Leo Wolpert joins Nate and Andrew from Las Vegas to discuss safety precautions for staying in hotels, the Rio flu, and the trio beak down three hands that Wolpert played at the World Series of Poker.
0:00 — Intro and Rio Flu talk
16:00 — Discussion of safety at the Rio and in Las Vegas in general
30:45 — The trio discusses three hands that Leo has played at the WSOP
David Oppenheim made it two bets out of the hijack seat, Alex Bilokur made it three bets in the cutoff, and the action folded back to Oppenheim, who called.
The flop fell , Oppenheim led out, Bilokur raised, Oppenheim reraised, and eventually Bilokur was all in an at risk for 29,500.
Oppenheim:
Bilokur:
The board completed , respectively, and Bilokur was eliminated. Oppenheim is up to 545,000 chips.
Over the next two weeks, WSOP.com is giving players in Nevada the chance to turn small tournament buy-ins into large cash prizes with the Mini Fest tournament series. With 16 events offering $40,000 in guaranteed prize money, you don't want to miss a second of the action when the cards go in the air at 5:30 p.m. each day from June 22 though July 7.
Today's tournament is Event #3: $11 Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On with a $1,000 guarantee. The tournament kicks off in less than one hour, so don't miss out!
Here's a look at the full WSOP.com Mini Fest schedule:
Event
Date
Time
Tournament
Buy-in
Guarantee
1
June 22
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$16.50
$2,500
2
June 23
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,500
3
June 24
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,000
4
June 25
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
5
June 26
5:30 p.m.
Omaha 8 or Better - Re-Entry
$33
$750
6
June 27
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
7
June 28
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$55
$5,000
8
June 29
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$109
$7,500
9
June 30
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
10
July 1
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
11
July 2
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$600
12
July 3
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Knockout
$7.70 + $7
$750
13
July 4
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$2,000
14
July 5
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$55
$4,500
15
July 6
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$27.50
$5,500
16
July 7
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Re-Entry
$33
$3,000
For complete information regarding WSOP.com's Mini Fest series, please click here.
We arrived at the table in time to find Josh Arieh and David Oppenheim looking down at a board of . Arieh checked and Oppenheim dropped out a bet of 60,000. This made Arieh shift in his seat and lean back before going into the tank. Ultimately, Arieh dropped out a call and Oppenheim tabled for a heart flush. Arieh mucked his cards and Oppenheim picked up the pot.
Arieh was all in before the flop on the next hand for his last 18,500 against Matt Glantz.
Arieh:
Glantz:
The board ran out , allowing Arieh's aces to hold and scoring him a double to around 40,000.
Brian Hastings and Alexandre Luneau saw a flop of out of the blinds, and Hastings led out for 16,000. Luneau called.
The turn was the , Luneau called another bet of 38,000, and the completed the board. Hastings checked for the first time, Luneau bet 50,000, and Hastings folded.
On a flop we just saw Rob Mizrachi end up all in against Shaun Deeb for his final 91,000 chips. The cards were turned over and Mizrachi found out he was in a lot of trouble.
Mizrachi:
Deeb:
The turn brought the and that gave Mizrachi quads to take the lead.
"Oh my gosh," Melissa Burr said, and Mizrachi raked in a double up when the hit on the river. Deeb later Tweeted the following:
Todd Brunson raised to two bets on the button, John Juanda defended his big blind, and the flop was all diamonds; . Juanda checked, Brunson continued, and Juanda put in a check-raise. Brunson called.
The turn was the , Juanda led out, and Brunson made it two bets. Juanda considered the bet for 20 seconds or so, then folded.
"I have a red ace," Brunson said, rechecking his cards. "A-ha!"
He spiked the onto the felt, and raked in the pot with a grin on his face.
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, Oppenheim led out, Bilokur raised, Oppenheim reraised, and eventually Bilokur was all in an at risk for 29,500.
, 
respectively, and Bilokur was eliminated. Oppenheim is up to 545,000 chips.
. Arieh checked and Oppenheim dropped out a bet of 60,000. This made Arieh shift in his seat and lean back before going into the tank. Ultimately, Arieh dropped out a call and Oppenheim tabled 
, allowing Arieh's aces to hold and scoring him a double to around 40,000.
, Luneau called another bet of 38,000, and the 
hit on the river. Deeb later Tweeted the following:
. Juanda checked, Brunson continued, and Juanda put in a check-raise. Brunson called.
