$550 Summer Series Event 1
Day 2 Completed
2023 PokerStars Summer Series
$550 Summer Series Event 1
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 PokerStars Summer Series
Buy-in
$550
Prize Pool
$479,400
Entries
1,020
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Entries
128
Players Left
1
Matthew Gross Played Fearless Poker on His Way to Victory in Event #1 of the PokerStars Summer Series
Level 30
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
When they told Matthew Gross that scared money don’t make money, he took it to heart. Gross came into Event #1: $550 No Limit Hold’em at the PokerStars Summer Series at Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia with no fear and ultimately emerged victorious after a heads-up deal, claiming the trophy and $69,568.
Action throughout the day was heavy and Gross was no stranger to embracing it. Multiple times he was seen pushing his equity in big spots and not being afraid to show a bluff. This all culminated in Gross getting all the way to heads up play with the chip lead and agreeing to an even chop with Elias Garney. The lead was enough to spark an agreement for Gross to take home the coveted spadie trophy and the bragging rights.
“Its nice to finally break through. I’ve come close a couple times and to finally get one feels good.” Gross replied when asked how he felt about winning his first Spadie. “I knew going into the final table that I could probably win this and when we reached a certain point I just started taking on some steam.”
“I haven’t played in almost a year and a half and there were points where I felt like a guy coming off the disabled list at 85 percent and somehow, I was still just playing lights out.”
Final Table results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Gross | United States | $69,568 |
| 2 | Elias Garney | United States | $69,567 |
| 3 | Boris Vaynberg | United States | $37,180 |
| 4 | Michael Dangelico | United States | $27,480 |
| 5 | Adam Reese | United States | $20,830 |
| 6 | Alesandro Jimenes | United States | $16,670 |
| 7 | Soukha Kachttavong | United States | $13,800 |
| 8 | Yingxin Chen | United States | $10,960 |
| 9 | Donald Bell | United States | $8,185 |
Final Table Action
The final table kicked off with a spicy hand by the winner himself. Gross jammed over a flop continuation bet from Soukha Kachttavong and would draw the fold only to show he sent it in with just a flush draw. Kachttavong would rebound well with a hand a few orbits later where he took down a large pot after putting a cold four-bet out of the blinds.
The first elimination would come when Donald Bell fell to Gross after his Ace-nine could not improve against Gross’s pocket jacks. Soon after that Yingxin Chen hit the rail in 8th place after an impressive showing. Soukha Kachttavong would fall in 7th place when Garney woke up with aces against his jam.
Alesandro Jimenes, Adam Reese, and Michael Dangelico would all fall to either Gross or Garney as the table whittled down to the final three players. At three-handed the table discussed a chop but after the players couldn’t come to an agreement the play raged on.
Boris Vaynberg would fall shortly after that when he jammed button and couldn’t improve against Garney.
The final two didn’t play another hand before agreeing to chop up the remaining prize pool 50/50 with both player taking home an amazing payday to the tune of $69,568. Gross held the small chip lead and the agreement included him getting the spadie trophy.
Overall, the first event in the PokerStars Summer Series was a huge success, attracting 1,020 entries and more than doubling the guarantee. And best of all…Its not over. There are still two more weekends in a row to earn a PokerStars trophy and earn a share of two more massive prize pools.
Stay locked in to PokerNews over the next two weekends as the PokerStars Summer Series Continues.
Matthew Gross and Elias Garney Have Agreed to a Chop
Level 30
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
After the elimination of Boris Vaynberg in third. The final two players came to an agreement on an even chop with Gross taking home the trophy as he held a small chip lead.
Recap coming soon!
Boris Vaynberg Eliminated in 3rd Place ($37,180)
Level 30
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Action started on Boris Vaynberg on the button who went all in for the remainder of his chip. Elias Garney called in the small blind and the big blind folded.
Boris Vaynberg: K♣J♠
Elias Garney: A♦7♦
The full board ran out Q♦J♣2♦8♦Q♣ and with Garney hitting the nut flush Vaynberg would hit the rail in 3rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Michael Dangelico Eliminated in 4th Place ($27,480)
Level 30
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Action folded to Elias Garney on the button who opened to 500,000. Michael Dangelico called from the small blind and then Matthew Gross three-bet to 2,000,000 from the big blind. Garney folded and then Dangelico four-bet ripped it for about 4,000,000. Gross snap called and the cards hit their backs.
Michael Dangelico: 3♥3♣
Matthew Gross: A♦9♥
The full board ran out 10♥K♥J♠8♥7♥ and Gross would win with the higher flush.
Dangelico hit the rail in 4th place after a hard fought battle.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Adam Reese Eliminated in 5th Place ($20,830)
Level 30
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Action made it to Adam Reese on the button who went all in for about 900,000. Elias Garney was in the small blind and called. The big blind folded and they were heads up to a full board.
Adam Reese: A♠10♥
Elias Garney: A♣5♥
The full board ran out 9♦Q♦3♥5♠K♠ and with the turned five Reese hit the rail in 5th place after an impressive showing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,400,000 | 2,700,000 |
|
Busted |
Break Time
Level 30
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Players are now on a 15-minute break.
Alesandro Jimenes Eliminated in 6th Place ($16,670)
Level 30
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Action was opened in late position and it then folded to Alesandro Jimenes in the big blind who three-bet jammed all in for his tournamnet life. The original raiser called and the cards hit their backs.
Alesandro Jimenes: A♥J♥
Late Position : 3♦3♣
The full board ran out 6♥Q♠K♦7♣8♥ and Jimenes hit the rail in 6th place after an impressive showing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Soukha Kachittavong Eliminated in 7th Place ($13,800)
Level 30
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Action folded to Soukha Kachittavong in late position who opened for about 1,500,000 with about 50,000 back. It then folded to Elias Garney in the small blind who called, not realizing that Kachttavong had 50,000 back.
The 8♦9♦3♠ flop landed and the rest of the chips went in.
Soukha Kachittavong : 10♣8♣
Elias Garney: A♠A♥
The turn was the 6♦ and the river was the A♣ sending Kachittavong to the rail in seventh place after some great play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,700,000 | 1,085,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 30
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000