$109 Main Event Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker

05-28-2023 21:02 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
stampr_gg	313,356 313,356	313,356
enriqMSTacho	288,373 2,520	2,520
poulsencrazy	251,079 251,079	251,079
Jessigfilho	247,378 247,378	247,378
zerocool9889	243,817 243,817	243,817
Alejandro "[Papo]AR" Lococo	174,222 70,890	70,890

Sam "SamSquid" Grafton	110,809 25,893	25,893

Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas	72,092 -17,481	-17,481

Ben "Spraggy" Spragg	35,166 27,594	27,594

Georgina "GJReggie" James	32,567 -11,905	-11,905

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	29,182 -43,333	-43,333

Laurie "LaliTournier" Tournier	27,370 -323	-323

Spraggy’s Top SCOOP Tips

Matt O'Halloran

Level 12 : Blinds 400/800, 100 ante

05-28-2023 20:58 UTC

"enriqMSTacho" Adds to Chip Lead

Matt O'Halloran

Level 12 : Blinds 400/800, 100 ante

"enriqMSTacho" continues dominant Day 1 Performance

After an open to 1,400 from the hijack and a call from the button, "enriqMSTacho" raised to 5,600 from the small blind. The hijack, "Per.V7" moved all in for 24,443 effective. After the button got out of the way, and "enriqMSTacho" made the call. With 51,706 in the middle, the cards were flipped.

"Per.V7": 7♣7♦
"enriqMSTacho":A♦K♣

The classic race saw "enriqMSTacho" pull into a slight lead after the monotone J♦4♦Q♦ flop gave him flush and straight draws to go along with his over cards. The 9♦ turn completed that draw, and left "Per.V7" drawing dead as the 8♦ came on the river inconsequentially, awarding the pot to "enriqMSTacho".

On the very next deal, "enriqMSTacho" opened to 1,540 from the button. After a raise to 4,200 from "Nur557" in the small blind and a fold from the big blind, "enriqMSTacho" made the call to see the 10♠2♥7♦ flop. He proceeded to a call his opponent's bet of 4,865, leading to the A♦ turn. With less than half the pot remaining in their stack, "Nur557" moved all in and got called.

"Nur557": Q♦Q♠
"enriqMSTacho": 7♣7♠

"Nur557" was drawing thin against the set of sevens, and the 5♦ sealed their fate, as "enriqMSTacho" continues a dominating Day 1 performance to this point.

Player	Chips	Progress
enriqMSTacho	285,853 28,234	28,234
Per.V7	Busted
Nur557	Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

05-28-2023 20:46 UTC

Cooler puts "Royalspecial" in Chip Lead Contention

Matt O'Halloran

Level 11 : Blinds 350/700, 90 ante

"Royalspecial" wins a big pot with tens full

After an open to 1,435 by "schwester" in early position, "zarepokerboy" put in a three bet to 4,550 from the cutoff. "Royalspecial" made the call from the small blind. Once the big blind folded, "schwester" put in the call as well.

With 15,070 already in the middle, three players saw the K♥10♠K♠ flop. Action checked to the cutoff who fired out for 6,023. "Royalspecial" made the call before "schwester" folded.

After the 4♠ turn, "zarepokerboy" put in a hefty bet of 19,252. "Royalspecial" had his opponent covered easily and decided to apply maximum pressure, check-raising all-in for 44,769 effective. "zarepokerboy" made the call.

"zarepokerboy": 9♠K♦
"Royalspecial":10♦10♥

In quite the cooler, "zarepokerboy" managed to flop trip kings yet was still outflopped by the full house of "Royalspecial". There were still outs to make a higher full house, but the 7♥ on the river was not one of those outs, sending the pot to "Royalspecial" and "zarepokerboy" to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Royalspecial	223,910 32,807	32,807
zarepokerboy	Busted

Level: 11

Blinds: 350/700

Ante: 90

05-28-2023 20:32 UTC

Deuces Deliver Knockout Blow

Matt O'Halloran

Level 10 : Blinds 300/600, 75 ante

Five players, including PokerStars Ambassador Ben "Spraggy" Spragg limped into the hand before seeing the 2♠K♥6♦ flop.

"&scorpião$78" led out for 2,448 from early position. After folds from the cutoff and Spragg in the small blind, "fina_tjejen" raised to 7,500 from the big blind. The original better put in a three bet to 12,552. A fold from late position left the pot heads-up and action on "fina_tjejen", who moved all in as the player at risk for 25,309 effective. "&scorpião$78" made the call and they tabled their hands with 56,666 in the middle.

"fina_tjejen": K♠6♥
"&scorpião$78": 2♥2♦

"&scorpião$78" was in good position with a set of deuces, but still needed to fade his opponent's outs to a full house. The Q♠ turn left just a 9.1% chance for a cooler, before the A♣ river sealed the pot, and knockout, for "&scorpião$78".

Player	Chips	Progress
&scorpião$78	68,433
fina_tjejen	Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

05-28-2023 20:23 UTC

Two Pair over Two Pair

Matt O'Halloran

Level 9 : Blinds 250/500, 60 ante

After "KujoJolyne", the big blind, called a bet of 1,200 from "Spor1sh01" on the button, the two went heads-up to the flop of 10♣5♦3♣.

"KujoJolyne" check-raised from 1,200 to 3,180. "Spor1sh01" called the raise, giving way to the 9♦ turn. On this street, "KujoJolyne" sized up to 7,440, earning another call. With 24,540 already in the pot, both players had around a pot-sized bet left behind, with "Spor1sh01" as the slightly smaller stack at 23,549. Upon the 7♠ on the river, "KujoJolyne" moved all in and got called.

"Spor1sh01": 10♠7♦
"KujoJolyne": 5♣9♣

Both players had managed to flop a pair and hit a second on later streets, but the tens of "Spor1sh01" proved invaluable, as they scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Spor1sh01	71,638 22,214	22,214
KujoJolyne	2,736

05-28-2023 20:14 UTC

Back to Back Knockouts for Chip Leader

Matt O'Halloran

Level 9 : Blinds 250/500, 60 ante

"enriqMSTacho" scores second knockout in as many hands

In early position, "enriqMSTacho" raised to 1,100, getting calls from both blinds. He continued for 1,247 on the 3♥4♥Q♦ flop. The small blind folded before the big blind, "DirtyPhoenix", made the call.

"DirtyPhoenix" made another check-call on the J♦ turn, this time for 9,411. On the 7♣ river, "enriqMSTacho" moved all in for 35,348 effective, putting his opponent at risk if they call. They were able to find that call, and soon got the bad news.

"DirtyPhoenix": Q♥A♣
"enriqMSTacho": 3♣3♦

Top pair was no good against the set of threes, and "DirtyPhoenix" was sent to the rail while "enriqMSTacho" added to his chip lead.

On the very next deal, "enriqMSTacho" once again found himself delivering a knockout blow. "CarppiCala" opened to 1,100 from under the gun. Action folded all the way to "enriqMSTacho" in the big blind, who called.

On the 8♣9♦A♦ flop, "CarppiCala" fired out 1,062 before getting check-raised to 3,000 and making the call. On the 3♥ turn, "CarppiCala" moved all in their last 12,896. After a call, the cards went on their backs.

"CarppiCala": A♠J♣
"enriqMSTacho": K♦5♦

"CarppiCala" was in good shape to survive and double up with top pair. However, the 3♦ river completed the flush draw, sending them to the rail, while "enriqMSTacho" picked up a second consecutive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
enriqMSTacho	257,619 17,606	17,606
CarppiCala	Busted
DirtyPhoenix	Busted