Francisco Pena opened to 2,000 from the cutoff. Milos Skrbic called on the button and Luke Marsh defended the big blind.
Marsh checked the 5♥Q♥7♦ flop to Pena who bet 2,000. Skrbic called and Marsh folded. Pena then led the 3♠ turn for 7,000 and Skrbic folded quickly.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Life Outside Poker is a new 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 18th episode, Connor speaks with author and psychologist Maria Konnikova about her family leaving Russia to come to the US, writing her first story in kindergarten, being mentored by Steven Pinker at Harvard, meeting Erik Seidel for the first time and her 2020 bestseller The Biggest Bluff that explored her poker journey.
Konnikova, a PokerStars ambassador, also talked about her research for an upcoming book into cheating in poker and other games, as well as game integrity rule changes implemented at EPT Barcelona that Konnikova said needed to go even further.
"I think what PokerStars has done is amazing. I think you need to go a step further and not have any electronics anywhere on the table," said Konnikova. "Like, I think phones need to be on the floor, in your bag."
"I would actually also ban sunglasses because ... there's so much technology that (that can enable cheating)."
The remaining players are on a 65-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 8:20 p.m.
PokerNews caught the action with about 7,600 already in the pot and the board reading K♦10♠4♠J♥. David Cabrera led with a bet of 4,000, but Fabian Gumz wasn't having it—he shoved all in for 16,000. After burning through three time bank cards, Cabrera opted to fold.
Curious about the hand, Gumz asked Cabrera what he had folded. Cabrera revealed he had jack-ten, to which Gumz responded with a hint of disbelief.
“Jack-ten? How could you fold that?”
Cabrera explained he didn’t think Gumz was bluffing much. Gumz simply nodded, “Good fold.”
Roman Stoica opened to 1,600 from early position. Ali Al-Kubasi called from the hijack before Aylar Lie squeezed to 11,200 from the small blind. Both Stoica and Al-Kubasi called.
Lie took most of her 30 seconds on the flop of Q♥J♠2♣ before leading out for 13,500. Stoica and Al-Kubasi folded and Lie took in a decent pot despite only seeing one street.
Iurii Suvorov had three-bet to 5,500 over a Ren Lin cutoff raise. Lin then four-bet to 9,400 and Suvorov called.
Suvorov checked the K♠8♥4♣ flop and Lin put out a bet of 4,000. Suvorov check-raised to 9,000 and Lin called.
Both players decided to check the 4♠ turn and the J♦ came on the river. Suvorov bet 5,000 and Lin raised to roughly 13,000, leaving just 500 behind. Suvorov called and Lin turned over K♦8♠ for top two pair on the flop. Suvorov had that beat with K♥J♣ for a better two pair on the river.
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