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

05-28-2023 20:01 UTC

Chip Counts at Break

Matt O'Halloran

Level 9 : Blinds 250/500, 60 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
enriqMSTacho	240,013
One.Last.Mix	206,319
Royalspecial	191,103
Alejandro "[Papo]AR" Lococo	103,332 28,903	28,903

clinker_boat	99,232 88,930	88,930
Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas	89,573 9,473	9,473
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton	84,916 62,031	62,031

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	72,515 7,057	7,057
Georgina "GJReggie" James	44,472 14,456	14,456

Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand	31,812
Lasse "Wistern" Jagd Lauritsen	27,877 16,709	16,709

Laurie "LaliTournier" Tournier	27,693 13,264	13,264

Felix "xflixx" Schneiders	15,727
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg	7,572

05-28-2023 19:57 UTC

Quick Guide to PokerStars Home Games; It Takes Just Five Easy Steps!

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 9 : Blinds 250/500, 60 ante

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05-28-2023 19:49 UTC

Kings Hold for Veldhuis

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 9 : Blinds 250/500, 60 ante

Lex Veldhuis Scores a Knockout with Kings

After a limp from "stendobans" in the cutoff, Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis raised to 1,750 on the button. The blinds got out of the way before the limper made the call to see the flop.

On the J♣4♥2♥ flop, "stendobans" led out for 2,365. Veldhuis raised to 6,250. "stendobans" three-bet shoved, putting themselves at risk for 21,430 effective. Veldhuis made the call and the cards were on their backs.

"stendobans": 6♦6♣
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis: K♠K♦

Veldhuis was a massive favorite, and after the A♦ turn just needed to fade a six on the river. The 7♠ was clean, and Veldhuis scooped the pot with his kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	79,572 67,248	67,248
"stendobans"	Busted

Tags: Lex Veldhuis

Level: 9

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 60

05-28-2023 19:27 UTC

Colillas Makes a Straight

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 8 : Blinds 200/400, 50 ante

After "SargentoFAHUR" opened to 1,080 from the cutoff, he received two callers: "Spor1sh01" in the small blind, and Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas in the big blind.

On the 7♦6♣K♣ flop, the blinds checked over to the original raiser. He bet 1,201, getting called by both opponents. On the 3♣ turn, "Spor1sh01" again checked, but Colillas chose aggression on this street, firing out 2,600. The preflop aggressor got out of the way before the small blind made the call.

On the K♠ river, "Spor1sh01" check-called a bet of 7,000 from Colillas. Colillas tabled 4♠5♦ for a straight, as his opponent mucked their hand, giving the pot north of 26,000 to the PokerStars Ambassador.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas	80,100 55,200	55,200
Spor1sh01	49,424
SargentoFAHUR	21,734

Tags: Ramon Colillas

Level: 8

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

05-28-2023 19:14 UTC

Smooth Sailing Continues for Chip Leader

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 7 : Blinds 175/350, 45 ante

After a limp from "davjul777", "clinker_boat" raised to 1,400 from the hijack. Action folded back to the limper, who three bet to 5,040. "clinker_boat" called, sending the two to the flop.

The 9♦K♣K♠ flop was checked through, leading to the 8♦ turn card. "davjul777" led out 10,920, a pot-sized bet. "clinker_boat" moved all in, putting "davjul777" at risk with the effective stack just over 40,000. He made the call. Following the call, the J♣ came on the river as the pair tabled their hands with over 94,000 in the middle.

"davjul777": 3♥8♥
"clinker_boat": 10♥10♦

The pocket pair was enough to take down the pot, returning "clinker_boat" to the chip lead while knocking "davjul777" out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
clinker_boat	188,162 69,632	69,632
davjul777	Busted

05-28-2023 19:01 UTC

Tournament on Break

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 7 : Blinds 175/350, 45 ante

Players are now on their third five minute break of the day. The field is up to 12,853 entries, 9,878 of which are still alive. Late entry will remain open until Day 2 begins at 12:30 pm ET tomorrow, May 29th.

05-28-2023 18:56 UTC

PokerNews Freerolls Offer Readers More Added Value on PokerStars in June

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 7 : Blinds 175/350, 45 ante

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Level: 7

Blinds: 175/350

Ante: 45