$550 Summer Series Event 1 | 2023 PokerStars Summer Series

08-27-2023 06:21 UTC-4

Day 2 Seat Draw

Shirley Ang

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count
15	1	Jeremy Norris	35,500
15	2	Andrew Merola	165,500
15	3	An Bui	329,500
15	4	Dan Mcginnis	204,000
15	5	Willy Taveras-Escolastico	120,000
15	6	Tuan Tran	374,000
15	7	Xingang Wang	134,000
15	8	Neal Gay	150,000
15	9	Matthew Zola	316,000

16	1	Carmen Dimaria	18,000
16	3	John Yanni	89,000
16	4	Vitaly Kovyazin	509,000
16	5	Justin Martin	466,500
16	6	Steven Morgen	203,500
16	7	Jason Skinner	287,000
16	8	David Casmas	377,000
16	9	Nicole Keelin	65,000

17	1	Khai Trinh	102,000
17	2	Joe Schwartz	289,000
17	3	Joe Cutler	280,000
17	4	Edward Leonard	411,000
17	6	Pierre Naim	341,000
17	7	Jose Ramos	222,500
17	8	Justin Vaysman	101,000
17	9	Michael Koenig	112,000

18	1	Nick Bilotti	234,000
18	2	Jason Hwa	77,000
18	3	Chris Bilinsky	122,000
18	4	Gilberto Taveras	713,000
18	5	Jonathan Cosme	231,000
18	6	George Chen	191,000
18	7	Robert Barile	187,000
18	8	Sam Levine	98,000
18	9	Anthony Marini	243,000

19	1	Zlatan Klimenta	73,000
19	2	Andrew Porter	451,000
19	3	Ronald Wilson	361,000
19	4	Mike Sander	264,500
19	5	Hongzhen Zhang	250,000
19	6	Eli Garney	413,000
19	7	Mike Dangelico	335,000
19	8	Michael Santarp	353,000
19	9	Andrew Weinstein	86,000

20	1	Vram Der-Ohannessian	288,000
20	3	Jason Rivkin	110,500
20	4	Jonathan Rodriguez	63,000
20	5	Sean Byars	169,000
20	6	Donald Bell	363,000
20	7	Dat Tran	219,500
20	8	Ronald Adams	80,000
20	9	Brian Taylor	156,000

21	1	Charles Laubach	61,000
21	2	William Slovinsky	459,000
21	3	Sean Dougal	198,000
21	4	Robert Aquilias	159,000
21	5	Jeffrey Stellwagon	91,000
21	6	David Kuder	173,000
21	7	Brian Niebel	134,000
21	8	Thomas Tran	358,000
21	9	Adam Reese	434,500

22	1	Aristide Santana	251,000
22	2	Joseph Palma	90,000
22	3	Todd Pospisil	131,000
22	4	Keith Crowder	248,000
22	5	Zhiyuan "Ben" Wang	281,000
22	6	James Zaragoza	358,000
22	7	Brandon Wolfe	58,000
22	9	John Cipriano	578,000

23	1	Jack Baldouff	389,500
23	2	Charles Jablonski	208,000
23	3	Tyler Petrovich	301,000
23	4	Christopher Book	464,000
23	5	Frank Lipi	295,500
23	6	Anthony Pasqua	62,000
23	7	Norman Rodriguez	91,000
23	8	Anthony Pagan	289,500
23	9	Jonathan Wong	142,000

24	1	Jonathan Luchin	82,000
24	2	Tyler Orsini	140,000
24	3	Matt Iles	308,000
24	4	Austin Diaz	109,500
24	5	Roberto Ilagan	65,500
24	6	John Nguyen	417,000
24	7	Brett Brashers	430,000
24	8	Boris Vaynberg	468,000
24	9	Ryan Tillmann	234,000

25	1	Ron Milby	215,000
25	2	Gary Braufman	177,000
25	4	Daniel Kyler	44,000
25	5	Soukha Kachittavong	569,000
25	6	Brian Czap	201,000
25	7	Nicholas Skyllas	438,000
25	8	Arkadiy Gadayev	31,000
25	9	Michael Anderson	160,000

26	1	Jace Reiken	90,000
26	2	Jonathan Stoeber	111,000
26	3	Sridhar Sangannagari	971,000
26	4	Adrii Zhuk	115,500
26	5	Julio Perez	277,000
26	6	Sean Fellman	280,000
26	7	Yingxin Chen	148,000
26	8	Scott Weinstein	139,000
26	9	Prakshoti Dawar	123,000

27	1	Michael Baiocco	144,000
27	2	Matthew Mcneil	310,000
27	3	Ryan Dodd	239,000
27	4	Faizian Imran	180,000
27	5	John Sparks	194,000
27	6	Arkado Gadelou	321,000
27	7	Michael Kemeter	279,000
27	8	Kory Shope	141,000
27	9	Justin Lett	312,000

28	1	Michael Manno	133,000
28	2	Karpel Ozsolak	152,000
28	3	Victor Paulino	118,000
28	4	John Tavss	120,000
28	5	Cleiton Barbosa	153,500
28	6	Kostyantyn Tsygikal	163,500
28	7	Alesandro Jimenes	576,500
28	9	Jeffrey Lang	83,000

29	1	Lingkon Lu	429,000
29	2	Michael Dorff	306,000
29	3	Dave Kilcoyne	410,000
29	4	Joshua Rothberg	455,500
29	5	Timothy Dougherty	164,500
29	6	Jake Flores	219,000
29	8	Ken Keppol	289,000
29	9	Matthew Gross	274,000

$550 Summer Series Event 1

Day 2 Started

08-27-2023 09:45 UTC-4

Who Will Win the First Event of the Inaugural PokerStars Summer Series?

Jeremy Geist

The five Day 1 flights have come to an end in Event #1: $550 No Limit Hold’em at the PokerStars Summer Series at Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia. The only question that remains is who will win it all?

Players from all over the tristate area came to Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia for their shot at the $200,000 guarantee. Within the first three flights that guarantee had already been blown out of the water.

Day 1c chip leader Sridhar Sangannagari holds the overall, overwhelming chip lead with 971,000, but there are plenty of players still in the chase. There is plenty of time for someone to overtake that lead and enter the final table in pole position.

Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Sridhar Sangannagari	United States	971,000	162
2	Gilberto Taveras	United States	713,000	119
3	John Cipriano	United States	578,000	96
4	Alesandro Jimenes	United States	576,500	96
5	Soukha Kachittavong	United States	569,000	95
6	Vitaly Kovyazin	United States	509,000	85
7	Boris Vaynberg	United States	468,000	78
8	Justin Martin	United States	466,500	78
9	Christopher Book	United States	464,000	77
10	William Slovinsky	United States	459,000	77

The players that found a bag on Day 1 will be returning at 11:15 EDT to battle it out for their share of a massive $479,400 prize pool. The eventual winner will be taking home some life-changing money in the form of an $81,795 payout and the coveted PokerStars Spadie Trophy.

A total of 128 players bagged on Day 1 and will return and be in the money. The minimum payout is $700 with progressive pay jumps happening quickly. Play will kick off in Level 16 at 3,000/6,000/6,000 blinds and they will play down to a winner. Day 2 will also see the levels go from 30 minutes up to 40 minutes.

Don’t miss anything and stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the updates right from the tournament floor!

Tags: Sridhar Sangannagari Alesandro Jimenes Boris Vaynberg Christopher Book Gilberto Taveras John Cipriano Justin Martin Soukha Kachittavong Vitaly Kovyazin William Slovinsky

08-27-2023 10:16 UTC-4

Day 2 Payouts

Jeremy Geist

Players that bagged will be returning to Day 2 and in the money. The payouts are as follows.

Day 2 Payouts

1	$81,795
2	$57,340
3	$37,180
4	$27,480
5	$20,830
6	$16,670
7	$13,800
8	$10,960
9	$8,185
10-12	$6,470
13-15	$5,035
16-18	$4,135
19-21	$3,430
22-24	$2,845
25-27	$2,415
28-36	$2,120
37-45	$1,830
46-54	$1,640
55-63	$1,495
64-72	$1,385
73-81	$1,275
82-90	$1,165
91-99	$1,060
100-108	$955
109-117	$850
118-126	$755
127-128	$700

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

08-27-2023 11:16 UTC-4

Shuffle up and Deal

Jeremy Geist

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Cards are in the air for Day 2 of Event #1 at the PokerStars Summer Series.

08-27-2023 11:23 UTC-4

Vaysman Gets an Early Double

Jeremy Geist

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action was opened under the gun to 12,000. It then folded to Justin Vaysman in middle position who went all in for about 95,000. Action then folded all the way to the big blind who thought over his options but eventually put in a call. The original raiser folded and the cards hit their backs.

Justin Vaysman: A♣Q♠
Big Blind: A♥J♠

The full board ran out 6♣5♥8♣10♠4♥ and Vaysman earned a much need double early on in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Vaysman	205,000 104,000	104,000

Tags: Justin Vaysman

08-27-2023 11:38 UTC-4

Tran Sees a King in the Window

Jeremy Geist

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action was opened in middle position to 12,000 by Thomas Tran. It then folded to a player in middle position who three-bet jammed for about 61,000. It folded back to Tran who thought it over and eventually flicked in a call.

The cards hit their backs.

Middle Position: K♣Q♣
Thomas Tran: 7♦7♣

The window cards was a king but the full board ran out K♦A♦7♠5♥K♠ and Tran scooped and earned the elimination with a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Tran	464,000 106,000	106,000

Tags: Thomas Tran

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

08-27-2023 11:50 UTC-4

Ozsolak Gets the Knockout

Jeremy Geist

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was opened in middle position to 21,000. A player on the button called and then Karpel Ozsolak three-bet jammed from the small blind for about 135,000. The middle position player thought it over but eventually called for less and the button folded.

The cards hit their backs.

Middle Position: 10♣10♦
Kaprel Ozsolak: A♣J♣

The full board ran out Q♠K♣A♠4♣6♦ and Ozsolak won the pot and earned the knockout.