2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker

$10,300 Main Event
Day: 1
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Event Info
2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$1,036,200
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$5,870,000
Total Entries
587
Level Info
Level
44
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
125,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
515
Players Left
169
Players Left 1 / 587
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Level: 3

Blinds: 700/1,400

Ante: 175

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
Profile photo of Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovsky ua
Roman "RomeOpro" Romanovsky
654,411
Profile photo of Dumitru "pora adrian" Pora ro
Dumitru "pora adrian" Pora
499,850
Profile photo of grinder1992 bg
grinder1992
474,951
Profile photo of Top Grind de
Top Grind
473,338
Profile photo of Retro_cheetah01 pl
Retro_cheetah01
465,440
Profile photo of Sam "SamSquid" Grafton gb
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton
443,330
17,280
17,280
pokerstars

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 A8 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
Profile photo of Sam "SamSquid" Grafton gb
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton
426,050
pokerstars
Profile photo of Liviu "0Human0" Ignat ro
Liviu "0Human0" Ignat
339,790
5,207
5,207
Profile photo of NY17PATS14 ca
NY17PATS14
101,875
145,750
145,750

Veldhuis Powers the Pot

Level 2 : Blinds 600/1,200, 150 ante
Veldhuis Powers the Pot
Veldhuis Powers the Pot

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
Profile photo of Sam "SamSquid" Grafton gb
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton
426,050
159,975
159,975
pokerstars
Profile photo of Lex "L.Veldhuis" Veldhuis nl
Lex "L.Veldhuis" Veldhuis
212,944
23,924
23,924
Profile photo of LuckPROF kg
LuckPROF
212,944

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.

Level: 2

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 150

Chip Updates at Break

Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 125 ante

Here is a look at some chip updates from the break. Level 1 has about 5 minutes remaining when they return to the felt in about 2 minutes.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Niklas "Lena900" Astedt se
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt
341,342
91,342
91,342
Profile photo of Liviu "0Human0" Ignat ro
Liviu "0Human0" Ignat
334,583
84,583
84,583
Profile photo of David "MissOracle" Yan nz
David "MissOracle" Yan
293,794
43,794
43,794
Profile photo of Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt ch
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt
288,720
38,720
38,720
Profile photo of Elliot "4rebmun" Smith ca
Elliot "4rebmun" Smith
284,765
34,765
34,765
Profile photo of J7RJunior br
J7RJunior
281,613
54,838
54,838
Profile photo of Armin "armin1912" Rezaei at
Armin "armin1912" Rezaei
277,047
27,047
27,047
Profile photo of Qee... :)AA me
Qee... :)AA
276,968
18,120
18,120
Profile photo of Paul "_pauL€FauL_" Hoefer de
Paul "_pauL€FauL_" Hoefer
271,285
21,285
21,285
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Juanki "B4NKR0LL3R" Vecino es
Juanki "B4NKR0LL3R" Vecino
269,575
19,575
19,575
Profile photo of Sam "SamSquid" Grafton gb
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton
266,075
16,075
16,075
pokerstars
Profile photo of Tom "Jabracada" Hall gb
Tom "Jabracada" Hall
256,619
6,619
6,619
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Joao Mathias "joaoMathias" Baumgartner br
Joao Mathias "joaoMathias" Baumgartner
255,350
5,350
5,350
Profile photo of NY17PATS14 ca
NY17PATS14
247,625
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Mario "t4t0PAGAU" Navarro es
Mario "t4t0PAGAU" Navarro
239,593
25,532
25,532
Profile photo of Chris "Moorman1" Moorman gb
Chris "Moorman1" Moorman
227,445
22,555
22,555
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of [Removed:567] nl
[Removed:567]
212,750
37,250
37,250
Profile photo of Simon "DaDumon" Grabenschweiger at
Simon "DaDumon" Grabenschweiger
208,875
41,125
41,125
Profile photo of Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi gb
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
205,081
8,271
8,271
Profile photo of Lex "L.Veldhuis" Veldhuis nl
Lex "L.Veldhuis" Veldhuis
189,020
60,980
60,980

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Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 125 ante
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"Qee... :)AA" Gets Big One

Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 125 ante
"Qee... :)AA" Gets Big One
"Qee... :)AA" Gets Big One

"Qee... :)AA" is nearing 300k in the first level of play after a big hand against Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi. "Qee... :)AA" raised under the gun to 2,000 and Shakerchi called from the button. Shakerchi raised a bet of 1,820 on the 543 flop and got the call.

The turn 4 went check-call for 15,898 and the river J saw another check-call from "Qee... :)AA" for 37,201. It was a gross cooler when the hands were revealed with a flopped nut straight falling to the turned boat:

Shakerchi: 76
"Qee... :)AA": 33

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Qee... :)AA me
Qee... :)AA
295,088
Profile photo of Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi gb
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
196,810