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04-23-2025 20:36 UTC+11

Life Outside Poker: How Chess Streamer Alexandra Botez Won Half a Million Playing Poker

Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 26th episode, Connor speaks with chess streamer and GGPoker ambassador Alexandra Botez about learning chess and poker from her dad, getting into streaming at Stanford, dealing with online trolls, creating content with her sister Andrea Botez and the similarities between chess and poker.

Botez also talked about winning $456,900 in a legendary 2022 Hustler Casino Live stream that included Phil Hellmuth, Mr. Beast and Ninja, as well as signing on as a GGPoker ambassador and securing two career-high cashes at World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise (she finished 60th in the $10,000 GGMillion$ Championship for $22,190 before finishing 187th in the $25,000 Super Main Event for $67,300).

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Alexandra Botez by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

Be sure to follow Alexandra Botez and Connor Richards on X.

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04-23-2025 20:26 UTC+11

Antar Finishes Off Gumz

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Joseph Antar raised the hijack to 25,000 and Fabian Gumz defended his big blind off a short stack.

The flop came 8♦K♥7♣ and Gumz check-shoved his stack of around 40,000 over Antar's 10,000-chip bet. Antar call.

Fabian Gumz: K♠5♠ All in
Joseph Antar: K♦10♣

"They always have it. When you have a few big blinds, they always have it," said Gumz.

Indeed, Antar did have it but some chop possibilities were brought around when both improved to trips on the K♣ turn. However, the J♦ river kept Antar in the lead, and sent Gumz to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Antar	800,000 100,000	100,000
Fabian Gumz	Busted

Tags: Fabian Gumz Joseph Antar

04-23-2025 20:16 UTC+11

Outer Table Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Xu	950,000
Cooper Feltham	910,000 65,000	65,000

Joseph Antar	700,000
Najeem Ajez	650,000 430,000	430,000
Banipal Babana	450,000 25,000	25,000
Benjamin LeBlond	450,000 100,000	100,000
Shan Huang	350,000 140,000	140,000
John Perry	250,000 220,000	220,000
Paris Sitzoukis	190,000 5,000	5,000
Joshua McSwiney	170,000 210,000	210,000
Fabian Gumz	100,000 25,000	25,000
Anthony Khalil	70,000 230,000	230,000

04-23-2025 20:08 UTC+11

Babana Busts Trevallion

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Alex Trevallion shoved for around 110,000 from the hijack and was put at risk by Banipal Babana on the button.

Alex Trevallion: 5♥5♦ All in
Banipal Babana: A♠9♣

Trevallion was ahead with his pair but fell behind after the J♥A♣4♣ flop connected with Babana. No five appeared on either the K♠ turn or 7♣ river, and Trevallion headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Banipal Babana	425,000 295,000	295,000
Alex Trevallion	Busted

Tags: Alex Trevallion Banipal Babana

04-23-2025 19:59 UTC+11

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

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04-23-2025 19:51 UTC+11

Huang Leaves Perry Short

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

John Perry and Shan Huang had seen a flop of K♥A♦7♠ where Huang check-called a bet of 14,000 from Perry.

Both checked the 6♥ turn to the 4♠ river, where Huang shoved 76,000. Perry didn't need to think for too long and called. Huang then showed two pair with A♠7♦, and Perry's ace was no good.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shan Huang	210,000 85,000	85,000
John Perry	30,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: John Perry Shan Huang

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

04-23-2025 19:34 UTC+11

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break.

04-23-2025 19:34 UTC+11

Antar Climbs Up the Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Joseph Antar has been short-stacked for most of the day but has been on a sun run in the last few orbits and doubled up twice!

The second time, Antar had his stack of around 320,000 in the middle against John Perry.

Joseph Antar: K♦K♣ All in
John Perry: 8♠8♦

Antar found the Cowboys right after he picked up aces, and they held on to claim the pot as the runout came 3♥5♣6♠2♦5♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Antar	700,000 590,000	590,000
John Perry	140,000 460,000	460,000

Tags: Joseph Antar John Perry

04-23-2025 19:30 UTC+11

Feature Table Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cooper Feltham	975,000 25,000	25,000

Joshua McSwiney	380,000 180,000	180,000
Paris Sitzoukis	185,000 65,000	65,000
Banipal Babana	130,000 80,000	80,000
Nelson Dong	115,000
Alex Trevallion	66,000 1,000	1,000