2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 3 | 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship

02-01-2023 22:12 UTC-4

Bohn's Big Slick Busts Lococo

Matt Hansen

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Alejandro Lococo raised to 45,000 before Blake Bohn made it 175,000 from the next seat over. The rest of the table got out of the way and Lococo shoved for a total of 720,000. Bohn called quickly and the cards were turned up.

Alejandro Lococo:
Blake Bohn:

The board ran out and Bohn flopped a pair of kings to send Lococo to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blake Bohn	1,850,000 675,000	675,000
Alejandro Lococo	Busted

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Blake Bohn

02-01-2023 22:01 UTC-4

Volkmann's Bluff Hunted Down

Connor Richards

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Bruno Volkmann opened to 40,000 from under the gun and Matthew Hunt defended out of the big blind.

Hunt checked on the flop of and Volkmann continued for 20,000. Hunt called. Hunt check-called again on the turn when Volkmann bet 50,000.

Hunt checked a third time on the river and the Brazilian took about a minute before putting out an overbet of 460,000. Hunt took some time and called. Volkmann showed just an underpair with and Hunt tabled to win the big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Hunt	1,300,000 610,000	610,000
Bruno Volkmann	350,000 -425,000	-425,000

Tags: Bruno Volkmann Matthew Hunt

02-01-2023 20:37 UTC-4

Time for Dinner

Matt Hansen

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

The final 97 players have stepped out for a 75-minute dinner break. Players are expected to return at approximately 8:50 p.m. local time.

Some highlights from the past few hours:

02-01-2023 20:33 UTC-4

Lehmanski Leaves Garagnani and Krug-Basse Short; Schwartz Finishes Them Off

Calum Grant

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Pedro Garagnani opened to 30,000 from the cutoff before Maxi Lehmanski jammed for 195,000 from the small blind. Quentin Krug-Basse reshoved for 255,000 from the big blind. Pedro Garagnani had a similar size stack to Krug-Basse and called.

Maxi Lehmanski:
Quentin Krug-Basse:
Pedro Garagnani:

Lehmanski found a four on the flop to be firmly in the driver seat and he held out to triple up following the turn and river.

The following hand, Noah Schwartz jammed for 95,000 from middle position and Pedro Garagnani called off his last 60,000 chips. Krug-Basse followed suit and put in the remainder of his short stack.

Quentin Krug-Basse:
Pedro Garagnani:
Noah Schwartz:

Schwartz hit the flop hard, making top pair as well as having a flush draw as the dealer fanned out the . The turn improved Scwartz to two pair and he secured the double bust out following the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxi Lehmanski	615,000 312,000	312,000
Noah Schwartz	255,000 53,000	53,000

Quentin Krug-Basse	Busted

Pedro Garagnani	Busted

Tags: Maxi Lehmanski Noah Schwartz Pedro Garagnani Quentin Krug-Basse

02-01-2023 20:32 UTC-4

Sammartino's Aces Cracked, Loeliger Triples Up

Adam Lamers

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Michael Chiappetta opened to 35,000 and Paulina Loeliger shoved all in for 210,000 on his left. Dario Sammartino also moved all in for 150,000 in the small blind. Fabio Bonatto re-shoved all in as the big stack in the big blind and Chiapetta folded face up.

Dario Sammartino:
Paulina Loeliger:
Fabio Bonatto:

"Good spot for you," one of the players at the table said to Sammartino.

The flop came and Loeliger picked up a flush draw. The on the turn changed nothing but the on the river gave Loeliger a flush. Sammartino slammed his fist on the table as he was bounced from the tournament.

"Oh my god!" Loeliger exclaimed as she tried to explain her reasoning for shoving.

"Good spot, huh?" Sammartino muffled on his way out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paulina Loeliger	660,000 450,000	450,000
Fabio Bonatto	250,000 -122,000	-122,000

Michael Chiappetta	205,000 35,000	35,000
Dario Sammartino	Busted

Tags: Paulina Loeliger Michael Chiappetta Fabio Bonatto Dario Sammartino

02-01-2023 20:25 UTC-4

Aido Out of Chips After Running Into Aces

Connor Richards

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Sergio Aido open-jammed a stack of 160,000 from under the gun and Colton Blomberg called from the big blind the second he peeled his cards.

Sergio Aido:
Colton Blomberg:

Aido had run into aces and couldn't pull ahead as the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Colton Blomberg	500,000 95,000	95,000
Sergio Aido	Busted

Tags: Colton Blomberg Sergio Aido

02-01-2023 20:20 UTC-4

Craigen's Run Comes to an End

Josh Noy

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Andrei Boghean raised to 30,000 in middle position and called instantly when Platinum Pass winner Glen Craigen slid his final 115,000 chips into the middle from the big blind.

Glen Craigen:
Andrei Boghean:

Craigen caught a piece of the flop, but could not improve further on the turn and river.

Craigen went around the feature table to shake the hands of his opponents before exiting the stage after an impressive PSPC run.

just setting up my twttr
— jack (@jack)

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Boghean	605,000 104,000	104,000
Glen Craigen	Busted

Tags: Andrei Boghean Glen Craigen

02-01-2023 20:06 UTC-4

Kuo KO'd on the River

Josh Noy

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Kitty Kuo slid in her final 100,000 chips from early position, followed by Tom Parsons shoving in the small blind. The hands were turned up with Kuo at risk.

Kitty Kuo:
Tom Parsons: