Sergio Ledesma jammed his last 11,000 under the gun and the action folded around to Ruben Picazo who pushed all in as well for about 22,000. The blinds got out of the way and both hands were tossed on their backs.
Sergio Ledesma: A♣9♠
Ruben Picazo: K♥Q♥
Ledesma was ahead with ace-high and the 8♦7♦4♦10♣6♥ runout improved him to a straight to score the double.
On a flop of 2♣Q♥10♥, Borja Martinez bet 1,600 from the button. Ali Afshar called out of the big blind before Victor Castanedo check-raseid to 6,500 from middle position. Martinez called but Afshar folded.
Castanedo bet 6,800 when the 9♥ came on the turn and Martinez called.
The 9♠ fell on the river and after some thought, Castanedo bet 11,500. Martinez made the call and was shown A♥9♦ by Castanedo for trip nines. Martinez turned over KxQx as a lot of chips were sent over to Castanedo.
Gregory Armand raised to 2,000 on the button. Kevin Kent called from the small blind before Edu Garcia Freixa moved all in out of the big blind for roughly 10,000 today. Armand got out the way, but Kent made the call to put Freixa at risk.
Edu Garcia Freixa: J♠9♣
Kevin Kent: 10♣6♣
The flop of 4♠2♦9♠ improved Freixa to a pair of nines The 5♦ turn gave Kent some additional outs, but the K♥ on the river meant Freixa had earned the much-needed double up.
In the 851st episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by PokerStars, Chad Holloway and Kyna England are joined by "Loose Cannon" Lily Newhouse at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to talk about GGPoker purchasing the World Series of Poker (WSOP) brand for $500 million. What will it mean for the future of poker? It's too early to tell, but that doesn't stop the crew from offering their thoughts.
From there, Newhouse talked about her experience as the Loose Cannon on the PokerStars Big Game, which included playing a big pot early against Sam Grafton and battling against Dave Krosky, who proved to be a different sort of loose cannon! Oh, and did we mention the PokerStars Big Game is confirmed to return this Fall during the NAPT for a second season? Well, it is and you can get all the details here.
Kyna then talks about attending the grand opening of the brand-new Venetian Poker Room, now the largest room on the Strip, and you get to hear from other attendees including Joey Ingram, Maria Konnikova, and 2017 WSOP Main Event champ Scott Blumstein. Plus, rapper Nelly was in the house to play the room's first hand, but you'll have to watch to see how he did.
On a flop of 3♦4♣3♠, Manuel Romariz bet 5,000 and Tudor Zapsa called from the big blind.
Zapsa checked again on the 6♦ turn and faced a shove for 17,200 from Romariz. After some thought Zapsa let go of his hand and forfeited the pot to Romariz.
Paula Pascual opened 2,100 in middle position and received calls from both Oscar Mas in the cutoff and [Removed:507] in the small blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of A♥8♦2♦, and Dumea check-folded to a bet of 5,000 from Pascual while Mas made the call.
The 7♥ fell on the turn, and Pascual didn't slow down as she tossed 6,000 across the line. Mas quickly called once again.
As the 7♠ paired the board on the river, Pascual checked, and Mas checked as well. Pascual turned over K♦J♥, and Mas pulled in the pot with his flopped top pair, holding A♣9♣.
Borja Gonzalez limped first-to-act and just behind him, Jason Rocha raised to 3,200. Action folded back around to Gonzalez, who called.
Gonzalez checked to Rocha, who continued for 2,500 on the 9♦J♣2♣ flop. Gonzalez then check-raised to 7,800 and Rocha went all in, which was enough to put Gonzalez all in for 12,300 total. Gonzalez called and a showdown held.
Borja Gonzalez: Q♣10♣
Jason Rocha: 7♣5♣
Gonzalez held the best of it with his dominating draw, and the 9♥3♥ runout kept Gonzalez best with his queen-high for the double up.
