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
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 2
Entries
689
Players Left
255

Marques Hero Calls to Eliminate Fernandez

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

There was around 70,000 in the pot. Andre Marques was on the button against Sandro Fernandez.

The board read {6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and Fernandez moved all in for 100,000. Marques went into the tank become slamming in chips in the middle to make the call. Fernandez sighed and got out his seat as he tabled {q-Spades}{10-Hearts} for queen high while Marques tabled {a-Hearts}{6-Clubs} for second pair to eliminate Fernandez from the tournament late in the day.

Player Chips Progress
Andre Marques pt
Andre Marques
340,000 125,000
Sandro Fernandez es
Sandro Fernandez
Busted

Tags: Andre MarquesSandro Fernandez

Late Day Eliminations

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Scott Brown us
Scott Brown
Busted
Stefan Lehner at
Stefan Lehner
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Seth Davies us
Seth Davies
WPT 1X Winner
Busted
Larry Bernstein us
Larry Bernstein
Busted
Fernando Pons es
Fernando Pons
Busted
Xavier Zuczkowski fr
Xavier Zuczkowski
Busted
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
Busted
Brian Kim us
Brian Kim
Busted
Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
Busted
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
Busted
Mateusz Moolhuizen nl
Mateusz Moolhuizen
Busted
Martin Mathis us
Martin Mathis
Busted
Connor Armstrong us
Connor Armstrong
Busted
Abdelkrim Brahmi fr
Abdelkrim Brahmi
Busted
Thomas Hayward nz
Thomas Hayward
Busted
Helio Neves br
Helio Neves
Busted
Roman Hrabec cz
Roman Hrabec
Busted
Punnat Punsri th
Punnat Punsri
Busted
Nikolay Bliznakov bg
Nikolay Bliznakov
Busted
Rodger Johnson us
Rodger Johnson
Busted
Nate Silver us
Nate Silver
Busted
Adam Owen gb
Adam Owen
Busted
Pierre Lewandowski fr
Pierre Lewandowski
Busted
Pierre-Marie Gellon fr
Pierre-Marie Gellon
Busted
Morgan Aceto fr
Morgan Aceto
Busted

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Too Many Outs for Marquez

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Ana Marquez
Ana Marquez

Ana Marquez moved all in under-the-gun for 45,000 and was called by Clement Eloy, putting her at risk.

Ana Marquez: {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Clement Eloy: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Marquez was behind going into this matchup, but the flop of {k-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} was favorable as it gave her the nut flush draw.

Unfortunately for her, the runout of {8-Spades}{q-Diamonds} did not save her and she was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Clement Eloy fr
Clement Eloy
104,000 -38,000
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
Busted

Tags: Ana MarquezClement Eloy

Liberto Gets Some Value From Fox

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Three ways to the {9-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop, Martin Zamani in the big blind and initial raiser Justin Liberto in early position checked. Elio Fox bet 10,000 in the cutoff and Zamani called. Liberto then check-raised to 38,000 and he was called by Fox only.

On the {a-Spades} turn, Liberto's bet worth 23,000 was called once more and both then checked the {5-Hearts} on the river. Liberto tabled the {6-Spades}{6-Clubs} for a set and Fox sent his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
WSOP 1X Winner
485,000 325,000
Martin Zamani us
Martin Zamani
340,000 -10,000
Elio Fox us
Elio Fox
WSOP 2X Winner
108,000 9,000

Tags: Elio FoxJustin LibertoMartin Zamani

Simmons Doesn't Have a Chance Against Krpan

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The cards were already on their backs with two players at risk versus Chance Kornuth. That happened to be Sam Simmons and John Krpan, the latter of which was the bigger stack for 113,000.

Sam Simmons: {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
John Krpan: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Chance Kornuth: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}

The {k-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{4-Spades} flop left Simmons in desperate shape and he was drawing dead on the {9-Hearts} turn, which also locked up the entire pot for Krpan as Kornuth had no more equity. A meaningless {a-Clubs} fell on the river and Kornuth's larger stack was dented.

Player Chips Progress
John Krpan ca
John Krpan
290,000 230,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
285,000 -100,000
Sampson Simmons us
Sampson Simmons
Busted

Tags: Chance KornuthJohn KrpanSam Simmons

"You Guys are Cute"

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Tony Tran raised it up from the hijack and Maxime Petitprez just called from the small blind. The two of them have them battling all day and engaging in some table banter and they were heads-up once again.

The flop came {8-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} and Petitprez check-called a bet of 10,000 from Tran. The turn brought the {9-Hearts} and Petitprez check-called another bet of 21,000.

The {9-Diamonds} hit the river and Petitprez check-called one more street of 45,000. Tran flipped over {6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} for a missed straight draw which got a head nod from Petitprez before he tabled his {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}.

"You guys are cute," Ema Zajmovic chimed in as the two players exchanged some words again.

Player Chips Progress
Maxime Petitprez fr
Maxime Petitprez
456,000 371,000
Tony Tran us
Tony Tran
Day 1 Chip Leader
268,000 -72,000
Ema Zajmovic ba
Ema Zajmovic
WPT 1X Winner
105,000 35,000

Tags: Tony TranMaxime PetitprezEma Zajmovic

Perouse Hits a Gutterball to Double Through Menzel

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Julien Perouse got all in preflop holding {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} with action from Max Menzel, who held {q-Spades}{8-Spades}. Perouse was ahead until the flop fell {k-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, giving Menzel a pair of eights and the lead.

The {10-Spades} turn gave Perouse more outs with a gutshot to Broadway in addition to the aces and jacks. Sure enough, the {q-Hearts} made an appearance on the river to complete the straight and double-up for Perouse.

Player Chips Progress
Max Menzel de
Max Menzel
216,000 -80,000
Julien Perouse fr
Julien Perouse
WSOP 1X Winner
116,000 80,500

Tags: julien perousemax menzel

Heath and Shakerchi Battle in the Blinds

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Two super high rollers were battling as Ben Heath was in the small blind against Talal Shakerchi in the big blind.

There was 34,000 in the pot as the flop came {10-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}. Heath checked and Shakerchi bet 15,000. Heath put in a check-raise to 37,000 and Shakerchi called.

The {3-Diamonds} was the turn and Heath continued for 39,000. Shakerchi rechecked his hand before folding to his fellow Brit as the chips went to Heath.

Player Chips Progress
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
440,000 50,000
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
WSOP 1X Winner
235,000 35,000

Tags: Ben HeathTalal Shakerchi

Little, Greenwood Hit the Rail

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jonathan Little
Jonathan Little

Jonathan Little raised from under the gun and called off the rest of his stack once Philipe Pizzari raised. The hands were turned up and Little needed lots of help.

Jonathan Little: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Philipe Pizzari: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

The {q-Spades}{4-Spades}{4-Clubs} flop left Little in bad shape, with the {10-Clubs} turn and {3-Diamonds} river sealing his fate. Little wished the table good luck on his way to the rail.

At a nearby table, Sam Greenwood got his short stack in with {a-}{q-} against {a-Hearts}{k-Spades} and could not catch up on the {a-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} runout to end his tournament run.

Player Chips Progress
Philipe Pizzari br
Philipe Pizzari
555,000 255,000
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
WPT 2X Winner
Busted
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Jonathan LittlePhilipe PizzariSam Greenwood