2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship

2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
105
Prize
$3,121,838
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$24,843,000
Entries
1,014
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,005
Players Left
680

Rheem Gives a Speech With Sevens Full

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Chino Rheem
Chino Rheem

2019 PCA champ Chino Rheem found himself in a tricky situation in a three-way pot against Adrian Vinuela and Mike Meskin on a board of {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}.

Vinuela and Meskin both checked on the river and Rheem bet 5,500. Vinuela called and Meskin check-raised to 15,000, sending Rheem into a deep tank and extended monologue with several cameras hovering overhead.

"He's never f***ing bluffing here," Rheem groaned. "What can I beat that you check-raise for value? I can't beat anything but one single hand. Well, a couple hands ... He limps under the gun... Nine-ten suited, maybe. Tens I think he'd raise, nines I think he'd raise."

Rheem landed on a call while Vinuela got out of the way.

"Give me the money!" Meskin said before tabling {j-Spades}{10-Spades} for just a pair of tens, which was no good against the {7-Spades}{7-Clubs} of Rheem for sevens full of nines.

"I thought for sure I was losing when you said, 'Give me the money,'" laughed Rheem.

Also at the table is television star David Costabile. The Breaking Bad and Suits star sits slightly above starting stack with a stack of around 65,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Adrian Vinuela es
Adrian Vinuela
95,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of David Costabile us
David Costabile
65,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
40,000
-19,500
-19,500
WPT 3X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Meskin us
Mike Meskin
22,000
22,000
22,000

Tags: Adrian VinuelaDavid CostabileMike Meskin