Tim James, creator and host of The Tim James Show, joins the podcast to talk about Sheldon Adelson, underage activities at Venetian, the reaction from his show's clip, and more.
The crew also unveils a voicemail number for fans to call in: 774-77-PNPOD.
Last year's €50,000 Super High Roller got 58 unique players and 19 reentries. Already this year, the record for unique players has already been broken, as Ole Schemion has become the 59th registered entry.
Christoph Vogelsang opened from early position to 2,800, and Thomas Muehloecker made the call in the cutoff seat. Jason Mo was on the button and squeezed to 11,700. Both blinds quickly released, and action folded back to Vogelsang. He four-bet to 33,000. Muehloecker folded, but Mo had a bigger plans. After he contemplated what to do for a bit, Mo slid forward 74,700. Vogelsang thought long and hard, but mucked with a wry smile on his face, and Mo won the pot.
For a second it looked like Mo was going to show his hand, but in the end he slid them into the muck face down while receiving the chips in the pot. Vogelsang mumbled something about the tournament allowing for reentry and that he should have moved in.
We just caught the tail end of a hand between Isaac Haxton and Jeff Rossiter that resulted in the latter chipping up nicely.
The board showed , and Haxton bet 57,000. Rossiter tanked for a while before he made the call.
On the river, the completed the board, and Haxton checked to Rossiter. The Aussie slid forward a tall stack of chips to set Haxton all in, and Haxton quickly folded.
None other than Antanas Guoga — better known in the poker world as "Tony G" — is walking around the tournament room. A former poker player turned businessman, Tony G is now a member of the European Parliament. He was seen in his shorts today talking to Juha Helppi, so likely just checking in on some friends. While it's unlikely he'll play the event because he doesn't play poker too much these days, but he might just surprise us.
Ankush Mandavia raised to 2,500, and Canadian Philippe D'Auteuil three-bet to 8,100. Carlos Mironiuk from Argentina cold four-bet to 22,300, and action folded back to Mandavia. He folded before D'Auteuil made the call.
The flop brought out the , and D'Auteuil check-called a bet of 20,500 from Mironiuk. On the turn, the hit the board, and both players quickly checked to see the pop up on the river. D'Auteuil led out for 60,500 after about a minute in the tank, and Mironiuk took his time. Eventually he folded, giving the pot to D'Auteuil.
As we rushed over to Dani Stern's table, we caught the action while he and Pascal Lefrancois were already on the river.
The board read and Stern had checked. Lefrancois still had the 9,000 in change he apparently had gotten back on the turn still in front of him, and moved his other small tower of chips to the middle. Stern asked him if he was in fact all in, and instantly called as soon as he got the confirmation.
Stern showed and at the same time said he wasn't slowrolling, and just wanted clarification on the bet. Lefrancois didn't appear fazed by it, and just flashed a bluff before mucking and making his departure. Stern started stacking.