$25,000 PokerStars NL Hold'em Players Championship Dia 2 | 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

2019-01-07 16:57 UTC-4

Drinan Doubles Through Reichard

mnuwwarah

Nível 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

With about 45,000 in the pot and the board reading , big blind Josh Reichard dropped in enough chips to put Connor Drinan, in the cutoff, all in. Drinan called for his 53,000 and tabled for the nuts, with Reichard flashing .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Connor Drinan	151,000 56,000	56,000

Josh Reichard	140,000 -75,000	-75,000

Tags: Connor Drinan Josh Reichard

2019-01-07 17:01 UTC-4

The PSPC is One of the Biggest Events Ever

Webjoker

Nível 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The $25,000 PokerStars NL Hold'em Players Championship at the 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has attracted a field of 1,039 to create a total prize pool of $26,455,500, including the $1,000,000 that's added to the first-place prize of $5,100,000.

The list with the biggest events in the world, looking at the total prize pool, is dominated by the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. 2006's Main Event, won by Jamie Gold for $12,000,000, stands out as the biggest of them all with a total prize pool of $82,512,162 ponied up by 8,773 players.

The €1,000,000 buy-in The Big One for One Drop in 2016 comes next, followed by this PSPC. Here's the Top 25:

The Biggest Events in the History of the Game Looking at the Total Prize Pool

#	Year	Buy-in	Event	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	1st
1	2006	$10,000	2006 WSOP Main Event	8,773	$82,512,162	Jamie Gold	$12,000,000
2	2018	$10,000	2018 WSOP Main Event	7,874	$74,015,600	John Cynn	$8,800,000
3	2010	$10,000	2010 WSOP Main Event	7,319	$68,798,600	Jonathan Duhamel	$8,944,138
4	2017	$10,000	2017 WSOP Main Event	7,221	$67,877,400	Scott Blumstein	$8,150,000
5	2011	$10,000	2011 WSOP Main Event	6,865	$64,531,000	Pius Heinz	$8,715,638
6	2008	$10,000	2008 WSOP Main Event	6,844	$64,333,600	Peter Eastgate	$9,152,416
7	2016	$10,000	2016 WSOP Main Event	6,737	$63,327,800	Qui Nguyen	$8,005,310
8	2014	$10,000	2014 WSOP Main Event	6,683	$62,820,200	Martin Jacobson	$10,000,000
9	2012	$10,000	2012 WSOP Main Event	6,598	$62,021,200	Greg Merson	$8,531m853
10	2009	$10,000	2009 WSOP Main Event	6,494	$61,043,600	Joe Cada	$8,574,649
11	2015	$10,000	2015 WSOP Main Event	6,420	$60,348,000	Joe McKeehen	$7,683,346
12	2007	$10,000	2007 WSOP Main Event	6,358	$59,784,954	Jerry Yang	$8,250,000
13	2013	$10,000	2013 WSOP Main Event	6,352	$59,708,800	Ryan Riess	$8,359,531
14	2005	$10,000	2005 WSOP Main Event	5,619	$52,818,610	Joe Hachem	$7,500,000
15	2012	$1,000,000	2012 WSOP The Big One for One Drop	48	$42,666,672	Antonio Esfandiari	$18,346,673
16	2014	$1,000,000	2014 WSOP The Big One for One Drop	42	$37,333,338	Dan Colman	$15,306,668
17	2016	€1,000,000	The Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza	26	$27,437,564	Elton Tsang	$12,248,912
18	2019	$25,000	PokerStars NL Hold'em Players Championship	1,039	$26,455,500		$5,100,000
19	2018	$1,000,000	2018 WSOP The Big One for One Drop	27	$24,840,000	Justin Bonomo	$10,000,000
20	2004	$10,000	2004 WSOP Main Event	2,576	$24,224,400	Greg Raymer	$5,000,000
21	2012	HK$2,000,000	Macau High Stakes Challenge Super High Roller	73	$23,511,077	Stanley Choi	$6,465,574
22	2015	$500,000	Super High Roller Bowl	43	$21,500,000	Bryan Rast	$7,525,000
23	2016	$111,111	2016 WSOP One Drop High Roller	183	$19,316,565	Fedor Holz	$4,981,775
24	2018	HK$2000,000	Super High Roller Bowl China	75	$18,550,297	Justin Bonomo	$4,823,077
25	2013	$111,111	2013 WSOP One Drop High Roller	166	$17,891,148	Tony Gregg	$4830,619

Data courtesy of TheHendonmob.com

2019-01-07 17:01 UTC-4

Marquez Breathes a Sigh of Relief

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Nível 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

In a three-bet pot, Ana Marquez was heads-up with the player sitting to her left. The flop read and Marquez check-called a bet of 10,000 from her opponent.

The turn brought the and Marquez checked again. Her opponent fired another 21,500 and Marquez stuck around to see the on the river. With four diamonds on the board, both players quickly tapped the table. Marquez tabled for a set of sixes and was relieved to see that her opponent didn't have a diamond.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ana Marquez	159,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Ana Marquez

2019-01-07 17:08 UTC-4

Kalas Gets It in Good

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Nível 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Kane Kalas raised to 8,000 from early position and the player on his left three-bet to 19,000. The action folded back to Kalas who four-bet shoved all in for 59,000. His opponent asked for a quick count and then made the call to put Kalas at risk.

Kane Kalas:
Opponent:

The flop came to give Kalas a set of queens and a stranglehold on the hand. The on the turn locked up the pot for Kalas as he scored himself a double up.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Kane Kalas	121,000 73,500	73,500

Tags: Kane Kalas

2019-01-07 17:11 UTC-4

More Eliminations

poolshir

Nível 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Natasha Mercier has been eliminated as she tweeted that she lost a 260,000 pot with against the of her opponent.

Jason Mercier, Alex Foxen, Brian Rast, Bruce Buffer, Ankush Mandavia, and Michael Gagliano are amongst the eliminations too before the second break of the day.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Rob Hollink	Eliminado

Jason Mercier	Eliminado

Gaelle Baumann	Eliminado
Jeremy Ausmus	Eliminado

Daniel Dvoress	Eliminado

Dimitar Danchev	Eliminado

Daniel Zack	Eliminado

Terrence Chan	Eliminado

Josh Arieh	Eliminado

Anthony Spinella	Eliminado

Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	Eliminado
Brian Rast	Eliminado

Michael Gagliano	Eliminado

Alex Foxen	Eliminado

Louis Salter	Eliminado
Fintan Gavin	Eliminado
Arsenii Karmatckii	Eliminado

Shuize Cai	Eliminado
Matthew Moss	Eliminado
Dario Sammartino	Eliminado

Romain Lewis	Eliminado

Ankush Mandavia	Eliminado

Natasha Mercier	Eliminado
Bruce Buffer	Eliminado

Tags: Alex Foxen Ankush Mandavia Brian Rast Bruce Buffer Jason Mercier Michael Gagliano Natasha Mercier

2019-01-07 17:14 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

mnuwwarah

Nível 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Shyam Srinivasan	305,000 -5,000	-5,000
Jose Montes	240,000 63,500	63,500
Sam Greenwood	207,000 172,000	172,000

Jake Schwartz	163,000 9,600	9,600

Mike Watson	115,000 -38,000	-38,000

Toby Lewis	88,000 -42,000	-42,000

Russell Crane	75,000 27,600	27,600
Will Givens	73,500 57,500	57,500

Simon Deadman	53,000 17,300	17,300
Kyle Bowker	26,000 -116,600	-116,600

2019-01-07 17:17 UTC-4

Kosko Busts to Badziakouski

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Nível 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ermo Kosk open-shoved for the last 57,500 in the cutoff and Mikita Badziakouski on the button tossed in a single chip for the call.

Ermo Kosk:
Mikita Badziakouski:

The board came and the queens held up for Badziakouski to send Kosk to the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mikita Badziakouski	240,000 160,000	160,000

Ermo Kosk	Eliminado

Tags: Ermo Kosk Mikita Badziakouski

2019-01-07 17:18 UTC-4

Li Takes From Hartmann

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Nível 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

On the tail end of a medium-sized pot between Yan Li and Pascal Hartmann, the former called a bet on the river and Hartmann showed an eight, which Li had beat with . Further assorted counts can be found below.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Talal Shakerchi	570,000 90,000	90,000

Ryan Olisar	450,000 290,000	290,000
Adrien Delmas	370,000 130,000	130,000
Ramin Hajiyev	310,000 110,000	110,000
Julien Martini	310,000 143,300	143,300

Celina Lin	290,000 195,000	195,000
Leo Fernandez	260,000 114,500	114,500
Darren Elias	250,000 -15,000	-15,000

Jonathan Abdellatif	240,000 90,000	90,000
Yan Li	215,000 138,300	138,300
Pascal Hartmann	210,000 56,800	56,800
Piotr Nurzynski	95,000 35,600	35,600

Pierre Calamusa	85,000 35,000	35,000
Matas Cimbolas	70,000 15,000	15,000

Adrien Allain	70,000 28,500	28,500

Christian Rudolph	60,000 -180,000	-180,000

Tags: Pascal Hartmann Yan Li

2019-01-07 17:18 UTC-4

Gooch Eliminated

mnuwwarah

Nível 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

After a hijack open to 5,500 by Chahn Jung and a cutoff three-bet to 16,000, Jason Gooch ripped in 57,000 from the big blind. Jung called and the three-bettor mucked.

Chahn Jung:
Jason Gooch:

Gooch bricked out on the runout and he wished everyone good luck.