2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 3 | 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship

2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship

Day 3 Completed

02-02-2023 01:14 UTC-5

Petar Kalev Leads 52 Surviving Players Into Day 4 of the PokerStars Players Championship

Matt Hansen

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Day 3 of the PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship has come to an end and Petar Kalev leads 52 players into Thursday’s Day 4. The surviving runners will return on Thursday at 12 p.m. local time for the penultimate day of this prestigious event.

The Bulgarian bagged the top stack of 3,360,000 and he is followed by Blake Bohn in second on the leaderboard with 2,800,000. Dylan Destefano ended the night in third with 2,665,000, while Platinum Pass winners Dominik Nitsche and Tom Parsons rounded out the top five with 2,360,000 and 2,265,000, respectfully.

Kalev has the chip lead after a late clash with a charging Fedor Holz, who looked as though he may emerge as the chip leader in the late levels. However, an ill-timed shove proved beneficial when Kalev made an unlikely flush to cut Holz’s stack in half. After a late charge to end the night, Kalev stood tall with the biggest bag.

2023 PokerStars Players Championship Top 10 Day 3 Chip Counts

Rank	Name	Country	Chip Count	Day 4 Big Blinds
1	Petar Kalev	Bulgaria	3,360,000	84
2	Blake Bohn	United States	2,800,000	70
3	Dylan Destefano	United States	2,665,000	67
4	Dominik Nitsche	Germany	2,360,000	59
5	Tom Parsons	United Kingdom	2,265,000	57
6	Marcello Del Grosso	Canada	2,200,000	55
7	Matthew Hunt	United Kingdom	2,075,000	52
8	Thomas Eychenne	France	1,955,000	49
9	Daniel Dvoress	Canada	1,775,000	44
10	Tommy Nguyen	Canada	1,670,000	42

Day 3 Action

The third of five days saw 255 players return for a shot at making it through a money bubble that paid the top 175 players a min-cash of $35,100. It took a little over three hours to reach the bubble, and then over two hours in hand-for-hand play, but it was Mauricio Ferreira Pais that busted out to earn the rest of the room their payday.

Among the big stories was Glen Craigen, a Canadian road construction worker that won his Platinum Pass in a freeroll. Craigen ran all the way to 111th to take home $46,500 and the story of a lifetime.

Another player on the ride of his life was Tom Parsons, who waited patiently for his opportunity after winning a Platinum Pass at Lex Live 2 in March of 2019. Parsons was down to his last few big blinds on the bubble, but he spun it up and and went on a late run to finish with 2,265,000. According to Hendon Mob, Parsons had just $1,406 in lifetime earnings before this event.

Parsons is joined by Jerome Moreau on a list of dreamers that earned their way to The Bahamas by securing a Platinum Pass. Moreau is a dealer on the European Poker Tour, and he’s put his opportunity to good use. His big moment of the day was when he correctly called a bluff from Nicolas Betbese to take a big pot with a pair of eights. He went on to add more chips at the end of the night with the elimination of Kenny Hallaert. Moreau will return with 1,205,000 and a chance to live his dream from a different seat at the table.

Remaining PSPC Platinum Pass Winners

Rank	Player	Chip Count	Day 4 Big Blinds
4	Dominik Nitsche	2,360,000	59
5	Tom Parsons	2,265,000	57
12	Sam Grafton	1,590,000	40
17	Renato Minicuci	1,345,000	34
19	Jerome Moreau	1,205,000	30
22	Omar Del Pino	1,180,000	30
24	Hugo Rodilla	1,130,000	28
25	Jonathan Jaffe	1,110,000	28
26	Fabio Bonatto	1,050,000	26
28	Max Menzel	1,015,000	25
34	Luis Garcia Moreno	830,000	21
36	Esteban Maquillon	730,000	18
40	Niclas Thumm	645,000	16
49	Sergio Carro Marin	380,000	10
50	Mehdi Violleau	320,000	8
51	Dimitrios Barmpathanasis	260,000	7

Included in the many Platinum Pass winners to hit the payout window on Day 3 were Soraya Estrada, Miguel Posadas, Dan Taieb, Mason Pye, Dinesh Alt, Bastian Hess, Porfirio Navarro, and Alejandro Lococo. Lococo ran to 89th for $53,400, and he was knocked out by Bohn’s Big Slick—a hand that put Bohn above 1.5 million chips on his way to a bag of 2,800,000.

Bohn, a Minnesota-native, is a regular at the WSOP and on mid-major tours throughout the United States. According to Hendon Mob, he has just over $3.5 million in lifetime earnings, including a recent win at Winter Poker Classic on the Mid-States Poker Tour. Bohn’s best live cash is just under $290,000, and he can beat that with an 11th place finish.

Sam Grafton also survived to see Day 4, thanks in part to a double knockout of Sammy Lafleur and Niklas Warlich. This is Grafton’s second cash of the series after a run to 52nd in the PCA Main Event, and the PokerStars Ambassador will return with 1,590,000 for the opportunity to add to his near $13 million in lifetime earnings. Grafton will be joined on Day 4 by other notable players Nadya Magnus, Chris Moorman, Fedor Holz, Sean Winter, Daniel Dvoress, and Chance Kornuth.

Players will return on Thursday in Level 23 with blinds at 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante. Each of the 52 returning players is guaranteed at least $70,000, while the winner is slated to take home the top prize of $4,053,200.

2023 PSPC Payouts

Place	Payout (USD)	Place	Payout (USD)	Place	Payout (USD)
1	$4,053,200	10-11	$300,100	40-52	$70,700
2	$2,542,300	12-13	$238,700
3	$1,911,200	14-15	$198,800
4	$1,551,300	16-17	$165,600
5	$1,251,500	18-20	$142,100
6	$1,001,200	21-23	$123,600
7	$801,000	24-27	$107,500
8	$621,300	28-31	$93,500
9	$449,700	32-39	$81,400

Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team throughout the rest of the week for live updates from the floor of the PokerStars Players Championship at Baha Mar Resort in The Bahamas.

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Bastian Hess Chance Kornuth Chris Moorman Dan Taieb Daniel Dvoress Dinesh Alt Fedor Holz Glen Craigen Jerome Moreau Mason Pye Mauricio Ferreira Pais Miguel Posadas Nicolas Betbese Niklas Warlich Petar Kalev Porfirio Navarro Sam Grafton Sammy Lafleur Sean Winter Soraya Estrada Tom Parsons

02-02-2023 00:46 UTC-5

Day 3 Final Chip Counts (full)

Matt Hansen

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Petar Kalev	3,360,000 160,000	160,000

Blake Bohn	2,800,000
Dylan Destefano	2,665,000
Dominik Nitsche	2,360,000

Tom Parsons	2,265,000

Marcello Del Grosso	2,200,000 80,000	80,000
Matthew Hunt	2,075,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Thomas Eychenne	1,955,000 30,000	30,000
Daniel Dvoress	1,775,000

Tommy Nguyen	1,670,000 1,285,000	1,285,000

Andre Marques	1,625,000 -25,000	-25,000
Sam Grafton	1,590,000 430,000	430,000

Aliaksandr Shylko	1,520,000
Jeremy Ausmus	1,470,000 -130,000	-130,000

Chris Moorman	1,460,000

Ignacio Moron	1,400,000 300,000	300,000
Renato Minicuci	1,345,000 -355,000	-355,000

Maxi Lehmanski	1,335,000 -165,000	-165,000
Jerome Moreau	1,205,000 835,000	835,000

Pedro Marques	1,200,000 660,000	660,000

Rayan Chamas	1,185,000
Omar Del Pino	1,180,000 -390,000	-390,000

James Mendoza	1,145,000 35,000	35,000
Hugo Rodilla	1,130,000 -270,000	-270,000

Jonathan Jaffe	1,110,000

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02-02-2023 00:43 UTC-5

Day 4 Seat Draw (By Table)

Matt Hansen

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count
1	1	Norbert Szecsi	Hungary	400,000
1	2	Ori Hasson	Israel	410,000
1	3	Chris Moorman	United Kingdom	1,460,000
1	4	Fabio Bonatto	Brazil	1,050,000
1	5	Dominik Nitsche	Germany	2,360,000
1	6	Sergio Carro Marin	Spain	380,000
1	7	Max Menzel	Germany	1,015,000

2	1	Cesar Del Pino	Spain	1,180,000
2	2	Esteban Maquillon	Spain	730,000
2	3	Eduardo Lopes	Brazil	695,000
2	4	Rayan Chamas	Lebanon	1,185,000
2	5	Jerome Moreau	France	1,205,000
2	6	Talal Shakerchi	United Kingdom	630,000
2	7	Blake Bohn	USA	2,800,000
2	8	Felipe Boianovsky	Brazil	665,000

3	1	Hugo Rodilla	Spain	1,130,000
3	3	Dylan Destefano	USA	2,665,000
3	4	Jonathan Jaffe	USA	1,110,000
3	5	Nadya Magnus	USA	580,000
3	6	Dimitrios Barmpathanasis	Greece	260,000
3	7	Petar Kalev	Bulgaria	3,360,000
3	8	James Mendoza	USA	1,145,000

4	1	Jeremy Ausmus	USA	1,470,000
4	2	Mehdi Violleau	France	320,000
4	3	Nacho Barbero	Argentina	975,000
4	4	Maxi Lehmanski	Germany	1,335,000
4	6	Tony Tran	Vietnam	710,000
4	7	Lucas Rocha	Brazil	905,000
4	8	Fedor Holz	Germany	970,000

5	1	Luis Garcia Moreno	Spain	830,000
5	2	Pedro Marques	Portugal	1,200,000
5	3	Robert Cowen	United Kingdom	220,000
5	4	Aliaksandr Shylko	Belarus	1,520,000
5	5	Matthew Hunt	USA	2,075,000
5	6	Bruno Volkmann	Brazil	520,000
5	7	Daniel Dvoress	Canada	1,775,000
5	8	Chance Kornuth	USA	810,000

6	1	Renato Minicuci	Italy	1,345,000
6	2	Andrei Boghean	Romania	990,000
6	4	Andre Marques	Portugal	1,625,000
6	5	Christian Dressler	Germany	1,050,000
6	6	Jiachen Gong	Canada	515,000
6	7	Philipe Pizzari	Brazil	925,000
6	8	Marcello Del Grosso	Italy	2,200,000

7	1	Niclas Thumm	Germany	645,000
7	2	Ignacio Moron	Spain	1,400,000
7	3	Thomas Eychenne	France	1,955,000
7	4	Tom Parsons	United Kingdom	2,265,000
7	5	Tommy Nguyen	Canada	1,670,000
7	6	Sean Winter	USA	385,000
7	7	Joris Ruijs	Netherlands	415,000
7	8	Sam Grafton	United Kingdom	1,590,000

02-02-2023 00:11 UTC-5

Betbese Busts to Del Grosso

Josh Noy

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Marcello Del Grosso and Nicolas Betbese faced off in a battle of the blinds, with the board showing .

Del Grosso led out from the small blind for 205,000 and Betbese called to the river. Del Grosso bet enough to put Betbese all-in and the call was eventually made.

Nicolas Betbese:
Marcello Del Grosso:

Betbese called with his pair of queens before seeing the bad news, as Del Grosso had a pair of kings to secure the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcello Del Grosso	2,120,000 1,410,000	1,410,000
Nicolas Betbese	Busted

Tags: Marcello Del Grosso Nicolas Betbese

02-02-2023 00:08 UTC-5

Ausmus Folds Out Maquillon

Calum Grant

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Esteban Maquillon opened to 60,000 from early position and Jeremy Ausmus called on his direct left.

Maquillon check-called for 50,000 on the flop and he then folded after Ausmus bet 235 on the [2ds] turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	1,600,000 690,000	690,000

Esteban Maquillon	840,000 -660,000	-660,000

Tags: Esteban Maquillon Jeremy Ausmus

02-02-2023 00:06 UTC-5

Last Three Hands of the Night

Adam Lamers

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The tournament clock has been paused and each table will deal three more hands before the remaining players bag up their chips for the night.

02-02-2023 00:05 UTC-5

Destefano Tops Nitsche in the Blinds

Adam Lamers

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Dylan Destefano just limped in from the small blind and Dominik Nitsche raised to 120,000 from the big blind. Destefano called and the dealer fanned the flop of .

Destefano checked to Nitsche who bet 90,000 and Destefano called. The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Destefano slid out a bet of 460,000 and Nitsche was forced to let his hand go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Destefano	2,705,000 105,000	105,000
Dominik Nitsche	2,400,000 -180,000	-180,000

Tags: Dylan Destefano Dominik Nitsche

02-01-2023 23:57 UTC-5

Lakein Dried Up by Rodilla; Bohn Gets Four-Bet

Connor Richards

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Dovid Lakein was all in and at risk against Hugo Rodilla, who had him covered.

Dovid Lakein:
Hugo Rodilla:

Lakein needed help and didn't get it as the board ran out to mark his elimination.

Across the room, Maxi Lehmanski opened from early position and Blake Bohn kept his aggression up by three-betting to 300,000 on the button. Lehmanski responded with a four-bet jam for 1,085,000 and Bohn stood from his seat and rubbed his head as he thought through a decision. He folded after about a minute.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blake Bohn	2,900,000 -100,000	-100,000
Maxi Lehmanski	1,500,000 425,000	425,000
Hugo Rodilla	1,400,000 685,000	685,000

Dovid Lakein	Busted

Tags: Blake Bohn Dovid Lakein Hugo Rodilla Maxi Lehmanski

02-01-2023 23:56 UTC-5

Chamas Caught Misbehaving

Calum Grant

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Rayan Chamas opened to 60,000 from the button. Matthew Hunt and Renato Minicuci called from the blinds.

Hunt led out for 50,000 on the flop and only Chamas called. The turn then checked through to the river. Hunt slid in 65,000 into the middle before Chamas raised to 270,000. Hunt quickly called.