2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship
According to Harry Lodge at the table, Bryn Kenney raised it up on the button and Noah Schwartz re-raised from the small blind. Kenney called and the flop came ![]()
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with two hearts. Schwartz continued with a bet and Kenney ripped all in for the rest of his starting stack. Schwartz called to put Kenney at risk.
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The turn brought a
to give Schwartz two pair and Kenney was left drawing to flush draw. The river was an offsuit
and Kenney was eliminated just moments after entering the field.
Dario Sammartino raised to 5,000 on the button and found a call from Mason Hughes in the small blind. Artur Martirosian then moved all-in from the big blind, with Sammartino calling and Hughes getting out of the way.
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Martirosian was flipping for his tournament life and hit big on the ![]()
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flop. The
turn and
river were no help to Sammartino, who said "nice hand" as he paid Martirosian's double up.
Alejandro Roa raised to 3,000 in the cutoff and Steve O'Dwyer defended from the big blind. The flop came ![]()
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and both players stuck in additional 6,500 chips each.
The
landed on the turn and O'Dwyer led out with a bet of 11,000. Roa just called and the
rolled off on the river. O'Dwyer checked this time and Roa ripped all in for 26,000. O'Dwyer thought for a few minutes before making the call. Roa tabled ![]()
for two pair while O'Dwyer held ![]()
for a pair of kings.
Following a min-raise by Eliseo Pascual, Michael Manthe slid forward his entire stack without saying a word. Pascual verified with the dealer that it was an all-in for 21,000 and then instantly called amid some confusion at the table.
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The dominated ace found no help on the ![]()
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board as the kicker played to eliminate Manthe.
In October 2021, 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Greg Raymer walked away with $4,911 and a PokerStars Platinum Pass at the inaugural Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival.
The unique poker festival took place at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and included three days of mixed games cash games and was then rounded off with $200 H.O.R.S.E. tournament finale; where the winner would receive a coveted Platinum Pass as well as the first-place cash prize.
The PokerStars sponsored event was littered with a host of big names from all facets of the poker industry.
WSOP bracelet winners like Nathan Gamble, Robert Turner and Linda Johnson were just a few of those who were determined to get a Platinum Pass to the next PokerStars Player No Limit Hold'em Championship (PSPC).
The 124-player field, which generated a total prize pool of $20,460, was topped by Raymer who overcame Onur Unsal in heads-up play to get his hands on the winner's spoils.
Speaking to Cardplayer Lifestyle after his tournament win, Raymer emphasized just how much winning means to him regardless of what stature the event he is playing has.
“It means a lot because the PSPC is a huge event. If it’s like the last one, the winner gets $5 million. That’s as much as I got for winning world championship in 2004. It’s not like winning $5 million is ho-hum. Winning $50,000 isn’t ho-hum either.”
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Kitty Kuo and Dietrich Fast were heads-up in a three-bet pot with the flop reading ![]()
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. Kuo led out with a bet of 12,500 in the small blind and Fast called from the cutoff.
On the
turn, Kuo put together a big bet of 49,000. Fast went into the tank for a couple of minutes but ultimately decided to send his cards to the muck.
Just before the blinds went up, Fedor Holz raised to 3,500 and Sami Kelopuro in the big blind three-bet to 15,500. Holz inquired how many chips Kelopuro started with and then called. On the ![]()
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flop, Kelopuro continued for 8,000 to receive a call and made it another 17,500 to go on the
turn.
Holz came along once more and Kelopuro then bet 29,000 on the
river, which eventually got rid of the German.
Sam Greenwood opened to 4,000 and Andrew Chen three-bet to 13,000 in the small blind for Greenwood to call from the under-the-gun position. On a flop of ![]()
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, Chen made it 7,000 to go and was called by Greenwood which led them to the
on the turn.
Chen fired a second bet of 10,000 and Greenwood checked his cards once more to then instantly fold.