2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship

01-31-2023 14:59 UTC-5

Vargas Chipping Up

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Lewis Powell

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Joining the action on the turn. Ori Hasson was early position against Victor Vargas in the hijack.

The board read and Hasson check-called the 5,500 bet from Vargas.

The was the river and Hasson checked. Vargas fired 19,000 which was enough to get a fold from Hasson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Vargas	156,000 87,500	87,500

Ori Hasson	93,000 22,500	22,500

Tags: Ori Hasson Victor Vargas

01-31-2023 14:59 UTC-5

Conan Fades the Flush

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Kirk Brown

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Short-stacked Arthur Conan got it in preflop against big stack Bastian Hess, putting himself at risk of elimination.

Arthur Conan:
Bastian Hess:

Conan was ahead with his ace-high, but the flop of looked good for Hess as he flopped a flush draw. Luckily for Conan, the board ran out for him to win the hand for a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bastian Hess	360,000 18,000	18,000

Arthur Conan	70,000 15,500	15,500

Tags: Bastian Hess Arthur Conan

01-31-2023 15:01 UTC-5

David Yan Conquers Tough Field to Take Down $50,000 PCA 6-Handed Event

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Sandra Barbour

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The $50,000 PCA Single Day High Roller was won by New Zealand's David Yan earlier this week. This 6-Max tournament attracted a star-studded High Roller cast, with Yan agreeing a heads-up deal with Orpen Kisacikoglu.

Yan banked $485,690 for this victory, after 14 hours of play, and told PokerNews that his victory was down to running "insane"

“I’m pretty grateful for the experience" Yan told PokerNews after his victory. "When you play such a little amount, it’s just basically anything can happen. Today I just ran insane, the field was one of the tougher ones we’ve seen".

Tags: David Yan Orpen Kisacikoglu

01-31-2023 15:01 UTC-5

Another Batch of Chip Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Zamani	403,000 38,000	38,000

Talal Shakerchi	357,000 172,000	172,000
Istvan Pilhofer	340,000 297,000	297,000
Arlie Shaban	285,000 186,000	186,000

Niclas Thumm	280,000 171,500	171,500

Nikolai Tulin	250,000 160,000	160,000
Blake Bohn	250,000 167,500	167,500
Alejandro Lococo	240,000 36,000	36,000

Dinesh Alt	215,000 100,000	100,000

Jake Schwartz	140,000 77,500	77,500
Anton Wigg	130,000 37,000	37,000

Julien Sitbon	120,000 77,000	77,000

Robert Cowen	65,000 51,000	51,000

Seth Davies	54,000 6,000	6,000

Diego Ventura	45,000 48,000	48,000

Jamil Wakil	40,000 40,000	40,000
Michael Addamo	30,000 10,500	10,500

01-31-2023 15:02 UTC-5

Marquez Shoves on Lococo

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Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Alejandro Lococo was in the big blind in a heads-up pot against Ana Marquez on the button on a board of .

Lococo checked on the flop and Marquez bet 5,000. Lococo put in a small check-raise to 10,000 and Marquez took some time before three-bet jamming. The PokerStars Ambassador quickly laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Lococo	250,000 10,000	10,000

Ana Marquez	70,000 109,500	109,500

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Ana Marquez

01-31-2023 15:03 UTC-5

A Few Assorted Chip Stacks and Their Owners

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Matt Hansen

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Aido	279,000 139,500	139,500

Roger Teska	258,000 86,000	86,000

Ignacio Moron	232,000 24,000	24,000
Clint Tolbert	220,000 102,500	102,500
Andrew Moreno	197,000 5,000	5,000
Alex Kulev	195,000 7,000	7,000

Laszlo Bujtas	160,000 5,500	5,500
Darren Rabinowitz	149,500 23,500	23,500

Joao Vieira	149,000 12,000	12,000

Richard Seymour	148,000 29,000	29,000
Brian Kim	140,500 47,000	47,000

Philipp Gruissem	138,000 24,000	24,000

Julien Sitbon	124,000 4,000	4,000

Blake Bohn	118,500 131,500	131,500
Ludovic Geilich	115,000 109,500	109,500
Hugo Rodilla	109,500 36,500	36,500

Thomas Muehloecker	85,000 57,000	57,000
Vicente Delgado	55,000 182,000	182,000

01-31-2023 15:04 UTC-5

Konnikova Loses Some to Caneda

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

On the tail end of a heads-up pot between Maria Konnikova and Platinum Pass winner Bea Caneda, the board showed . Konnikova bet 12,000 and Caneda called to win the pot with as Konnikova's only represented inferior two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bea Caneda	165,000 165,000	165,000

Maria Konnikova	48,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Bea Caneda Maria Konnikova

01-31-2023 15:06 UTC-5

Seymour Sees Straight

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Josh Noy

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Rodrigo Seiji raised from the cutoff to 5,500 with and Richard Seymour called on the button with .

Seiji checked the flop and called when Seymour fired a bet of 6,000. Both players then checked the turn, with Seiji checking again on the river.

Seymour slid out a bet 14,000 after spiking a straight on the river, getting paid off when Sirichuk made the call with ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Seymour	163,500 15,500	15,500
Rodrigo Seiji	109,500 53,000	53,000

Tags: Richard Seymour Rodrigo Seiji

01-31-2023 15:07 UTC-5

Winter is Coming for Gill's Chips

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Sean Winter made it 37,500 to go out of the big blind with the completed board showing . That sent Harpreet Gill into the tank and the Canadian eventually called.

As Winter rolled over his , Gill exposed the and immediately claimed "I just knew you had it," moments after he called the bet for nearly half of his remaining stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Winter	250,000 35,000	35,000
Harry Lodge	100,000 15,000	15,000

Harpreet Gill	52,500 24,000	24,000
Andre Akkari	49,000 29,500	29,500

Tags: Harpreet Gill Sean Winter

01-31-2023 15:07 UTC-5

Platinum Pass Dream Over for McVean

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Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Poker podcast aficionado and Platinum Pass winner Chad McVean was unable to spin up his short stack and fell on Day 2 after running pocket fours into pocket kings, as McVean relayed on Twitter.

Well..........
— Chad McVean (@Veaner85)

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad McVean	Busted

Tags: Chad McVean