2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Platinum Pass winners went to battle after Javier Amores Gago raised from the cutoff and was called by Taco de Goede in the big blind.
There was 5,900 in the pot and action checked through on the ![]()
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flop.
The turn was the
and De Goede led for 3,500. Gago called.
The
was the river and De Goede fired 9,200. Gago went into the tank before making the call. De Goede quickly mucked conceding the pot to Gago.
Gago won his Platinum Pass via the the Platinum Grind Promotion.
Alban Beysson opened to 2,100 in early position and Jamie O'Connor three-bet to 6,300 on the button. PokerStars Ambassador David Kaye then four-bet to 15,500 from the small blind and Beysson and O`Connor both folded.
The very next hand, Beysson again opened to 2,100 and O'Connor again three-bet to 6,300. It was deja vu as Iosif Spulber then four-bet jammed a stack of 45,000 from the big blind. Beysson got out of the way and O'Connor tanked for over a minute before calling with a bigger stack.
Iosif Spulber: ![]()
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"Wow!" reacted Alexandra Botez.
"Slow roll!" Spulber joked about O'Connor's tank.
The flop came ![]()
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to give Spulber the lead and he held for a double after the ![]()
runout.
Marius Kudzmanas opened to 2,000 from the cutoff and the action folded to Conrad Simpson in the big blind. Simpson called to see the ![]()
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flop and check-called a continuation bet of 2,000 from Kudzmanas.
Simpson then led out on the
turn for 3,500 and Kudzmanas called to the
river.
Simpson led again for 5,500 but quickly faced a raise from Kudzmanas to 22,000. Simpson took some time before tossing in the call and mucked when Kudzmanas tabled ![]()
for a flush.
The board read ![]()
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, the pot was swelled to over 60,000, and Lewis Spencer was the first to act. He eventually decided to check and sent the action over to his heads-up adversary, Luis Faria.
After some thought, Faria slid out a bet of 11,500 which resulted in a hasty fold from Spencer. Faria was pushed the pot to grow his stack to almost 100,000.
There was 5,500 in the pot as Calvin Lee was on the button against Dietrich Fast.
The flop came ![]()
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and Fast check raised to 15,500 following the continuation bet from Lee. Lee called.
The
was the turn and Fast paused before he fired 19,000. Lee counted his chips before making the call.
The river was the
and Fast paused again before moving all in for 36,600 effective. Lee folded as Fast took in a big pot.
Marle Spragg opened to 2,200 from early position and found calls from Stewart Chantler on the button and Marcello Del Grosso in the big blind.
All three players checked the ![]()
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flop before Chantler and Del Grosso tapped the table again on the
turn. Spragg fired 6,500, which was called by Chantler while Del Grosso got out of the way.
Spragg then moved all in on the
river, producing a fold from Chantler to take it down.