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

01-08-2019 21:03 UTC-4

Back-to-Back Monster Pots for Koonce

Adam Lamers

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

Picking up the action on the turn with around 350,000 already in the middle, the board read . Jason Koonce led out for 225,000 from the big blind and Mustapha Kanit called from the button. The river was the and Koonce quickly shoved all in, putting Kanit to the test for his remaining 515,000 chips. The Italian thought for a minute but eventually, let his hand go.

In the very next hand, Christoph Vogelsang moved all in for 335,000 in early position and Kanit also ripped all in for 515,000 in the cutoff. Koonce looked down at his cards in the small blind and re-shoved all in as well.

Jason Koonce:
Mustapha Kanit:
Christoph Vogelsang:

Koonce was in line for another massive pot heading his way and the flop of left him well out front. The on the turn gave Vogelsang a straight draw but the on the river gave Koonce the double knockout and a massive stack of chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koonce	4,250,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Mustapha Kanit	Busted
Christoph Vogelsang	Busted

Tags: Christoph Vogelsang Jason Koonce Mustapha Kanit

01-08-2019 21:04 UTC-4

Li Busted After Liperis Gets There

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mnuwwarah

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

With about 200,000 in the pot, Yan Li and Yiannis Liperis went to war with the former under the gun and the latter in late position on . It ended with Liperis all in for 815,000, calling a shove from Li.

Yan Li:
Yiannis Liperis:

The draw hit right away on the turn. The river was a and Li took a picture of the hand, which devastated her stack down to 65,000. In the big blind for most of it the next hand, she busted out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yiannis Liperis	1,830,000 1,230,000	1,230,000
Yan Li	Busted

Tags: Yan Li Yiannis Liperis

01-08-2019 21:06 UTC-4

Last Break on Day 3 as 50 Players Remain

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Six levels are over and the field of 207 hopefuls has been cut down all the way to the last 50. The last two to bust were Andrei Kurov and Dustin Dirksen, the former sent his stack over to Talal Shakerchi.

Kurov had moved all in after the turn with only to see Shakerchi snap-call with the for trips tens. The river was a blank and Kurov was done for the day.

All remaining players are now on a 30-minute break, two levels remain for tonight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Talal Shakerchi	1,820,000 960,000	960,000

Dustin Dirksen	Busted
Andrei Kurov	Busted

Tags: Andrei Kurov Dustin Dirksen Talal Shakerchi

01-08-2019 21:36 UTC-4

Full Chip Counts at the Break (full)

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Adam Lamers

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koonce	4,500,000 250,000	250,000
Farid Jattin	3,800,000 350,000	350,000

Martins Adeniya	3,200,000 845,000	845,000
Yiannis Liperis	1,830,000
Scott Baumstein	1,650,000 -60,000	-60,000

Luigi Knoppers	1,600,000 -280,000	-280,000
Filipe Oliveira	1,490,000 1,185,000	1,185,000

Luis Faria	1,420,000 180,000	180,000
Samuel Tsehai	1,340,000 390,000	390,000
Griffin Benger	1,320,000 565,000	565,000
Adrian Echave Samu	1,200,000 100,000	100,000

Rui Sousa	1,155,000 565,000	565,000
Mikita Badziakouski	1,050,000 -400,000	-400,000

Jacqueline Burkhart	1,050,000 350,000	350,000

Dariusz Paszkiewicz	1,020,000 750,000	750,000

Jake Schwartz	1,000,000 790,000	790,000
Marc Rivera	975,000 50,000	50,000

Scott Stewart	975,000 395,000	395,000
Patrick Liang	820,000 611,000	611,000
Atanas Pavlov	800,000

Atanas Georgiev Pavlov	800,000 800,000	800,000
Jussi Nevanlinna	795,000 -200,000	-200,000

Joaquin Sanchez	710,000 570,000	570,000
Marvin Rettenmaier	700,000 80,000	80,000

Pedro Padilha	700,000 470,000	470,000

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Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

01-08-2019 21:37 UTC-4

More Pictures From Day 3

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Christian Zetzsche

The pictures are courtesy of Neil Stoddart.

01-08-2019 21:44 UTC-4

O'Brien Doubles Through Badziakouski

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mnuwwarah

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

After an under-the-gun open to 65,000, Mikita Badziakouski made it 195,000 in the cutoff. Dan O'Brien eyed him for a bit and used a time bank before jamming for exactly that amount. Action folded back to the high-stakes crusher.

Mikita Badziakouski:
Dan O'Brien:

The board ran out , safe for an O'Brien double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikita Badziakouski	825,000 -625,000	-625,000

Dan O'Brien	525,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Dan O'Brien Mikita Badziakouski

01-08-2019 21:47 UTC-4

The Three Brothers Greenwood Make the Money in the PSPC

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Valerie.Cross

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

It wasn't a mistake: There were three Greenwoods in the counts. And eventually, the same three Greenwoods will appear in the payouts.

The brothers Greenwood - Sam, Luc and Max - have all had high levels of success in poker, combining for $16.7 million in live cashes between them. While Sam and Luke continue on the full-time grind though, Max has mostly left the game behind for the past 2.5 years.

Here in the $25,000 buy-in PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Players Championship, the three are reunited for a rare tournament, and the family is putting together a solid run. Find out what they had to say about it here on the PokerNews homepage.

Tags: Lucas Greenwood Max Greenwood Sam Greenwood

01-08-2019 21:48 UTC-4

Marsh Jams Into Duta

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Until the river of a completed board of , a pot of around 700,000 emerged and Luke Marsh checked his option over to Florian Duta. The latter bet 385,000 and Marsh used one time bank extension before announcing all in.

Duta was thrown back almost immediately and sighed, then counted his remaining stack. After using two time bank extensions, he shook his head and sent the cards into the muck.