$1,050 Main Event Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker

05-28-2023 22:08 UTC

Rudolph Reduced to Dust on the Turn

Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,250/2,500, 325 ante

''soldado310'' raised to 5,000 from the hijack before Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph three-bet to 15,000 from the cutoff. The remaining players got out of the way and ''soldado310'' clicked it back to 30,000, around half of Rudolph's stack.

Rudolph put in the rest as well, and "soldado310" made the call.

Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph: 8♦8♠
''soldado310": Q♦Q♠

A dire situation for Rudolph, who was rooting for an eight to hit the digital felt. However, the board of 4♥K♥6♣Q♣ left him with no hope remaining. A useless A♥ rolled off on the river and Rudolph reentered for the second time this tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
soldado310	350,026 350,026	350,026
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph	Busted

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Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 375

05-28-2023 22:24 UTC

Schneiders Scoops Another One

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 375 ante

The action folded to "Santiniii" in the small blind. They played 50,574 chips in total and jammed them all in the middle. Felix "xflixx" Schneiders was sitting on a big stack in the big blind and snap called.

''Santiniii'': K♠Q♥
Felix "xflixx" Schneiders: A♣10♠

Schneiders was slightly ahead with his holding, and remained so when the flop spelled out J♦A♦Q♦. The J♥ turn and 7♦ river were clean for the German PokerStars Ambassador and he ascended to the top five chip counts on the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felix "xflixx" Schneiders	685,659
Santiniii	Busted

Tags: Felix Schneiders

05-28-2023 22:32 UTC

Fishy Runout for Veldhuis

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 375 ante

"Haringbuis" raised to 5,750 from under the gun and Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas made the call from middle position. Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis smelled an opportunity and made it 22,500 to go from the button. The action then folded back to ''Haringbuis'', who clicked it back to 45,000 chips.

Freitas got out of the way before Veldhuis put in the five-bet to 99,675, covering "HaringBuis"' stack. They made the call and the software showed the cards of the players.

''Haringbuis": A♥K♣
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis: J♦J♥

A classic flip, which was decided in ''Haringbuis'' favor, as the K♦A♠7♦6♦ runout gave them two pair. The 2♣ river remained free of jacks or diamonds, and ''Haringbuis" doubled up, while Veldhuis was left with just over 20 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Haringbuis	211,450
Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas	95,275
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	68,258 -82,500	-82,500

Tags: Fabio Freitas Lex Veldhuis

05-28-2023 22:40 UTC

No Ace for Margereson

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 375 ante

Sam "SamSquid" Grafton raised to 6,600 from under the gun and Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson put in the three-bet to 18,000 from middle position.

"MichailJapon" was sitting in the small blind and made it 43,500 when the action folded to them, which was enough to force Grafton out of the hand. Margereson then went all-in for 96,716 total, and "MichailJapon" made the call.

Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson: A♥K♦
"MichailJapon": K♣K♠

Margereson was on the lookout for an ace, but none arrived on the 7♠2♥9♦J♠4♥ runout. He took his leave from the table, while Grafton took the opportunity to throw one last snowball toward his rival.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton	674,296

MichailJapon	520,012
Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson	Busted

Tags: Sam Grafton Scott Margereson

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,750/3,500

Ante: 450

05-28-2023 22:56 UTC

These Players Went Through All Allowed Entries

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 1,750/3,500, 450 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey "Lucky_Jew_17" Parugaev	Busted
Andras "probirs" Nemeth	Busted
Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin	Busted
David "MissOracle" Yan	Busted

Narcis "Narcisus90" Nedelcu	Busted

05-28-2023 23:11 UTC

Vousden Outs ''oddan1''

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 1,750/3,500, 450 ante

"Angelina8990" opened to 8,050 from early position and "oddan1" made it 22,750 to go from the next seat over. Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden was in the cutoff and put in a cold four-bet to 45,500.

"Angelina8990" quickly mucked their hand, but "oddan1" shoved all in for 111,700 chips total. Vousden made the call and a big preflop all-in situation was a fact.

"oddan1": Q♠Q♣
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden: K♣K♠

The runout remained free of queens as 2♦4♣2♣10♠8♠ graced the felt, and Vousden added another starting stack to his total chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden	616,973 189,406	189,406
Angelina8990	338,437 338,437	338,437
oddan1	Busted

Tags: Samuel Vousden

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

05-28-2023 23:27 UTC

Boivin's Third Barrel Does the Trick

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Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin raised to 8,000 from under the gun and Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood defended his big blind.

The flop fell Q♥A♥5♥ and saw Greenwood check-call an 8,800 bet from Boivin. Boivin then fired another 19,800 chips on the J♦ turn, which Greenwood check-called once more.

The 10♠ river completed the board and Boivin now went all-in for 69,182 after a third check from Greenwood. This time, Greenwood let his hand go, and Boivin raked in a pot to get above his starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood	502,430 243,081	243,081

Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin	148,382

Tags: Sam Greenwood Thomas Boivin