$25,000 PokerStars NL Hold'em Players Championship Day 3 | 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-08-2019 20:15 UTC-4

Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg: "To Play a $25k Live Was Huge For Me!"

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Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg might be wearing the PokerStars Team Pro Online patch, but don't make the mistake of thinking he's feeling right at home in a tournament with a buy-in of $25,000.

Part of Team Online because of his popular Twitch stream, Spragg plays an average buy-in of $30 online. So to all of a sudden take a seat in a $25,000 High Roller was quite the change of pace for the amicable Brit.

He made it into the money in his biggest buy-in ever, eventually exiting in 140th place for $35,000. We talked to the Amicable Brit right after he busted. Read the interview on the PokerNews front page.

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01-08-2019 20:30 UTC-4

Burkhart Uses One Time, Doubles

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Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Jacqueline Burkhart shove for 325,000 and Ariel Celestino put her at risk from the small blind.

Jacqueline Burkhart:
Ariel Celestino:

"Wait, wait, wait, I have to put my backpack on," she said before the flop was dealt. She added that she was using her one time.

Sure enough, the flop came . The and kept her best and she collected a double for most of Celestino's stack.

"See, the backpack trick worked," she declared.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacqueline Burkhart	700,000 390,000	390,000

Ariel Celestino	255,000 -1,220,000	-1,220,000

Tags: Ariel Celestino Jacqueline Burkhart

01-08-2019 20:38 UTC-4

Two Bustouts and a Double

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The board was all but rushed away and Athanasios Polychronopoulos shook hands with Jussi Nevanlinna after he had just been eliminated by the Finn. Polychronopoulos had jammed for 290,000 with and lost the flip against the pocket tens of Nevanlinna.

Right after one table over, Luigi Knoppers had raised to 55,000 and Andrey Kotelnikov three-bet to 150,000. Knoppers moved all in and Kotelnikov called it off for around 500,000 after verifying that Polychronopoulos had just busted.

Andrey Kotelnikov:
Luigi Knoppers:

The appeared right in the window and the rest of the board came to send the Russian to the rail.

Back over to the other table, Andrei Kurov shoved for 425,000 on the button and Sosia Jiang eventually made the call in the big blind.

Andrei Kurov:
Sosia Jiang:

Kurov secured the double by the turn of a board and cut Jiang's stack nearly in half.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luigi Knoppers	1,880,000 180,000	180,000
Jussi Nevanlinna	995,000 370,000	370,000

Andrei Kurov	880,000 280,000	280,000

Sosia Jiang	450,000 -480,000	-480,000
Andrey Kotelnikov	Busted
Athanasios Polychronopoulos	Busted

Tags: Andrei Kurov Andrey Kotelnikov Athanasios Polychronopoulos Jussi Nevanlinna Luigi Knoppers Sosia Jiang

01-08-2019 20:41 UTC-4

Jattin Finds Call Button, Busts Hinkle in Massive Pot

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Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

With about 270,000 in the pot, Farid Jattin had 140,000 in front of him in the big blind. The board read and Jattin was considering an all-in shove from small blind Blair Hinkle. Jattin used two time extensions and called for around 800,000.

Blair Hinkle:
Farid Jattin:

Both had pairs and straight draws but Hinkle was the one in need of improvement. The river was the and Hinkle shook Jattin's hand and wished everyone good luck. Jattin dragged one of the biggest pots yet and rocketed past the 3 million mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Farid Jattin	3,450,000 2,070,000	2,070,000

Blair Hinkle	Busted

Tags: Farid Jattin Blair Hinkle

01-08-2019 20:42 UTC-4

Some Big Stacks in the Room

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Adam Lamers

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan West	2,530,000 1,530,000	1,530,000
Florian Duta	1,895,000 -105,000	-105,000
Luke Marsh	1,880,000 730,000	730,000
Jack O'Neill	1,840,000 1,060,000	1,060,000
Dustin Dirksen	1,625,000 25,000	25,000
Jason Koonce	1,500,000 310,000	310,000
Mikita Badziakouski	1,450,000 750,000	750,000

Mustapha Kanit	980,000 -220,000	-220,000
Felix Schneiders	650,000 -150,000	-150,000

Marvin Rettenmaier	620,000 -190,000	-190,000

Sam Greenwood	470,000 350,000	350,000

Christoph Vogelsang	320,000 -255,000	-255,000
Ryan Riess	115,000 -220,000	-220,000

01-08-2019 20:45 UTC-4

Benelli Busts to Rivera

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

In a battle of Platinum Pass winners, Andrea Benelli got his last 230,000 or so in with the and Marc Rivera had him dominated with the .

Benelli picked up some outs on the flop, however, the turn and river were both blanks to end the run of Benelli.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Rivera	925,000 695,000	695,000

Andrea Benelli	Busted

Tags: Andrea Benelli Marc Rivera Platinum Pass

01-08-2019 20:49 UTC-4

Recent Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joep Raemaekers	Busted
Pavel Veksler	Busted
Victor Nicolato	Busted

Adrien Delmas	Busted
Ivaylo Sivinov	Busted

01-08-2019 20:52 UTC-4

Baumstein Takes One Postflop

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Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

After an open to 55,000 and two calls, Scott Baumstein made it 225,000 in the big blind. The opener mucked but flatters in the cutoff and small blind called. Julien Martini checked the flop and Baumstein bet 335,000. The cutoff mucked after some thought. Martini took some time to think before following suit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Martini	1,810,000 -400,000	-400,000

Scott Baumstein	1,710,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: Julien Martini Scott Baumstein

01-08-2019 20:55 UTC-4

Koonce Coolers Dirksen for Piles

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Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

We didn't see exactly how things went down, but Jason Koonce was doubling through Dustin Dirksen with the cards on their backs and on the felt. The players had played the pot from the first two positions, Dirksen having turned a straight with and Koonce having hit the nuts with . Dirksen sent over a double for all but 130,000.

"That was unlucky," someone said.

"Yeah, it was, but I got lucky earlier," Dirksen said. "I mean, I didn't have to three-bet."

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koonce	3,200,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Dustin Dirksen	130,000 -1,495,000	-1,495,000

Tags: Dustin Dirksen Jason Koonce

01-08-2019 21:00 UTC-4

The Eliminations Keep Pouring In

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Within a matter of five minutes, more than half a dozen players were eliminated and the field was cut down at an alarming pace. Among those to bust were Patrick "IrEgption" Tardif, Bryan Piccioli, Ajay Chabra and Ryan Riess.

Tardif faced the raise to 50,000 by Adrian Echave Samu in the hijack and the shove of Damien Le Goff in the cutoff for 100,000. Tardif reshoved for 320,000 and the Spaniard snap-called.

Damien Le Goff:
Patrick Tardif:
Adrian Echave Samu:

The board of ensured a triple up for Le Goff, Tardif was no more.

Andrii Grynechko then lost a flip with versus as the board of provided no help.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Echave Samu	1,100,000 375,000	375,000

Damien Le Goff	350,000 -87,000	-87,000
Oscar Hilario Quijada	Busted

Andrii Grynechko	Busted

Ryan Riess	Busted

Marius Gierse	Busted
Ajay Chabra	Busted
Christopher Kennedy	Busted
Bryan Piccioli	Busted

Patrick Tardif	Busted

Tags: Adrian Echave Samu Ajay Chabra Andrii Grynechko Bryan Piccioli Damien Le Goff Patrick Tardif Ryan Riess