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

Jan 31, 2023

Galfond Challenge Returns Feb. 2: Dan "Jungleman" Cates to Battle Phil "Mr. Falcons" Galfond

Chad Holloway

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

The Galfond Challenge, a heads-up online pot-limit Omaha competition between Phil Galfond and an opponent, is back starting Feb. 2 with Dan "Jungleman" Cates stepping into the hot seat.

Play will begin at 8 a.m. PT and is expected to run until around noon each day Monday through Thursday until the agreed upon 7,500 hands are completed, according to Galfond's Monday afternoon tweet. Galfond told PokerNews the action will take place on WSOP.com. In previous Galfond Challenges, there's been a side bet attached to the cash game, but the former Full Tilt Poker crusher said he isn't sure yet if a side bet will be added to this one.

Each session, and every hand, is expected to be live-streamed on Galfond's YouTube channel, but the PLO pro said there won't be any commentary. As is customary in the Galfond Challenge, the competitors will play two tables at a time of PLO at $100/$200 stakes.

Click here for more details on the next Galfond Challenge!

Jan 31, 2023

Haxton Continues Heater With 2023 PCA $100K Super High Roller Victory

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Sandra Barbour

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

There was another great High Roller victory for Isaac Haxton in the PCA $100,000 Super High Roller, winning over $1,000,000 after a three-way chop.

The American made an ICM deal with Seth Davies and Adrian Mateos, and came out on top as the trio played it out to decide the victor.

This result came less than a week after another High Roller victory in Las Vegas, with Haxton calling it a fantastic start to the year.

"I don't think I've ever won two tournaments in a row before, and these are pretty good ones to do it in," Haxton told PokerNews in a winner's interview. "So yeah, I'm feeling great. This is a fantastic start to the year."

Tags: Adrian Mateos Isaac Haxton Seth Davies

Jan 31, 2023

2023 PSPC Payouts Confirmed; $4,053,200 for the Winner!

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Christian Zetzsche

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

A field of 1,014 players generated a prizepool of $24,843,000. Just 175 players will be guaranteed a slice of this, with a min-cash worth $35,100.

A seat at the final table of nine will earn a player $449,700, with six players set to cash for over $1,000,000. That includes the winner of the 2023 PokerStars Players NL Hold'em Championship who will take home $4,053,200.

Here are the payouts in full:

Place	Payout (USD)	Place	Payout (USD)	Place	Payout (USD)
1	$4,053,200	10-11	$300,100	40-55	$70,700
2	$2,542,300	12-13	$238,700	56-71	$61,400
3	$1,911,200	14-15	$198,800	72-95	$53,400
4	$1,551,300	16-17	$165,600	96-119	$46,500
5	$1,251,500	18-20	$142,100	120-143	$40,300
6	$1,001,200	21-23	$123,600	144-175	$35,100
7	$801,000	24-27	$107,500
8	$621,300	28-31	$93,500
9	$449,700	32-39	$81,400

Tags: PokerStars PSPC

Jan 31, 2023

Recent Casualties

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Josh Noy

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

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Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Jan 31, 2023

Break Time

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Kirk Brown

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The players have now gone on their second 20-minute break of the day and will return to the felt shortly. The 500-Denomination chips will also be raced off during this time.

Registration closed with a total of 1,014 runners and now the field has been cut down to only 376 remaining.

Here are some of the highlights from the past two levels:

Jan 31, 2023

Lococo Lascerated by Trips of Platinum Pass Winner

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Connor Richards

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Alejandro Lococo was out of position in a heads-up pot against Platinum Pass winner Max Menzel with the board reading .

With around 30,000 already in the middle, Lococo bet 25,000 before Menzel raised to 64,000. The PokerStars Ambassador gave it some thought and called.

Lococo checked on the river and Menzel checked back. Lococo tabled for a pair of sevens, but it was no good against the trips of Menzel holding .

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Max Menzel

Jan 31, 2023

Yankov Among the Chip Leaders

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

On a heads-up flop of , Krasimir Yankov checked to Turbo Nguyen who made it 12,000 to go. Yankov then check-raised to 47,000 and Nguyen went into a brief tank. He then shook his head and mucked the face-up.

Yankov flashed one card and Nguyen inquired "queen-ten?", which was indeed confirmed as Yankov flashed the for the top two pair. "You owe me one," the Bulgarian told his opponent before buying off all the T-500 denominations for the chip race.

Tags: Krasimir Yankov Turbo Nguyen

Jan 31, 2023

Pais Shoves River

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Lewis Powell

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

There was 41,000 in the pot. Miguel Martinez was under the gun against Mauricio Pais in early position and Tony Tran in the big blind.

The board showed and Tran led for 21,000. Martinez called before Pais moved all in for 78,500. Both players folded as the chips went to Pais.

Tran said "Show the bluff! I'll tip the dealer $100 if you show the bluff". Pais sent his cards back to the dealer.

Tags: Mauricio Pais Miguel Martinez Tony Tran

Jan 31, 2023

Top 5 Poker Movies You Must Watch

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Sandra Barbour

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Over the past century, poker has permeated pop culture, especially when it comes to motion pictures. Long before the “Poker Boom”, and even before the World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a thing, poker had already made its big screen debut.

Over the decades, poker fans have been treated to a plethora of poker movies, some good and others not so much. Some well-received poker films include the western comedy Maverick (1994), Survivor host Jeff Probst’s debut film Finder’s Fee (2001), the improv-inspired The Grand (2007), indie comedy darling Hitting the Nuts (2010), and the high-profile Hollywood flick Molly’s Game (2017).

All of those are among the best poker movies of all time, and if this article was “Top 10” instead of “Top 5 Poker Movies,” chances are they’d make the final list. However, the PokerNews crew got together, along with input from social media, to determine the top five must-watch poker movies of all time.

Read the Top 5 Poker Movies You Must Watch Here!