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Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship
2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$24,843,000
Total Entries
1,014
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
689
Players Left
255
Players Left 1 / 1,014
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Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
When PokerStars released the schedule for EPT London, it was announced that two Platinum Passes for the 2023 PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC) would be up for grabs in the English Capital last October.
The first $30,000 package was awarded in the Platinum Pass Flipout tournament that took place in the morning on Saturday, October 22. That morning, each player who had qualified online to either the £1,100 UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) Main Event or the £5,300 EPT Main Event were automatically entered into the flipout event, where the winner would be awarded a Platinum Pass.
A flipout tournament is where each player is automatically all-in and whoever has the winning hand after the runout advances to the next stage. That process then repeats itself until a winner is crowned.
Ten players made the final table and were dealt their hole cards. The dealer then fanned the 
board. After the players turned their cards over, it was revealed that Romania's Iosif Spulber was the winner as he ended up with trip aces after being dealt the 
.
The 32-year-old Software Engineer is a self-proclaimed recreational poker player and also an avid member of PokerStars Ambassdor Lex Veldhuis' Twitch community.
“I simply love Twitch poker,” he told PokerStars Blog. “I think it’s got a lot of elements that make it perfect for streaming. It’s so entertaining, the entire audience ‘invests’ in deep runs, and the hype when something massive is about to go down is insane.”
Spulber made it to Day 2 of the PSPC with a healthy stack of 149,500 and will be looking to keep his upward trend as play progresses today.
Click here to read more about Josif Soulber's Platinum Pass win!
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Platinum Pass winner Amel Husnic raised to 4,000 from middle position and fellow pass winner Glen Craigen three-bet to 10,000 to his left. Jesse Lonis made the call from the big blind and Husnic tossed in the call to the 
flop.
Action checked to Craigen, who fired 20,000. Lonis then raised all-in and Husnic quickly got out of the way. Craigen tossed in the call and the hands were turned up.
Jesse Lonis: 
Glen Craigen:
Lonis outflopped Craigen by spiking a set of nines, while the 
turn and 
river changed nothing for the early double up.
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Sasan Mehrabian opened to 3,000 in early position and Eliot Hudon re-raised to 10,000 from the small blind. Mehrabian called and they went heads-up to a flop of 
.
Both players checked and the peeled off on the turn. Hudon splashed in a bet of 8,000 on the turn and that was enough to get Mehrabian to lay his hand down.
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
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Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Ben Diebold had chipped up early on and then clashed with Bruno Volkmann when they somehow got the chips into the middle after a 
flop with Diebold as the player at risk,
Ben Diebold: 
Bruno Volkmann: 
The turn and 
river changed nothing whatsoever and Diebold doubled for 62,500, putting a major dent into the stack of Volkmann.
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Joining the action on the river. Xuan Liu was in the cutoff against Arthur Conan in the big blind.
There was 24,500 in the pot and the board read 
. Conan checked before Liu bet 8,000. Conan check-raised to 20,000 leaving himself 2,000 behind. Liu went into the tank before she folded her hand sending the chips to Conan.
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Canada's Glen Craigen won his Platinum Pass while at work in spectacular fashion. Now he's trying to convert that into a life-changing cash at the PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship. Craigen will be back on Day 2 with 113,000 in chips.
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Georgy Philippovich raised to 10,000 on the button and quickly faced a three-bet from Sergio Fernandez in the big blind to 28,500.
Philippovich called to the 
flop, where Fernandez led out for 12,000. Philippovich called again to the 
turn and Fernandez fired again for 35,000.
Philippovich took some time before making the fold, giving Fernandez an early boost to his stack.
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Kitty Kuo limped in from the small blind and Dylan Destefano raised to 6,000 from the big blind. Kuo called and the dealer spread the flop of 
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Kuo checked to Destefano who continued with a bet of 3,500. Kuo called and the landed on the turn. Both players checked and the completed the board. Two more checks and Kuo tabled 
to scoop an early pot.
