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Busted |
Jonas Hackenberg raised to 600 from late position, Ariel Faskowicz called in the small blind and the big blind came along.
The flop came 8♥9♥5♠. Action checked to Hackenberg, who continued for 600. Only Faskowicz made the call. Both players then checked in the 7♣ turn.
The river was the A♣ and Faskowicz led for 1,700. Hackenberg found the fold and Faskowicz claimed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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36,000
36,000
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36,000 |
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31,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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 11th episode, Connor speaks with Dan "Jungleman" Cates about accountability in poker, his notorious heads-up challenge with Tom Dwan, Game of Gold, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, mindfulness in poker and his new podcast Winning the Game of Life.
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Level: 4
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Players in Day 1b of the Lex Live Main Event are heading for a 20-minute break. There are currently 55 entries in the flight and tables are still gradually filling up.
Kasimir Kaukua raised to 600 from middle position, Ronald Dominguez called and the player in the big blind came along.
The flop came 2♠6♣Q♦. Action checked to Dominguez, who made it 1,200 to go. The big blind folded and so did Kaukua, giving the current chip leader another small pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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71,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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32,000 |
Following an open raise to 600, Carlos Esquerdo called and Sergio Denaro reraised to 1,300 from the big blind. The original raiser folded and Esquerdo called.
The flop came 8♠2♠5♣. Denaro c-bet for 1,500 and Esquerdo called. The turn was the 4♠ and Denaro bet 3,000, which Esquerdo called again.
The river came the A♦. Denaro again bet 3,000 and Esquerdo called. Denaro showed Q♠Q♣ for a pair of queens. Carlos Esquerdo flipped over A♣9♣ for a rivered pair of aces to win the pot.
Esquerdo then ramped up the aggression, raising the next hand and taking down the pot postflop to add a few more chips to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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34,000 | |
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31,000
31,000
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31,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Iggy Blauwers raised to 500 from under the gun and picked up four callers, including Xavier Pons in late position, as well as the button and blinds.
The flop came A♣J♣4♦ and action checked to Blauwers, who continued for 800. Pons then raised to 2,100 and Blauwers called.
The turn was the 9♦ and Blauwers led for 2,700, which Pons called. The river came the 10♥. Blauwers sized up to 7,600 and Pons went into the tank. He eventually folded top pair, A♥K♥ face up to give Blauwers the pot.
"Good fold," said Blauwers as he scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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37,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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28,000
28,000
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28,000 |
Following an under the gun raise, three players called, including Conan Hazard on the button.
The flop came 2♠A♦8♥ and all players checked back. The turn was the 4♣ and action checked to Hazard, who made it 1,500 to go. The rest of the table folded and Hazard scooped the pot.
He turned to the PokerNews reporter and showed J♣10♣ with a smile, his bluff winning him a small multiway pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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32,000 |
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