High Stakes Poker Pot Cracks $600K, and It’s a Wild One

Justin Gavri could be the unluckiest participant in Excessive Stakes Poker historical past, and the dangerous run continued throughout Monday’s latest episode on PokerGO. If there is a silver lining for him, at the least he wasn’t on the quick finish of a $613,000 pot.

Markus Gonsalves, nonetheless, was the shedding participant within the largest pot so far of Season 14. Seth Gottlieb, then again, received the monster pot with out having a monster hand.

The gamers within the sport for Episode 3 have been the identical as final week. Gavri, Gonsalves, and Gottlieb have been seated on the desk together with Andrew Robl, Brandon Steven, and Jared Bleznick. Over $2.3 million was unfold among the many seven stacks when the present started, with the precise chip counts under.

Kulick Rivers Bleznick Once more

Bleznick took a brutal dangerous beat on the river in Episode 1 towards Kulick. It was extra of the identical at first of the brand new Excessive Stakes Poker present.

The primary hand started with Kulick simply calling the straddle on the button with 8♦7♥. Bleznick, within the small blind with 4♠4♥, got here alongside, as did Gonsalves within the first straddle and holding J♣5♠. Robl, the large straddle, checked his possibility with 10♠7♥.

The flop went 4♣6♣9♠, and Bleznick guess out $5,000 with backside set. Gonsalves mucked his hand, and so did Robl. However Kulick wasn’t going wherever with an open-ended straight draw, which did not come via on the 7♠ flip, though he did hit a pair.

Bleznick guess $13,000, about two-thirds the dimensions of the pot. He once more obtained a name and the straight got here via for his opponent on the 5♦ river card. The sports card hobbyist went for a tiny guess of $3,000, however then confronted a elevate to $50,000, and he couldn’t discover a fold. A name was made and “The Backer” discovered the dangerous information that he’d misplaced a $143,200 pot with a set towards a rivered straight.

The Unluckiest Participant in Excessive Stakes Poker Historical past?

Gavri, a leisure participant, had a tough outing throughout Episode 2. He misplaced two monster pots, each resulting from some dangerous luck. As such, he started Episode 3 with a small stack, and he bumped into it as soon as once more.

Gavri, in one other double-straddled pot, opened the motion to $3,600 with A♠Q♥. Steven, an everyday within the highest stakes video games, three-bet to $11,000 with J♠J♦. The unique raiser than moved all in for $50,300 whole and obtained a snap-call.

Each gamers agreed to run it twice, which means the chances of Gavri not successful at the least half the pot have been low. However the first board ran out 2♦9♦10♠3♣5♦, making certain Steven would at the least get his guess again. He’d declare the whole pot when the second board confirmed Okay♦Okay♥Okay♣9♣7♦, and Gavri, who misplaced plenty of brutal coolers and dangerous beats throughout Season 13, determined to name it quits.

Bleznick Tries to Make a Play In opposition to Kulick

Kulick has already received two monster pots on the river towards Bleznick throughout Season 14. However the World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner would attempt to get a few of these losses again by bluffing.

The motion began with a $4,000 elevate from Bleznick, holding J♦7♦. Gottlieb, within the first straddle, known as with 10♥8♣, as did Kulick within the different straddle with 3♠3♣. No one was thrilled to see the 10♠A♠Q♠ flop, so all of them checked to the 5♠ flip, which introduced in 4 to a flush on the board.

Gottlieb checked to Kulick, who guess $8,000 along with his tiny flush. Bleznick, sitting on jack-high, made the decision in place, however Gottlieb bounced from the hand. The 2♦ on the river improved neither hand, though Kulick continued betting, this time for $18,000. Bleznick wasn’t a believer, so he bumped it as much as $40,000. Kulick wasn’t shopping for his story that he had a flush, so he made an excellent name and took down one other huge pot towards the pot-limit Omaha specialist, lastly while not having to suck out on the river.

The run dangerous would proceed for the “Blez,” as he’d flop high pair towards Robl’s pocket kings and lose a $149,000 pot. Excessive Stakes Poker Season 14 had not been sort to Mr. Sports activities Playing cards. However that rapidly rotated towards the identical opponent when Bleznick jammed all in with A♦J♠ and was known as by Robl’s A♠10♠. The most effective hand-held up and Bleznick received a $244,800 pot.

Hand of the Evening

The most important pot of the season to date transpired throughout Episode 3, and it was a wild one. Steven opened the motion by elevating 8♥6♠ to $4,000 from the button. Gottlieb, within the small blind, made it $15,000 with A♥Q♦. Kulick, who appeared down at 6♥5♥ within the huge blind, known as.

Gonsalves, the straddler, four-bet to $50,000 with Okay♠Q♠ and obtained calls from Gottlieb and Kulick. The flop got here out J♣3♠4♦, solely hitting Kulick, who flopped an open-ended straight draw.

No one determined to guess, so all of them bought a free ticket to the flip, a card that created some motion — the Q♣. Gottlieb, with the most effective hand, guess $65,000. Kulick known as, hoping to hit a straight on the river. However Gonsalves, with an inferior kicker to Gottlieb’s, moved all in for $196,000.

Gottlieb was in a tricky spot with simply high pair, albeit with the highest kicker. He thought for a second earlier than having the center to place in $131,000 extra. Kulick folded however would have hit the straight on the 7♣ river. Gonsalves, nonetheless, did not suck out and misplaced a $613,000 pot to Gottlieb, who secured the largest pot via three episodes of Excessive Stakes Poker.

Subsequent Monday’s episode on PokerGO, which airs at 5 p.m. PT, will function a brand new desk that features Alan Keating and Ryan Feldman from Hustler On line casino Dwell fame.

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