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

05-30-2023 17:53 UTC

Big Slick Connects

Matt O'Halloran

Level 46 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 32,500 ante

After "marjan1231" opened to 500,000 from late position, "BcomeSomeone" moved all in from the button for 3,626,132. Action folded back to "marjan1231", who made the call, barely covering his opponent, leaving less than two big blinds behind.

"BcomeSomeone": A♦J♦
"marjan1231": K♥A♠

"marjan1231" was already out in front before connecting with the 4♣K♣5♦ flop for top pair. The J♣ turn did give "BcomeSomeone" some level of hope, but the 8♥ river was a brick, and the pot went to "marjan1231".

Player	Chips	Progress
marjan1231	8,341,410 692,632	692,632
BcomeSomeone	Busted

Level: 46

Blinds: 125,000/250,000

Ante: 32,500

05-30-2023 17:39 UTC

Running Flush Catches Big Slick's Two Pair

Matt O'Halloran

Level 45 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante

"huziu" opened to 400,000 from the button. After the small blind folded, "Znaso" moved all in from the big blind with their opponent covered. "huziu" made the call, sticking in their remaining 2,806,326 chips.

"huziu": K♥A♦
"Znaso": 9♣K♣

"huziu" was already ahead, and improved to two pair on the 4♥A♣K♦. However, quite the cooler arrived on the 10♣ turn and 5♣ river, as "Znaso" made a backdoor flush to bust the flopped two pair of "huziu".

Player	Chips	Progress
Znaso	14,463,339 7,831,279	7,831,279
huziu	Busted

Level: 45

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 25,000

05-30-2023 17:29 UTC

Queens Hold for Chip Lead

Matt O'Halloran

Level 44 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

After "eiriklodoen" opened to 320,000 from early position, action folded around to "PokerHorst" in the big blind, who bumped it up to 1,120,000. The opener moved all in for 4,096,892. "PokerHorst" made the call, covering their opponent.

"eiriklodoen": 9♠9♦
"PokerHorst": Q♦Q♥

"eiriklodoen" would need some help to stay alive in the tournament, but none arrived on the 7♦K♣2♦8♥A♥ runout. "PokerHorst" scooped the pot, moving into the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
PokerHorst	23,593,540 23,397,704	23,397,704
eiriklodoen	Busted

05-30-2023 17:17 UTC

Queens Hold for Double

Matt O'Halloran

Level 44 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

After the hijack, "marjan1231", opened to 320,000, "MerlinWizzy" bumped it up to 1,180,000 in the big blind. The opener moved all in with the effective stack of 3,714,389.

"marjan1231": Q♥Q♠
"MerlinWizzy": Q♦A♣

"marjan1231" was in good position to double up, and did just that as the 2♥5♣4♦Q♣J♥ runout was a clean one, securing the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
marjan1231	7,648,778
MerlinWizzy	5,245,845

Level: 44

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 20,000

05-30-2023 16:56 UTC

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 43 : Blinds 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante

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05-30-2023 16:49 UTC

Flop Raise Wins Chip Lead

Matt O'Halloran

Level 43 : Blinds 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante

"Taurus1727" opened to 280,000 from late position. "Refdontlie", in the cutoff, and Alexandru "JustPray" Marcu, on the button, both called before Luiz "Giant_Santos" Constantino put in a raise to 1,246,000. Action folded back to Marcu, who made the call.

After a bet of 1,000,685 on the 9♠8♦5♦ flop from Constantino, Marcu raised to 3,360,000. This was too much for Constantino, who folded. The pot went to Marcu, enough to push him into the tournament chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandru "JustPray" Marcu	15,473,667 5,877,185	5,877,185
Luiz "Giant_Santos" Constantino	7,413,254

Level: 43

Blinds: 70,000/140,000

Ante: 17,500