$25,000 PokerStars NL Hold'em Players Championship Dia 1 | 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

2019-01-06 20:59 UTC-4

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Kristen Bicknell	171,000 21,000	21,000

Gus Hansen	150,000 5,000	5,000

Eric Baldwin	121,300 61,300	61,300

James Rann	116,000
Isaac Haxton	103,000 15,000	15,000

Ole Schemion	97,200 44,400	44,400

Brian Rast	95,200 16,200	16,200

Toby Lewis	92,000 26,000	26,000

Chris Johnson	81,600 21,600	21,600
Mohsin Charania	79,000 24,000	24,000

Jeremy Ausmus	79,000 79,000	79,000

Jason Somerville	74,200 6,200	6,200

Joao Simao	56,100 9,100	9,100

Sam Greenwood	38,300 -17,200	-17,200

Ryan Laplante	Eliminado

Hellmuth Enters The Tournament

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Nível 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Phil Hellmuth has just joined the field and has been seated at Table #16. Also seated at that table are familiar faces like Ivaylo Sivinov, Javier Zarco, and Matthew Wantman.

The table also has three Platinum Pass winners; John McCarthy, Christian Delacombaz, and Lionel Foulquier. And completing the seat draw are Alexander Venovski and Henry Strasser.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ivaylo Sivinov	140,000
Matthew Wantman	63,000

Phil Hellmuth	60,000

Javier Zarco	55,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tags: Henry Strasser Ivaylo Sivinov Javier Zarco Matthew Wantman Phil Hellmuth Platinum Pass

2019-01-06 20:55 UTC-4

Simao Bet-Folds to Greenwood's Piling Raise

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Nível 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Joao Simao bet 7,000 from the big blind into about 11,000 on a completed board of . Sam Greenwood thought awhile and then put in what looked like 37,000, leaving 700 behind. Simao snap-folded.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Sam Greenwood	55,500 -4,500	-4,500

Joao Simao	47,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Joao Simao Sam Greenwood

2019-01-06 20:53 UTC-4

The cards of Harry Lodge were already in the muck and Gus Hansen, the first-ever PCA Main Event champion, had his still tabled. The Dane had hit top pair on a board of and doubled for more than the starting stack, while Lodge dropped to just under that.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Gus Hansen	145,000 75,000	75,000

Harry Lodge	55,000 -82,000	-82,000

Tags: Gus Hansen Harry Lodge

2019-01-06 20:49 UTC-4

Desilva Clashes With Andriamahefa

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Nível 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Kevin Andriamahefa raised in the cutoff and Upeshka Desilva three-bet the button to 5,300, which Andriamahefa called. The flop came and Andriamahefa check-called a bet of 4,200 before both players opted to check the turn. Andriamahefa then bet the river for 7,000 and Desilva folded after some consideration.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Kevin Andriamahefa	108,000
Upeshka De Silva	35,000

Tags: Kevin Andriamahefa Upeshka Desilva

2019-01-06 20:44 UTC-4

Stewart Wins Some From Jattin

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Nível 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Farid Jattin bet 7,900 after neighbor Scott Stewart checked to him from early position on . Stewart called and the river was the . Both players checked and Jattin couldn't beat .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Scott Stewart	145,000 45,000	45,000
Farid Jattin	106,000

Tags: Farid Jattin Scott Stewart

2019-01-06 20:43 UTC-4

Mid-Stakes Cash Game Vlogging to $25K High Roller: Andrew Neeme

Nível 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Andrew Neeme has quickly become a household name in poker, recently crossing the momentous 100,000 subscribers milestone on his YouTube channel after vlogging for just over two years. Now, the mid-stakes grinder vlogger extraordinaire and member of Team Run It Up finds himself in unfamiliar territory — playing in a $25,000 buy-in tournament.

Before the event, Neeme was getting dialed in.

“Feeling a big mix of excitement and nervousness," he told PokerNews. "I’m trying to not get too carried away because it’s Day 1 here and I expect today to go fairly slowly. It’s hard to not look too far ahead and just get too far ahead of yourself.”

While he's not a total stranger to bigger buy-in no-limit hold'em tournaments, having played the $10K WSOP Main Event, it's still a bit of a jump from his regular mid-stakes cash games.

“This is 2.5 times the biggest tournament I’ve ever played; normally I don’t play $25K events. Normally I play cash games and the occasional $1,500 and the [WSOP] Main Event is usually the biggest of the year for me.”

Vlogger Freeroll

Unlike many other mid-stakes players who had to dry fire the PSPC, Neeme was gifted one of the coveted $30K Platinum Passes from PokerStars after co-hosting the YouTube Vlogger in Paradise challenge with PokerStars Pro Jeff Gross. They gave out two passes to the winning vloggers, Oliver Biles and Matt Kiefer, and Stars rewarded the pros with an entry of their own.

“We got a bunch of people involved in the YouTube vlogging world, and we had an awesome turnout of people that made submissions all over the world. As a result for spreading the vlogger love, [PokerStars] gave me a pass as well, so here we are.”

In terms of preparing for the biggest tournament he's played, Neeme is mostly relying on his extensive live poker experience.

"I have so much live poker experience and I’m going to definitely bank on that to carry me through some of the way at least.”

“I got into the lab a little bit here and there but I’m trying not to cram my brain too full of new things," said Neeme. "I think it’s tough to expect to just unleash all these new tricks that you learned recently. I have so much live poker experience and I’m going to definitely bank on that to carry me through some of the way at least.”

When it comes to playing in events above your comfort level, most pros make a habit of selling pieces, and the PSPC is no exception, even if it's a freeroll.

Selling Action, Expectations

“I sold 20% on Stake Kings, I’m giving away 1% to each of the five finalists from the Vlogger in Paradise competition, and swapped an additional five percent; one percent pieces here and there.”

Neeme is prepared for the long tournament grind and expects an unprecedented mix of players.

“This is my first $25K so I expect there to be a really interesting mix of people in this event. We’re going to have a lot of people that have literally zero dollars on their Hendon Mob sitting next to people that have tens of millions of dollars on their Hendon Mob and I expect to just try to navigate my way through a table that looks like that, and hope for the best.”

So far it seems Neeme is following his game plan of taking it slow, hovering just under starting stack at the third break of the day. And his fans will surely be on the lookout a vlog or more on the experience.

Tags: Andrew Neeme Jeff Gross Oliver Biles Platinum Passes PokerStars Players Championship

2019-01-06 20:42 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

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Nível 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Markus Durnegger	184,000 40,000	40,000
Blair Hinkle	178,000 85,500	85,500

Harry Lodge	137,000 22,000	22,000

Josh Kay	120,000
Justin Bonomo	98,000 33,500	33,500

Kelly Minkin	45,000 -5,000	-5,000
Will Givens	41,000 -31,000	-31,000

Maria Konnikova	40,000 -33,200	-33,200

Matt Affleck	27,100 -14,900	-14,900
Joe Serock	24,500 18,600	18,600

Chris Frank	14,300 -45,700	-45,700

2019-01-06 20:39 UTC-4

Shakerchi Shoots to the Top

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Nível 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Julian Parm Ann raised to 1,800 from mid-position and was called by Talal Shakerchi in the cutoff. Eric Sfez was sitting in the big blind and decided to three-bet to 9,200 which both Parm Ann and Shakerchi called.

The flop came , Sfez bet 17,000 and Parm Ann quickly folded. Shakerchi made the call without much hesitation.

The turn brought them the , Sfez shoved for around 50,000 and Shakerchi snap-called.

Eric Sfez:
Talal Shakerchi:

Sfez held the overpair but Shakerchi had flopped a set. Only another jack could save Sfez but the on the river completed the board and meant the end of Sfez's tournament life.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Talal Shakerchi	260,000 60,000	60,000

Eric Sfez	Eliminado

Tags: Eric Sfez Julian Parm Ann Talal Shakerchi

2019-01-06 20:32 UTC-4

Reilly Cracks Aces to Double

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Nível 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

On the turn, Tim Reilly ended up all in and at risk for 19,300 with the . Luigi Knoppers couldn't win the hand anymore with his as Reilly had flopped the nut straight and turned the winning nutflush, which made the river a formality.