2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship

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

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Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
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Capucho Wins Three-Bet Pot

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Nuno Capucho was in the hijack against Guilherme Carmo in the cutoff.

There was 5,700 in the pot as the flop came {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}. Capucho checked and called a 2,000 bet from Carmo.

The turn came the {3-Clubs} and action checked through.

The river was the {a-Hearts} and Capucho bet 7,000. Carmo went deep into the tank before mucking his hand, surrendering the pot to Capucho.

Player Chips Progress
Nuno Capucho pt
Nuno Capucho
64,500
PokerStars
Guilherme Carmo br
Guilherme Carmo
53,500

Tags: Guilherme CarmoNuno Capucho

Munoz Shoves River

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Antonio Hernandez Munoz
Antonio Hernandez Munoz

A big three-way pot was brewing at Table 14 with the flop reading {j-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{9-Hearts} and around 24,000 already in the middle.

James Rann checked on the flop and Platinum Pass winner Antonio Hernandez Munoz bet 5,000. The third player in the hand folded and Rann called.

Rann checked again on the {q-Spades} turn and Munoz went into the tank for more than a minute before checking back. Rann checked again on the {2-Hearts} river and Munoz went back into the tank for another minute before betting all in with his stack of just under 34,000. Rann laid it down.

Player Chips Progress
Antonio Ramon Munoz es
Antonio Ramon Munoz
68,000
68,000
68,000
PokerStars
James Rann gb
James Rann
52,000
52,000
52,000

Tags: Antonio Hernandez MunozJames Rann

Updated Chip Counts, Kaberle in the Field

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Tomas Kaberle
Tomas Kaberle

While there are many poker pros to keep an eye on in this field, a former NHL player was also spotted amongst the roughly 900 runners thus far. Tomas Kaberle, former defenseman for the Toronto Maple Leafs, is seated at Table 22 and sitting just under starting stack in the second level of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
87,000
-1,000
-1,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
81,700
81,700
81,700
WSOP 6X Winner
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
73,500
73,500
73,500
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Tommy Nguyen ca
Tommy Nguyen
71,000
71,000
71,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ema Zajmovic ba
Ema Zajmovic
69,800
69,800
69,800
WPT 1X Winner
Ethan Yau us
Ethan Yau
63,000
63,000
63,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
60,500
500
500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos ca
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos
59,000
59,000
59,000
Tomas Kaberle cz
Tomas Kaberle
57,500
57,500
57,500
Tyler Cornell us
Tyler Cornell
57,000
57,000
57,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Arlie Shaban ca
Arlie Shaban
55,100
-4,900
-4,900
PokerStars
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
53,100
53,100
53,100

Tags: Tomas Kaberle

Bonomo Gets Value from Wilson

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

The board on the turn read {4-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and Justin Bonomo was in the small blind when he checked it to his heads-up opponent, Brandon Wilson.

Wilson decided to bet out 1,000 but was then check-raised by Bonomo to 3,000. Wilson made the call, and the two saw the {8-Clubs} appear on the river.

Bonomo then led out for 3,000 and was quickly called by Wilson, but was then shown {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades} for a flopped set by Bonomo. Wilson mucked his hand and the pot was pushed to the reigning poker All-Time Money List leader.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Wilson us
Brandon Wilson
71,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
55,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Brandon WilsonJustin Bonomo

A Couple High-Rollers Increasing their Chip Stacks

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

The action folded to Steve O'Dwyer who raised it up to 800 on the button. Michael Addamo called from the small blind and the flop fell {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{5-Spades}. Addamo checked to O'Dwyer who continued with a bet of 1,400 and Addamo called.

The turn brought the {4-Diamonds} and Addamo checked again. O'Dwyer tossed in a bet of 3,500 and Addamo quickly folded. Both players, often found in the high-roller scene, have slightly increased their starting stacks in the early going.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
72,400
10,400
10,400
EPT 1X Winner
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
71,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Steve O'DwyerMichael Addamo

Quads for Kaye vs Defending Champion Colillas

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Ramon Colillas
Ramon Colillas

On the feature table, David Kaye raised from under the gun with {2-Spades}{2-Hearts} and defending champion Ramon Colillas caled with {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} in the next position. Jason Strasser {j-Hearts}{8-Clubs} defended his big blind and the flop came {2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}, giving Kaye quads, and it checked through to Colillas.

He bet 1,000 and Strasser folded. Kaye called and the turn was the {5-Clubs}.

Kaye checked again and Colillas bet 2,400. Kaye called and the river {10-Clubs} gave Colillas two pair. Kaye checked for the third time and the 2019 PSPC champion bet 4,500.

Kaye check-raised and got a fold from Colillas.

Check out the hand in this clip from the PokerStars Twitch channel!

Player Chips Progress
Jason Strasser us
Jason Strasser
75,400
75,400
75,400
David Kaye us
David Kaye
69,400
69,400
69,400
PokerStars
Ramon Colillas es
Ramon Colillas
33,800
-26,200
-26,200

Tags: David KayeJason StrasserRamon Colillas

Jaffe Bombs River

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Jonathan Jaffe
Jonathan Jaffe

Gediminas Uselis was in the hijack against Jonathan Jaffe in the small blind. There was 7,000 in the pot.

The board read {9-Clubs}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and Jaffe bet 4,000. Uselis called.

The river was the {4-Hearts} and Jaffe fired 30,000 for two times the pot. Uselis quickly folded as the chip went to Jaffe.

Player Chips Progress
Gediminas Uselis lt
Gediminas Uselis
64,500
64,500
64,500
WPT 1X Winner
Jonathan Jaffe us
Jonathan Jaffe
58,700
-1,300
-1,300
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Gediminas UselisJonathan Jaffe

No Value for Dattani

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Umang Dattani opened to 800 from middle position. Ramon Liriano three-bet to 2,800 on his direct left and Dattani called.

Action checked all the way down to showdown for the final board to read {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{8-Spades}{2-Spades}{k-Spades}.

Dattani tabled his {10-Clubs}{10-Spades} for a set and won the pot. Liriano had {a-}{k-}.

Dattani was dumbfounded how more chips didn't end up in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ramon Liriano us
Ramon Liriano
60,000
PokerStars
Umang Dattani ca
Umang Dattani
40,000
-20,000
-20,000

Tags: Ramon LirianoUmang Dattani

Ace-High Enough for Sergeev

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Thomas Eychenne raised to 700 on the button and was promptly three-bet by Sergey Sergeev in the small blind to 1,700.

Eychenne made the call in position to the {j-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{5-Hearts} flop, before calling a continuation bet from Sergeev for 1,300.

The action repeated on the {k-Spades} turn with Sergeev firing 3,300 and Eychenne calling to the {5-Diamonds} river.

Both players checked, with Sergeev showing {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs} for ace-high with a queen kicker. Eychenne took a moment to check the board again before mucking his hand and nodded when Sergeev asked if he also had an ace.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Eychenne fr
Thomas Eychenne
94,000
94,000
94,000
Sergey Sergeev ru
Sergey Sergeev
57,000
57,000
57,000

Tags: Sergey SergeevThomas Eychenne