$1,650 High Roller Day 1 | 2025 Eastern Poker Open

04-04-2025 22:02 UTC-5

Garrett Shows a Straight

Josh Noy

Level 15 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ron Scott limped on the button, with Rob Garrett calling in the small blind and John Webb checking his big blind option.

The 9♥5♥6♠ flop saw Garrett lead out for 14,000 and Scott was the only caller. Both players then checked the Q♥ turn, with the action repeating on the 8♥ river.

Garrett turned over 7♠4♠ for a straight, taking down the pot as Scott mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Webb	720,000 485,000	485,000
Ron Scott	424,000 299,000	299,000
Rob Garrett	375,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: John Webb Rob Garrett Ron Scott

04-04-2025 21:45 UTC-5

Haughey Finishes Off Savla

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Chad Holloway

Level 15 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Priyank Savla was all in preflop for his last 26,000 and at risk against two players.

When the flop came down J♣5♠9♥, Brian Haughey bet 50,000 from the small blind and the other player folded.

Priyank Savla: 7♥5♣ All in
Brian Haughey: 10♥10♣

Savla had flopped bottom pair but was way behind Haughey. The running J♥ turn and J♠ river failed to help Savla and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Haughey	750,000 10,000	10,000

Priyank Savla	Busted

Tags: Brian Haughey Priyank Savla

04-04-2025 21:44 UTC-5

Swears Holds to Double

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Josh Noy

Level 15 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Mark Amaral opened to 25,000 before Rob Garrett three-bet to 65,000 on his left. Action folded to Linda Swears, who moved all in for 122,000.

Amaral folded and Garrett made the call.

Linda Swears: 9♣9♦ All in
Rob Garrett: A♣Q♦

Swears was flipping and held through the 10♥7♣2♠5♣10♣ runout to earn the double through Garrett.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Garrett	408,000 273,000	273,000
Linda Swears	265,000 8,000	8,000
Mark Amaral	84,000 111,000	111,000

Tags: Linda Swears Rob Garrett Mark Amaral

Level: 15

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

04-04-2025 21:28 UTC-5

Place	Prize
1	$45,000
2	$27,000
3	$15,500
4	$10,500
5	$8,400
6	$7,100
7	$6,400
8	$5,200
9	$3,900

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Fishman	885,000 85,000	85,000

Brian Haughey	740,000 575,000	575,000

Adam Johnson	640,000 555,000	555,000
Steven Tabb	550,000 50,000	50,000
Sam Journeay	535,000 250,000	250,000
Andrew Camacho	498,000 498,000	498,000
Mike LaMontagne	370,000 152,000	152,000
Linval Gentles	370,000 61,000	61,000
Justin Carey	354,000 354,000	354,000
Linda Swears	273,000 23,000	23,000
Conrad Roy	265,000 65,000	65,000
Dennis O'Hare	265,000 80,000	80,000
Shawn Radley	250,000 162,000	162,000

Glen Thompson	240,000 240,000	240,000
John Webb	235,000 127,000	127,000
Yongbok Hwang	220,000 28,000	28,000
Mark Amaral	195,000 195,000	195,000
John West	185,000 9,000	9,000
Joe Kozlowsky	185,000 185,000	185,000
RJ Pinkham	180,000 47,000	47,000
Priyank Savla	176,000 48,000	48,000
Rob Garrett	135,000 77,000	77,000
Ron Scott	125,000 78,000	78,000
Kevin Dipasquale	110,000 90,000	90,000
Rob Guilbeault	84,000 84,000	84,000

Life Outside Poker: How Chess Streamer Alexandra Botez Won Half a Million Playing Poker

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Josh Noy

Level 14 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a 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 26th episode, Connor speaks with chess streamer and GGPoker ambassador Alexandra Botez about learning chess and poker from her dad, getting into streaming at Stanford, dealing with online trolls, creating content with her sister Andrea Botez and the similarities between chess and poker.

Botez also talked about winning $456,900 in a legendary 2022 Hustler Casino Live stream that included Phil Hellmuth, Mr. Beast and Ninja, as well as signing on as a GGPoker ambassador and securing two career-high cashes at World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise (she finished 60th in the $10,000 GGMillion$ Championship for $22,190 before finishing 187th in the $25,000 Super Main Event for $67,300).

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Alexandra Botez by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

Be sure to follow Alexandra Botez and Connor Richards on X.

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04-04-2025 21:05 UTC-5

Dipasquale Doubles Through Tabb

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Chad Holloway

Level 14 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Steven Tabb raised to 16,000 from middle position and the next player to act called. Kevin Dipasquale then moved all in for 77,000 from the cutoff and action folded back to Tabb, who moved all in over the top. The other player got out of the way and the cards were turned on their backs.

Kevin Dipasquale: A♦10♠ All in
Steven Tabb: 7♥7♦

It was a race and Dipasquale took the lead when the Q♣5♥10♦ flop paired his ten. Neither the Q♠ turn nor 9♦ river changed a thing and Dipasquale doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Tabb	500,000 100,000	100,000
Kevin Dipasquale	200,000 123,000	123,000

Tags: Steven Tabb Kevin Dipasquale

Level: 14

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

04-04-2025 20:42 UTC-5

Epstein Done and Dusted

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Chad Holloway

Level 13 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Mark Epstein raised to 17,000 from the cutoff only to be met by a three-bet to 38,000 from Jordan Fishman on the button. Both blinds folded and Epstein paused for a few beats before sliding in his entire stack of approximately 200,000. Fishman wasn't quick to make the call but did so nonetheless.

Mark Epstein: 10♠10♦ All in
Jordan Fishman: A♦Q♥

It was a flip and Epstein was looking to hold to double. Unfortunately for him, that proved easier said than done as the A♠5♥Q♦ flop delivered Fishman top two pair.

Neither the 4♥ turn nor 6♣ river helped Epstein and he found himself on the rai.