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

01-31-2023 18:55 UTC-5

Marques Hero Calls to Eliminate Fernandez

Lewis Powell

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 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 for queen high while Marques tabled for second pair to eliminate Fernandez from the tournament late in the day.

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

Tags: Andre Marques Sandro Fernandez

01-31-2023 18:47 UTC-5

Late Day Eliminations

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Josh Noy

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Brown	Busted

Stefan Lehner	Busted

Seth Davies	Busted

Larry Bernstein	Busted
Fernando Pons	Busted

Xavier Zuczkowski	Busted

Ana Marquez	Busted
Brian Kim	Busted

Francisco Benitez	Busted
Jeff Gross	Busted

Mateusz Moolhuizen	Busted
Martin Mathis	Busted
Connor Armstrong	Busted
Abdelkrim Brahmi	Busted
Thomas Hayward	Busted
Helio Neves	Busted
Roman Hrabec	Busted

Punnat Punsri	Busted
Nikolay Bliznakov	Busted

Rodger Johnson	Busted
Nate Silver	Busted
Adam Owen	Busted
Pierre Lewandowski	Busted

Pierre-Marie Gellon	Busted

Morgan Aceto	Busted

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01-31-2023 18:45 UTC-5

The INCREDIBLE story of an AMATEUR winning a Platinum Pass

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Sandra Barbour

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

01-31-2023 18:41 UTC-5

Too Many Outs for Marquez

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Kirk Brown

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

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

Ana Marquez:
Clement Eloy:

Marquez was behind going into this matchup, but the flop of was favorable as it gave her the nut flush draw.

Unfortunately for her, the runout of did not save her and she was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clement Eloy	104,000 38,000	38,000

Ana Marquez	Busted

Tags: Ana Marquez Clement Eloy

01-31-2023 18:41 UTC-5

Liberto Gets Some Value From Fox

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Three ways to the 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 turn, Liberto's bet worth 23,000 was called once more and both then checked the on the river. Liberto tabled the for a set and Fox sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Liberto	485,000 325,000	325,000

Martin Zamani	340,000 10,000	10,000

Elio Fox	108,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Elio Fox Justin Liberto Martin Zamani

01-31-2023 18:38 UTC-5

Simmons Doesn't Have a Chance Against Krpan

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Christian Zetzsche

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:
John Krpan:
Chance Kornuth:

The flop left Simmons in desperate shape and he was drawing dead on the turn, which also locked up the entire pot for Krpan as Kornuth had no more equity. A meaningless fell on the river and Kornuth's larger stack was dented.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Krpan	290,000 230,000	230,000
Chance Kornuth	285,000 100,000	100,000

Sampson Simmons	Busted

Tags: Chance Kornuth John Krpan Sam Simmons

01-31-2023 18:38 UTC-5

"You Guys are Cute"

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Adam Lamers

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 and Petitprez check-called a bet of 10,000 from Tran. The turn brought the and Petitprez check-called another bet of 21,000.

The hit the river and Petitprez check-called one more street of 45,000. Tran flipped over for a missed straight draw which got a head nod from Petitprez before he tabled his .

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxime Petitprez	456,000 371,000	371,000

Tony Tran	268,000 72,000	72,000

Ema Zajmovic	105,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Tony Tran Maxime Petitprez Ema Zajmovic

01-31-2023 18:32 UTC-5

Perouse Hits a Gutterball to Double Through Menzel

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Kaelaine Minton

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

Julien Perouse got all in preflop holding with action from Max Menzel, who held . Perouse was ahead until the flop fell , giving Menzel a pair of eights and the lead.

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Menzel	216,000 80,000	80,000

Julien Perouse	116,000 80,500	80,500

Tags: julien perouse max menzel

01-31-2023 18:31 UTC-5

Heath and Shakerchi Battle in the Blinds

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Lewis Powell

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 . Heath checked and Shakerchi bet 15,000. Heath put in a check-raise to 37,000 and Shakerchi called.

The 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	440,000 50,000	50,000
Ben Heath	235,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Ben Heath Talal Shakerchi

01-31-2023 18:30 UTC-5

Little, Greenwood Hit the Rail

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Josh Noy

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

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:
Philipe Pizzari: