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The 42 seated players have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Arriving on a completed board of 5♦3♦J♠7♦6♣, small blind Kasparas Klezys made a small bet of 30,000 into a sizable pot of 120,000. Ronald Keijzer on the button then put Klezys all-in for roughly 165,000.
Klezys thought it over for a minute or so before committing his stack. Keijzer showed K♥K♦10♦2♣ for a king-high flush. Klezys flashed A♥A♣J♦5♠ for jacks and fives before departing from the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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469,000
249,000
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249,000 |
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Busted | |
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In a massive pot of 454,000, Blaz Zerjav shipped in his final 131,000 from the hijack on a river of 3♦6♦7♠K♠Q♦. Cutoff Daniel Tordjman was his opponent, and he spent some minutes in the tank.
Eventually, Tordjman let his cards go and the pile of chips was awarded to the Slovenian regular.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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485,000
240,000
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240,000 |
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240,000
240,000
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240,000 |
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226,500
226,500
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226,500 |
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202,500
32,500
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32,500 |
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140,000
140,000
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140,000 |
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55,500
55,500
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55,500 |
Robert Cowen, Stanislau Melhui, and Dario Alioto had gotten their stacks in on a flop of 10♥9♠2♦. Cowen was at risk with his stack of 186,000, while Melhui played 198,000 and Alioto covered both.
Robert Cowen: A♠J♦8♠7♣ 
Stanislau Melhui: A♥10♦9♥5♣
Dario Alioto: J♥J♣2♠2♣
Cowen's wrap came in on the 6♦ turn, while the 4♥ river changed nothing. He tripled up with his straight and the small side pot was shipped to Alioto, eliminating Melhui in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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570,000 | |
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185,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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Busted | |
Level: 3
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Aaron Pahlawani was seen making a bet from the big blind on a flop of 5♦Q♣A♠. His opponent was Tina Bajric in the cutoff, who raised to 36,000. Pahlawani tossed in a call, after which Bajric sized down to 22,000 on the 2♠ turn.
Pahlawani matched the bet once more before checking a third time on the J♣ river. Bajric responded by sliding in a pot-sized bet worth over half of Pahlawani's remaining stack.
The defending champion mulled things over but eventually found a fold, seeing Bajric chip up to nearly three starting stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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590,000 | |
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230,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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"eee" had sat down on their second bullet and was looking at a completed board of 10♠7♥3♠K♠Q♥ from middle position. They then made a bet of 55,000 into a pot of 105,000, sending hijack Pavel Izotov into the tank.
Eventually, last edition's runner-up flicked in a calling chip. "eee" immediately mucked his cards, much to the relief of Izotov. He let out an audible sigh while the sizable pot was shipped his way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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340,000
120,000
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120,000 |
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90,000
90,000
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90,000 |
A small pot of 13,500 was being fought over when Leonid Yanovski checked from the big blind to Lautaro Guerra under the gun. Guerra bet 6,500, which Yanovski raised to 19,000.
Guerra made the call after some thinking time before he was checked to again on the 8♣ river. He fired a bet of 37,500, but had barely put the chips in the middle before Yanovski mucked his cards and surrendered the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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265,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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188,000 | |
In the 875th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which has been nominated for 'Podcast of the Year' at the Global Poker Awards, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz dive into the wild story of a Supreme Court attorney who is in hot water over poker taxes. What makes the tale of Tom Goldstein so interesting is that the sums he played for were astronomical with him having reportedly won $50 million only to lose it all plus another $14 million.
While his name might not be familiar to the poker masses, you may have either heard about or seen him before as he was written about in The Setup, which was written by his friend Dan Bilzerian, and he also appeared on the Hustler Casino Live (HCL) $1,000,000 Cash Game last year as the mysterious, masked "Thomas" where he mucked the winning hand at showdown in a pot worth $540,000!
The crew then chat about Leon Tsoukernik awakening from a 40-hour coma after a Propofol overdose, with his future very much up in the air. They also get into a bad poker promotion that almost ran at a Las Vegas casino on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, highlight the upcoming 2025 Leaf Metal Poker trading card set, and discuss popular ARIA dealer Clyde “Snack Attack” Gaskins appearing on Netflix's Queer Eye.
Finally, they wrap things up by recapping some big winners including Pamela Belote setting the new women's record for most WSOP Circuit rings, Martins Adeniya taking down the 2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship, and Andrew Lichtenberger defeating Nick Schulman in the latest PGT event.
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