2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship

01-31-2023 19:27 UTC-4

Kornuth Coolers Liu

Connor Richards

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Xuan Liu had a big stack but found herself busting toward the end of the evening in painful fashion as she held only for Chance Kornuth to be holding .

Liu couldn't hit a queen and was eliminated as Kornuth had her covered, as Liu relayed on Twitter.

Liu had to be unhappy to see Kornuth wake up with it as earlier she folded to Kornuth's four-bet shove only for the the Chip Leader Coaching founder to turn over .

Busted the $25k QQ<AA of @ChancesCards #
— Xuan Liu (@xxl23)

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	385,000 233,000	233,000

Xuan Liu	Busted

Tags: Chance Kornuth Xuan Liu

01-31-2023 19:24 UTC-4

Grafton Doubles Again

Kirk Brown

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

On the side feature table, Sam Grafton and Blaz Zerjav got all the chips in the middle before the flop, with Grafton at risk.

Sam Grafton:
Blaz Zerjav:

The board ran out to give Grafton the win with his two-pair, jacks and eights. With this latest double, his stack has now grown to 130,000 and he is no longer in the "danger zone".

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	130,000 60,000	60,000

Blaz Zerjav	62,000

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Sam Grafton

01-31-2023 19:24 UTC-4

Benjamin Spragg Tweets About Getting his Kings Cracked

Kaelaine Minton

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Another Platinum Pass winner has reported to the rail...or rather back to his hotel room.

I just played a near 600,000 chip pot all in pre flop with two Kings in the $25,000 Buy In PSPC and now I'm back in my hotel room.
— Spraggy (@spraggy) January 31, 2023

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Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	500,000 95,000	95,000

Benjamin Spragg	Busted

Tags: benjamin spragg

01-31-2023 19:21 UTC-4

Spitale Upsets De La Rosa

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

A larger pot was brewing over on table seven as the bigger stacks Ricardo De La Rosa and Franco Spitale headed to the turn. De La Rosa check-called a bet of 54,000 and checked again the on the river.

Spitale now bet another 100,000 and De La Rosa pondered about his next move for a short while, then tossed in a single chip for the call. The for top set were exposed by Spitale and De La Rosa mucked the for an inferior set, then bumped fists with his table neighbor as they briefly talked in Spanish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Franco Spitale	615,000 460,000	460,000

Ricardo de la Rosa	395,000 265,000	265,000

Tags: Franco Spitale Ricardo De La Rosa

01-31-2023 19:20 UTC-4

Zamani Eradicates "Fossilman"

Connor Richards

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champ Greg Raymer was all in and at risk from the button against Martin Zamani in the cutoff.

Greg Raymer:
Martin Zamani:

Raymer was dominated and got no help from the runout of to mark the Main Event champ's elimination. Before he left, "Fossilman" wrote a personalized message on his signature fossil card protector and gifted it to Zamani.

"It's fragile, be careful," Raymer said as he was met with a fist-bump from Zamani.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Zamani	350,000 -30,000	-30,000

Greg Raymer	Busted

Tags: Greg Raymer Martin Zamani

01-31-2023 19:18 UTC-4

Rosen Sets Up a Double

Josh Noy

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Platinum Pass winner Mats Rosen was all-in and Kenny Hallaert called from the cutoff when the hands were turned up.

Mats Rosen:
Kenny Hallaert:

Hallaert caught a piece of the flop but Rosen hit a set of sixes. Rosen then improved to a full house on the turn and avoided Hallaert's outs on the river to score the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mats Rosen	143,000 80,000	80,000

Kenny Hallaert	60,000 -85,000	-85,000

Tags: Kenny Hallaert Mats Rosen

01-31-2023 19:11 UTC-4

Orlowski Doubles Through Beresford

Josh Noy

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Platinum Pass winner John Orlowski raised from early position to 11,000 and was met with a three-bet from Conor Beresford to 26,000 in the cutoff.

The rest of the table folded before Orlowski slid out a four-bet to 86,000. Beresford took some time before five-betting enough to put Orlowski at risk. The call was made and both hands were revealed.

John Orlowski:
Conor Beresford:

Beresford was behind but picked up additional outs on the flop. The turn and river left Orlowski in front to stay alive and double his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Orlowski	368,000 283,000	283,000

Conor Beresford	298,000 -278,000	-278,000

Tags: Conor Beresford John Orlowski

01-31-2023 19:11 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

Lewis Powell

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Talal Shakerchi	390,000 50,000	50,000
Pedro Garagnani	365,000 25,000	25,000
Arlie Shaban	317,000 77,000	77,000

Sergio Aido	295,000 -5,000	-5,000

Mustapha Kanit	270,000 56,000	56,000
Ben Heath	200,000 138,000	138,000

Jonathan Little	185,000 85,000	85,000

Daniel Dvoress	157,000 27,000	27,000

Kenny Hallaert	145,000 68,500	68,500

David Peters	140,000 -30,000	-30,000

Kalidou Sow	110,000 10,000	10,000

Punnat Punsri	104,000 -76,000	-76,000

Sam Greenwood	59,000 -129,000	-129,000

Harry Lodge	33,000 -67,000	-67,000

01-31-2023 19:09 UTC-4

Gumz Gets Paid With Tens Full

Connor Richards

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Fabian Gumz was out of position in a heads-up pot against Alberto Meran in the hijack on a board of with around 85,000 already in the middle.

Gumz bet 66,000 to leave himself just two chips behind and Meran went deep into the tank as he contemplated a call. Someone called the clock after four minutes or so and Meran called.

Gumz tabled for tens full of deuces and Meran mucked in defeat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Gumz	219,000 186,500	186,500
Alberto Meran	140,000 -42,500	-42,500

Tags: Alberto Meran Fabian Gumz

01-31-2023 19:09 UTC-4

Another Round of Bustouts

Kirk Brown

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sacha Rymland	Busted
Sam Trickett	Busted

Johan Schumacher	Busted
Danielle Summer	Busted

Taylor Paur	Busted

Adam Hendrix	Busted

Alessio Isaia	Busted

Daewoong Song	Busted
Giada Fang	Busted

Alex Jim	Busted
Alexandre Raymond	Busted