In the 873rd episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is the second episode of Season 16, Chad Holloway, Kyna England and Mike Holtz talk about the surprise PokerStars shoutout by actress Elle Fanning on the red carpet of the Golden Globes, where she also revealed that one of the hottest actors in Hollywood is a good poker player.
Kyna then shares her story about recently meeting a celebrity of her own in rapper Nelly and Mike offers up a Jose Canseco tale, plus an opportunity to win your way to Las Vegas as part of the "Vegas Vacation Sweepstakes" being held by the WSOP Free-to-Play App.
You'll also hear about various Player of the Year race results including GPI POY trophies for David Coleman, Cherish Andrews, and Han Feng. Likewise, Yunkyu Song claimed the WPT Season 22 POY while Umut Ozturk won the MSPT POY in back-to-back years. Oh, and did we mention Nick Schulman won another poker tournament, this time at the PokerGo Tour (PGT) Last Chance Series, as did Shannon Shorr and Brandon Wilson.
Two other stories they touch upon are Liv Boeree donating $560K from her record score at the WSOP Paradise to fight against pig factory farming and a look at wild back-to-back hands played by Peter on Hustler Casino Live (HCL).
Finally, get a sneak peek at a new, high-end luxury coffee-table book that will blow your socks off — The Las Vegas Book by Joris Dekker.
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With around 100,000 chips in the middle on a flop of 6♦2♦5♣, Kianoosh Matin bet 55,000 from middle position and Paul Runcan called from the cutoff.
They went to a K♣ turn where Matin quickly put out a big bet of 200,000, and Runcan just as quickly called.
When the Q♥ hit the river, Matin went small with a bet of 55,000 and then immediately stood up and started to stretch while Runcan was considering his options. After some time, Runcan slid in a stack of chips for a min-raise of 110,000.
"You call? No? How much?" asked Matin. After getting the count, he tossed in the extra 55,000 chips.
Runcan then sheepishly turned over 9♣8♣ for a busted combo draw, and Matin's K♠5♠ was good for the pot with two pair.
Nicolae Paunescu got his last 150,000 into the middle preflop with Xin Yuan making the call to try and send him to the rail.
Nicolae Paunescu : 6♠6♦
Xin Yuan: A♠8♠
It was a classic race that was crucial for Paunescu. The 6♣9♥J♣ flop was favorable for Paunescu, as he improved to a set of sixes and could only lose to running cards. The rest of the board came 9♣J♥ and Paunescu doubled up at the expense of Yuan.
Lachezar Petkov opened from early position to 30,000 with Damir Zhugralin calling on the button, and Stanislaw Grodek defending out of the big blind.
Three-way to a flop of K♦9♠6♠ which got checked around for the 7♣ to hit the turn. Grodek checked, and Petkov fired out a bet of 55,000. Zhugralin folded, but Grodek carved out the call.
Grodek checked again on the 3♠ river and Petkov put out a bet of 165,000. Grodek quickly folded, and Petkov pulled in the pot.
With around 90,000 in the middle on a monotone 10♣3♣Q♣ flop, Grigorii Rodin checked from the big blidn and Nemo Koering fired out 20,000. Rodin then raised to 60,000, and Koering quickly called.
A 2♠ on the turn saw Rodin quickly bet out 78,000, and Koering thought it over for a while before he folded.
Esper Sadek just described another big hand he played. Sadek said there was a limp from under the gun before Sadek called from the small blind and the big blind player checked.
The three players saw a flop of 2x5x6x and the action checked to the under the gun player, who bet 25,000. Only Sadek called.
Sadek checked again on the Q♦ turn and his opponent bet 80,000. Sadek check-shoved to put his opponent all-in, and after a few moments, the under the gun player called for his last 250,000.
Under The Gun Player: AxAx
Esper Sadek:4x3x
The under the gun player was drawing dead after slow-playing pocket aces, as Sadek had flopped the nut straight. There was an inconsequential river and Sadek had eliminated another player.
