Level: 2
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 150
2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker
$10,300 Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$5,870,000
Entries
587
Level
44
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
125,000
Entries
515
Players Left
169
Nearing Half the Guarantee as Level 2 Begins
Level 2
: Blinds 600/1,200, 150 ante
There is still plenty of time remaining to get into this Main Event High with Level 2 just now beginning. The entries now are up to 223 entries with 220 remaining in the game. That puts $2.23 million into the prize pool right now, so it seems almost certain that the $5 million guarantee will be crushed with entries open until the start of Monday's Dasy 2.
Veldhuis Powers the Pot
Level 2
: Blinds 600/1,200, 150 ante
There weren't any cards to be seen on the hand, but Lex "L.Veldhuis" Veldhuis just took a nice pot. Fellow PokerStars Team Pro member Sam "SamSquid" Grafton opened early to 3k before Veldhuis repopped it to 13.8k from the small blind.
Big blind "LuckPROF" was having none of that, however, reraising it to 29.4k. That pushed Grafton out, but sent Veldhuis into the tank for a bit before he five-bet shoved for 179k and change. The big blind got out of the way, and Veldhuis picked up a nice pot of dead money with no cards on the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
426,050
159,975
|
159,975 |
|
||
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212,944
23,924
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23,924 |
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|
||
|
212,944 | |
Grafton to Top Five
Level 2
: Blinds 600/1,200, 150 ante
While Sam "SamSquid" Grafton gave some dead money to fellow PokerStars Team Pro member Lex "L.Veldhuis" Veldhuis in the following hand, Grafton jumped into the top five in counts the hand previous when he rivered a flush with A♥8♥ leaving "NY17PATS14" with barely 100k. Liviu "0Human0" Ignat was also involved in the hand but got out before the big rover action when Grafton raised a river bet and got paid.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
426,050 | |
|
|
||
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339,790
5,207
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5,207 |
|
101,875
-145,750
|
-145,750 |
Some New Big Stacks
Level 2
: Blinds 600/1,200, 150 ante
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton has dropped just out of the top five now, though he's chipped up since the last look. There are five other players bigger than him at the moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
654,411 | |
|
499,850 | |
|
474,951 | |
|
473,338 | |
|
465,440 | |
|
|
443,330
17,280
|
17,280 |
|
|
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Level: 3
Blinds: 700/1,400
Ante: 175
Benny Glaser "Does a Thing"
Level 3
: 700/1,400, 175 ante
Navarro Over-Shoves River
Level 3
: Blinds 700/1,400, 175 ante
"J7RJunior" opened to 3,200 from the hijack before Mario "t4t0PAGAU" Navarro three-bet the button to 10,500. There was a four0bet to 35,000 and a call before the flop of 8♦4♠J♣.
"J7RJunior" fired 32,550 and Navarro flatted to the A♦ turn. They both checked to the 5♣ river where "J7RJunior" checked again, then tank-folded to a shove of almost 184k into a pot of about 139k.
Hand Analysis
Level 3 has just begun and the collected money has just gone over half the guarantee. With 252 entries, there has now been $2.52 million collected and entries open for about 22 more hours.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
322,549
82,956
|
82,956 |
|
133,100
-148,513
|
-148,513 |
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: Blinds 700/1,400, 175 ante
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Ignat Takes from Veldhuis before Break
Level 3
: Blinds 700/1,400, 175 ante
Shortly before the second break of the day, Liviu "0Human0" Ignat jumped above 400k with a turned two pair against Team Pro member Lex "L.Veldhuis" Veldhuis. Velduis opened under the gun to 3,080 and Sam "SamSquid" Grafton called from the cutoff, as did Ignat from the big blind.
Ignat checked the 3♥K♦9♥ flop and Veldhuis bet 3,742 and got two calls to the 4♣ turn. They all checked to the 6♠ river where Ignat fired an over-pot bet of 30,800. Only Veldhuis called, but he mucked when Ignat showed four-three.
Attached is also the top five counts from the second break of the day with 273 entries now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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612,223
-42,188
|
-42,188 |
|
495,244
495,244
|
495,244 |
|
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490,491
17,153
|
17,153 |
|
483,231
483,231
|
483,231 |
|
|
478,602
-21,248
|
-21,248 |
|
|
418,705
78,915
|
78,915 |
|
|
416,668
94,119
|
94,119 |
|
|
184,573
-28,371
|
-28,371 |
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