We saw online poker star Ben Tollerene sitting with a mountain of chips — nearly 100,000 in fact — and he was kind enough to tell us how he got them.
It happened when his opponent raised to 1,100 from the button and Tollerene three-bet to 3,200 from the big blind. The button then four-bet to 8,000, Tollerene moved all in, and his opponent called off.
Tollerene:
Opponent:
It was a flip, and Tollerene fell behind on the flop. Fortunately for him, he was saved when the dealer burned and turned the . The river failed to change a thing, and Tollerene sent his opponent to the rail while being pushed the biggest pot of the tournament through three levels.
Jason Somerville has made the trip Down Under for the 2016 Aussie Millions festival. The member of Team PokerStars Pro will be streaming the 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event exclusively through his channel on Twitch.tv and RunItUp.tv.
Not only that, but Somerville will be hosting a special poker Q&A session on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 4:30 p.m. local time in Melbourne. The session will take place in Conference Hall 3 on Level 2 of the Crown Conference Centre.
Space is limited to the first 100 attendees, and those wishing to attend have been asked to contact [email protected].
"Got a break at a good time, hemorrhaging down to 17k," Sean Giesbrecht tweeted on the break. "Time to get serious"
It seems he took it to heart as he just won a nice pot off Vladimir Troyanovskiy, who is fresh off his fifth-place finish in the 2016 PCA Main Event.
It happened when Giesbrecht opened for 1,500 from the cutoff and Alex Trevallion called from the small blind. Troyanovskiy came along from the big and three players took a flop of . Two checks saw Giesbrecht continue for 2,100, Trevallion folded, and Troyanovskiy woke up with a check-raise to 4,700.
Giesbrecht made the call, both players checked the turn, and Troyanovskiy fired out 5,300 on the river. Giesbrecht snap-called and Troyanovskiy sheepishly showed the for a bluff. Giesbrecht then tabled the for a pair of aces and the win.
With around 5,000 in the pot and a flop of , Dominik Nitsche checked from the big blind and Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier bet 2,150 from the under-the-gun position. The player on the button called, and then Nitsche sprung to life with a check-raise to 8,500.
Mercier thought long and hard before pushing back with a three-bet to 15,200, the player on the button folded, and Nitsche snap-released.
Daniel Lim, who won a big pot off Brian Yoon in the second level, just found himself all in and at risk against Darryll Fish.
Lim limped under the gun after which the button called, and Sam Greenwood completed from the small blind. Darryll Fish, in the big blind, raised to 3,000 and Lim called right away. The player on the button called as well, and Greenwood folded to create three-way action on the flop.
The flop brought out and Fish checked to Lim, who moved all in right away for 14,100. The button folded, but Fish tanked for a bit before making the call, and the showdown went as follows.
Fish:
Lim:
The turn brought the and the river the , giving Lim a double up, while Fish still had lots of chips in front of him.