$109 Main Event Day 3 | 2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker

05-30-2023 21:00 UTC

"Boletta55" Eliminated in 14th Place ($5,615.66)

Matt O'Halloran

Level 54 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 125,000 ante

"Boletta55" opened from the cutoff by moving all in for 7,657,040. "URIEL_ROCK" made the call on the button. Once the blinds got out of the way, the cards went on their backs.

"Boletta55": A♠9♦
"URIEL_ROCK": 10♦10♠

"Boletta55" was already in poor shape to survive, before the Q♠10♥2♦ gave "URIEL_ROCK" a set. After the 6♦ turn, they were drawing dead. The 6♣ river completed the board. "Boletta55" was eliminated in 14th place for a cash of $5,615.66

Player	Chips	Progress
URIEL_ROCK	43,580,644 -2,442,960	-2,442,960
Boletta55	Busted

05-30-2023 20:55 UTC

Alexandru "JustPray" Marcu Eliminated in 15th Place ($5,615.66)

Matt O'Halloran

Level 54 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 125,000 ante

Alexandru "JustPray" Marcu opened to 2,000,000 from under the gun. Next to act, "Sodaski" three bet to 5,000,000. Action folded back around to Marcu, who moved all in for 18,299,492 total. "Sodaski" made the call.

Alexandru "JustPray" Marcu: Q♣Q♠
"Sodaski": K♦K♣

"Sodaski" had Marcu dominated, and the 3♦4♥8♠5♣6♠ runout changed nothing. Marcu was eliminated in 15th place for a payout of $5,615.66.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sodaski	69,928,836 21,776,294	21,776,294
Alexandru "JustPray" Marcu	Busted

Level: 54

Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000

Ante: 125,000

05-30-2023 20:44 UTC

Freitas Makes Pair for Knockout

Matt O'Halloran

Level 53 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

Matheus "bolonhax" Freitas opened from the cutoff to 1,680,000. "IgorHKR" three bet to 5,680,000 in the small blind. When action got back to Freitas, he moved all in, covering his opponent, who made the call for 26,252,531 total.

"IgorHKR": 10♦10♥
Matheus "bolonhax" Freitas: J♦Q♦

Freitas was behind, but soon took the lead by pairing his jack on the 7♠J♠8♠ flop. The 4♥ turn and K♥ river changed nothing, and Freitas scooped the pot, knocking out his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matheus "bolonhax" Freitas	57,799,960 33,980,549	33,980,549
IgorHKR	Busted

05-30-2023 20:38 UTC

Full Chip Counts (full)

Matt O'Halloran

Level 53 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel "dani aziz" Aziz	110,242,384 25,506,734	25,506,734
LUCKXXXL	72,027,691 2,673,250	2,673,250
PokerHorst	51,369,856 8,925,259	8,925,259
Sodaski	48,152,542 -2,432,500	-2,432,500
URIEL_ROCK	46,023,604 -5,255,000	-5,255,000
BluffyRabbit	40,116,329 3,898,750	3,898,750
nonni77	24,454,167 -2,562,500	-2,562,500
IgorHKR	24,006,531 1,500,000	1,500,000
Matheus "bolonhax" Freitas	23,819,411 546,293	546,293
fiti79	21,108,521 -3,992,500	-3,992,500
Alexandru "JustPray" Marcu	20,104,492 -10,720,000	-10,720,000
m00rebet	18,511,876 15,912,679	15,912,679
xGGJ88x	15,687,664 -1,709,252	-1,709,252
Marko "zerocool9889" Duric	14,026,802
Guns_SM	11,472,856
U-Boot 612	11,456,236 -8,688,218	-8,688,218
Boletta55	7,366,020
Paul-Willo	6,628,018

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05-30-2023 20:25 UTC

Jam Takes it Down Without Showdown

Matt O'Halloran

Level 53 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

"URIEL_ROCK" opened to 1,400,000 from under the gun. "PokerHorst" three bet to 4,200,000 on the button. Action folded back to "URIEL_ROCK", who made the call.

On the 10♠9♥4♥ flop, "URIEL_ROCK" check-called a bet of 3,320,625. On the 8♣ turn, they check-jammed from 8,351,975 to 26,222,979. "PokerHorst" folded, giving the pot to "URIEL_ROCK" without showdown, moving them into the top 5 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
URIEL_ROCK	51,278,604 17,447,500	17,447,500
PokerHorst	42,444,597 -15,960,000	-15,960,000

05-30-2023 20:18 UTC

Chip Leaders

Matt O'Halloran

Level 53 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel "dani aziz" Aziz	84,735,650 15,616,228	15,616,228
LUCKXXXL	69,354,441 24,121,219	24,121,219
PokerHorst	58,404,597 16,222,379	16,222,379
Sodaski	50,585,042 -280,584,848	-280,584,848
BluffyRabbit	36,217,579 24,520,625	24,520,625
URIEL_ROCK	33,831,104
Alexandru "JustPray" Marcu	30,824,492 1,095,260	1,095,260
nonni77	27,016,667
fiti79	25,101,021 -2,155,000	-2,155,000

05-30-2023 20:13 UTC

Freitas Fills Up

Matt O'Halloran

Level 53 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

Matheus "bolonhax" Freitas opened to 1,470,000 from under the gun. Action folded to Luiz "Giant_Santos" Constantino in the big blind, who moved all in with the effective stack of 10,378,826. Freitas made the call.

Luiz "Giant_Santos" Constantino: Q♠J♥
Matheus "bolonhax" Freitas: A♠K♥

After the 6♠K♦6♣ flop, Constantino was drawing very thin. After the 6♦ turn gave Freitas a full house, he was drawing completely dead. The 9♦ completed the board on the river. Freitas scooped the pot as Constantino was knocked out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matheus "bolonhax" Freitas	23,273,118 17,690,096	17,690,096
Luiz "Giant_Santos" Constantino	Busted

Level: 53

Blinds: 400,000/800,000

Ante: 100,000

05-30-2023 19:58 UTC

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Level 52 : Blinds 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante

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