Ali Abdulzahra: XxXx/3♦7♦9♣ - folded on fifth street
Jeremy Trojand: XxXx/K♣6♥2♣
Jeremy Trojand completed and Ali Abdulzahra defended his bring-in.
Abdulzahra called a bet from Trojand on fourth street, but tank-folded facing another bet from Trojand on fifth street — leaving himself just 175,000 behind.
In the 869th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway hosts from down in The Bahamas at the 2024 World Series of Poker Paradise, while Kyna England is back at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas. Mike Holtz is out with a broken ankle, so Nikki Limo was kind enough to once again fill in as a special co-host.
Together, they discuss happening at the WSOP Paradise, the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at the Wynn Las Vegas, and the European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague. That includes Phil Hellmuth making an appearance, the new stage at WSOP, and the Triton Million, which was won by Argentinean rapper Alejandro Lococo for $12 million.
Chad also had the honor of bringing the Women in Poker Hall of Fame trophy down with him to present to Kristen Foxen. In this episode, you can check out her acceptance speech, which PokerNews helped film. Speaking of the WiPHoF, Jeanne David was another inductee and she had a spot of luck drawing a Golden Passport into the ClubWPT Gold $5,000,000 Freeroll, which kicks off today!
At the EPT Prague, Thomas Santerne has already won two side event titles, while the 2022 WSOP Main Event champ, Espen Jorstad, took down the €25K Super High Roller Warm-Up for his first EPT title.
Oh, and we'll also let you know what Phil Ivey is up to as he's been seen double dipping at both the WSOP Paradise and WPT World Championship, including a planned holiday meet-up game (MUG) at the latter.
Ali Abdulzahra raised and Jeremy Trojand defended his big blind. Ali Abdulzahra bet the A♣J♣4♦ flop and Jeremy Trojand raised. Abdulzahra called and was all in.
Ali Abdulzahra: A♥4♠
Jeremy Trojand: Q♦5♠
Trojand's bluff didn't get through and he was dead on the 7♥ turn. The river was the K♦ and Abdulzahra doubled up.
In a raised pot, Paul Tedeschi bet the Q♦10♥9♥ flop and Ali Abdulzahra called. Tedeschi bet again on the 10♣ turn but folded to a shove for just 65,000 more from Abdulzahra.
On the next hand, both players limped and Tedeschi check-called a bet on the K♥8♣2♦ flop but check-folded to another bet on the 6♣ turn.
Finally, Abdulzahra raised and Tedeschi called. Tedeschi check-called bets on the 10♥5♠4♣ flop and 4♠ turn but after both players checked, Tedeschi mucked to the J♦10♣8♥2♠ of his opponent.
The death of musician, recording engineer and poker player Steve Albini hit the music world with a force like that of the incendiary device aimed at Earth pictured on Big Black's 1986 debut album Atomizer. It may have hit one group of Chicago poker players the hardest.
Albini, a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner who recorded landmark works by bands like Nirvana and Pixies and who The New York Timesdescribed as "one of the most admired, and most divisive, figures in rock," was a key figure in a friend group that bonded, joked and supported one another over the poker table. For 20 years, they played in a weekly low-stakes Chicago home game often held in Electrical Audio that included bracelet winners like Jason Gola, Eric Rodawig and Brian Hastings. Now, the game is on hiatus after Albini's death in May as the group of poker pros, musicians and audio engineers adapts to a world without its figurehead.
PokerNews spoke with two of Albini's closest friends who were regulars in the game, Brandon Shack-Harris and Andrew Kosinski.
