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

2019-01-07 17:50 UTC-4

Assorted Counts From Level 13

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Martins Adeniya	370,000 167,900	167,900
Mario Silvestri	350,000 259,700	259,700
Ole Schemion	300,000 60,000	60,000

Sosia Jiang	270,000 35,000	35,000
Nadya Magnus	220,000 30,000	30,000
Dylan Linde	220,000 171,600	171,600

Pavel Plesuv	195,000 102,200	102,200

Jake Cody	130,000 60,000	60,000

Goran Mandic	100,000 27,200	27,200
Michael Kamran	70,000 17,000	17,000
Tomas Jozonis	65,000 37,600	37,600
Vincent Moscati	60,000 28,800	28,800

Niveau: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

2019-01-07 17:31 UTC-4

UFC Announcer Bruce Buffer Talks MMA and Poker Connection at PSPC

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Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Poker and MMA go hand-in-hand, both requiring discipline, competitive drive, precision and discretion. On top of that, the two realms overlap a good deal in terms of demographics, a major reason for the recently announced partnership between PokerStars and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC^®).

One person heavily involved in both of these worlds is Bruce Buffer, the veteran voice of the world-famous UFC Octagon. Aware of Buffer’s robust history as a poker player and in light of their recent sponsorship deal, PokerStars invited Buffer to play in the $25K PSPC on a Platinum Pass freeroll.

Buffer obliged and came out to the Bahamas to announce the kick off of the biggest $25K in history, and also to take his shot in it.

UFC-Poker Connection

The renowned MMA cage announcer sat down with PokerNews’ [Removed:139] before the start of Day 2 and shared some of his thoughts on the UFC-PokerStars deal and the links between poker and MMA.

“I think it’s a brilliant move and a brilliant partnership for many reasons. The demographic with the UFC with the 18 to 34 crowd which are big in the poker world, they’ll be more embedded into this. We just signed a big deal with ESPN so we’re going to be on more TV sets and more eyeballs than ever, so the timing is perfect.”

As a longtime poker player in the Los Angeles and Las Vegas areas, Buffer is atuned to the parallels between the worlds he fluctuates between.

“There are a lot of mental similarities between fighting and poker: when to be offensive, when to be defensive, when to go in for the knockout - which means you’re either going to get knocked out or you’re going to knock out your opponent, whether it’s for the chips on the table or you knock ‘em out in the Octagon.

“In business and in life, poker is a parable to many things,” he continued. “I truly believe that and I’ve been a very passionate lover and player of poker for many years.”

For someone as passionate about poker as Buffer is, the chance to play in the PSPC was an exciting one.

Finished Day #1 with 71,100 chips & the average chip count for remaining players is 80.477. 1,015 started & 754 l… https://t.co/NmdHvKu0h3
— Bruce Buffer (@brucebuffer)

Though he got through Day 1 with a healthy stack, he wasn’t as fortunate here on Day 2 as he busted in the third level of the day. You can watch the interview with Buffer from just before the start of Day 2 below:

https://www.pokernews.com/video/bruce-buffer-pokerstars-ufc-deal-just-makes-sense-11793.htm

Tags: Bruce Buffer

2019-01-07 17:28 UTC-4

Break Time

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Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

There are just over 400 players remaining after another two levels and they are about to take another 20-minute break.

2019-01-07 17:26 UTC-4

Hajiyev Ascends Near the Top

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Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ramin Hajiyev raised to 6,000 on the button and Elio Fox defended from the big blind. The flop came and Fox checked to Hajiyev who continued for 5,000. Fox check-raised to 17,500 and Hajiyev responded with a three-bet to 50,000. Fox deliberated his option and then moved all in for 176,500. Hajiyev asked for a count and then called to put Fox at risk.

Ramin Hajiyev:
Elio Fox:

"You gotta be bluffing sometimes," Fox said before the remaining cards came out. The turn was the which took away three of Fox's outs and the on the river completed the board. Hajiyev held on to send Fox to the rail and climb near the top of the leaderboard.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ramin Hajiyev	470,000 160,000	160,000
Elio Fox	Eliminé

Tags: Elio Fox Ramin Hajiyev

2019-01-07 17:21 UTC-4

Boivin Short Again

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Mo Nuwwarah

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Thomas Boivin bet 10,000 into about 50,000 from the cutoff with only 34,000 back on and Jonathan Roy thought a bit from under the gun before check-raising all in. Boivin folded almost immediately.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jonathan Roy	115,000 25,000	25,000
Thomas Boivin	34,000 146,000	146,000

Tags: Jonathan Roy Thomas Boivin

2019-01-07 17:21 UTC-4

More Photos of Today

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Shirley Ang

Photos by Neil Stoddart & Carlos Monti

2019-01-07 17:18 UTC-4

Gooch Eliminated

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Mo Nuwwarah

Niveau 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.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Chahn Jung	295,000 87,000	87,000
Jason Gooch	Eliminé

Tags: Chahn Jung Jason Gooch

2019-01-07 17:18 UTC-4

Li Takes From Hartmann

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 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.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
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