

Tags: Dan Shak Eliseo Pascual Juan Pardo

01-30-2023 13:19 UTC-4

Notable Names From Tables 28-34

Calum Grant

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	60,000

Steven Buckner	60,000
Greg Raymer	60,000

Umang Dattani	60,000
Andrew Chen	60,000

Shannon Shorr	60,000

Clement Eloy	60,000

Chris Brewer	60,000

Leo Margets	60,000

Francisco Benitez	60,000
Martin Jacobson	60,000

01-30-2023 13:16 UTC-4

Rheem Loses Early Pot

Lewis Powell

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Action folded around to Chino Rheem on the button who raised to 500. Antoine Goutard and Inaki Azcoitia called from the blinds.

The flop came and action checked through.

The was the turn and it went check check check.

The river came the and Goutard led for 600. Azcoitia quickly folded and Rheem went into the tank. It looked as if Rheem was going to fold but he made the call. Goutard showed for a straight to take down the pot as Rheem mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Goutard	61,800 61,800	61,800

Chino Rheem	58,900 -1,100	-1,100

Tags: Antoine Goutard David Rheem Inaki Azcoitia

01-30-2023 13:15 UTC-4

Notables in the Field From Tables 55-72

Lewis Powell

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Wheeler	60,000 60,000	60,000

Chino Rheem	60,000 60,000	60,000

Alex Kulev	60,000 60,000	60,000

David Peters	60,000 60,000	60,000

Maria Konnikova	60,000 60,000	60,000

Seth Davies	60,000 60,000	60,000

Elio Fox	60,000 60,000	60,000

Andrew Moreno	60,000 60,000	60,000
David Yan	60,000 60,000	60,000

Jason Mercier	60,000 60,000	60,000

Juan Pardo	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jonathan Jaffe	60,000 60,000	60,000

Faraz Jaka	60,000 60,000	60,000

Erik Seidel	60,000 60,000	60,000

Dan Smith	60,000 60,000	60,000

Manig Loeser	60,000 60,000	60,000

Jonathan Proudfoot	60,000 60,000	60,000
Michael Rocco	60,000 60,000	60,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	60,000 60,000	60,000

Andy Wilson	60,000 60,000	60,000

Pablo Silva	60,000 60,000	60,000

01-30-2023 13:14 UTC-4

PSPC Gets Underway

Calum Grant

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Shuffle Up and Deal! Bruce Buffer has announced the kick-off of the PSPC and play is underway.

01-30-2023 13:13 UTC-4

Live Stream Begins on a 30-Minute Delay

Adam Lamers

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The PokerStars Players Championship 2023 will be live streaming on Twitch on a 30-minute delay and you can catch all of the action by clicking on the 'Live Stream' tab.

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200