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03-07-2025 16:37 UTC+2

Kumar Prevails in Three-Way All-In

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Table seven brought a three-way clash before the flop and considering all of that action, Stephen Courtney folded Q♥Q♠ and showed them.

Rayhaan Adam: 9♦9♣ All in
Anand Kumar: J♥J♣ All in
John Abrosie: A♥K♦

The board ran out 10♠6♣6♠3♠J♦ and Kumar rivered a full house for good measure to knock out Adam and leave Abrosie short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anand Kumar	115,000 115,000	115,000
Stephen Courtney	110,000
John Abrosie	14,000 41,000	41,000
Rayhaan Adam	Busted

03-07-2025 16:32 UTC+2

Rothman Jams Into Poonhath

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The open raise by Tanith Rothman was three-bet to 5,800 by Rajeev Poonhath in the big blind, who then called a four-bet to 15,000. Poonhath checked the 9♣7♥3♣ flop and Rothman pushed all-in with nearly the same stack to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tanith Rothman	80,000 20,000	20,000
Rajeev Poonhath	55,000 44,500	44,500

Tags: Rajeev Poonhath Tanith Rothman

03-07-2025 16:30 UTC+2

Phil Galfond Talks Comeback Against 'VeniVidi1993' & Launching a New US Poker Site

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 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 24th episode, Connor speaks with high-stakes pro and poker coach Phil Galfond about growing up in Maryland, getting into poker with Andrew Robl, playing with Phil Ivey and Doyle Brunson, building a slide between his two New York City penthouses and being married to fellow high-stakes poker player Farah Galfond, who was the first Life Outside Poker guest in March 2024.

Galfond also talked about specializing in Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO), Black Friday, losing $10 million running Run It Once Poker, poker coaching, how bots and real-time assistance (RTA) are impacting online poker, his new "Galfond" documentary, the recently launched BetRivers Poker and his epic comeback against "Venividi1993" in the Galfond Challenge.

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Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

03-07-2025 16:25 UTC+2

Big Double for Gaggia

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Giovanni Gaggia three-bet an open raise to 8,700 and was called by Dirk Steenkamp as well as Jamie Vilela behind them. Giovanni Zanette then moved all-in as the initial preflop raiser and Gaggia called all-in. Steenkamp folded and Vilela sigh-folded, exposing the A♥K♦ as he suspected Zanette had pocket kings.

Giovanni Gaggia: J♥J♠ All in
Giovanni Zanette: 10♣10♥

The board ran out Q♥9♥7♥9♣5♥ and Gaggia doubled for 57,200. Steenkamp said he folded pocket sevens while Vilela would have also won with the ace-high flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni Gaggia	140,000 86,000	86,000
Jamie Vilela	130,000 10,000	10,000
Giovanni Zanette	80,000 30,000	30,000
Dirk Steenkamp	37,000 11,900	11,900

Tags: Dirk Steenkamp Giovanni Gaggia Giovanni Zanette

03-07-2025 16:18 UTC+2

Rahme Scores a Knockout

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

A short stack jammed for the second time in a row and this time, the shove was for 7,700. Joe Rahme reraised to 21,000 and isolated successfully. His A♦8♦ was up against Q♠10♠ and sealed the victory on the turn of a 6♥4♦4♥A♣10♣ board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Rahme	80,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Joe Rahme

03-07-2025 16:17 UTC+2

Updated Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Divan Van Wyk	140,000 35,000	35,000
Okkie Fourie	135,000 55,000	55,000
Stephen Courtney	110,000 80,700	80,700
Max Deveson	110,000 65,000	65,000
Jarred Solomon	105,000 12,000	12,000
Moon Khan	105,000 17,000	17,000
Ahmed Karrim	105,000 64,900	64,900
Wesley Blom	95,000 25,000	25,000
Tanith Rothman	60,000 38,000	38,000
John Abrosie	55,000 15,000	15,000
Gordon Padayachee	55,000 22,000	22,000
Patrice Ah-Nien	55,000 20,000	20,000
Bianca James	45,000 25,600	25,600
Rayhaan Adam	45,000 45,000	45,000
Wessel Conradie	35,000 40,000	40,000
Diederick Terblanche	Busted
Maverick Zackey	Busted
Bobonetse Moncho	Busted

03-07-2025 16:10 UTC+2

Kumar Eliminated by Maistry

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Following an open raise to 2,000 lover on table three, six players called and the seven-way flop of 10♣5♠4♠ emerged. Anand Kumar in the small blind led for 12,000 and Gregory Maistry pushed all-in for 39,000 in the big blind. All other players folded back to Kumar, who reluctantly called all-in with nearly the same stack size.

Anand Kumar: 10♦9♦ All in
Gregory Maistry: J♦10♠

The 6♣ turn and 6♥ river ensured that the kicker played and Kumar was covered by a mere single big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Kalil	110,000
Gregory Maistry	91,000
Anand Kumar	Busted

Tags: Anand Kumar Gregory Maistry

03-07-2025 16:07 UTC+2

Goren Gone After Paying Off Blom

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On the tail end of a 9♥8♥8♠5♣2♦ board, Wesley Blom bet 16,000 out of the big blind. Hadar Goren called and then mucked when he was shown the 7♣6♣ for a turned straight by Blom.

Goren was down to only around 4,000 chips after this hand and vanished shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wesley Blom	70,000 30,000	30,000
Hadar Goren	Busted

Tags: Hadar Goren Wesley Blom

03-07-2025 15:58 UTC+2

Solomon Doubles Through Khan

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Up until now, Moon Khan had been thriving near the top of the leaderboard but he just took a significant blow when he got it in against Jarred Solomon on the Q♦J♣7♦10♣ turn.

Khan's J♥10♠ had turned two pair but the Q♣J♠ of Solomon was way ahead with the top two pair. The river was the 6♥ and Solomon doubled for 50,900.

Player	Chips	Progress
Moon Khan	122,000 68,000	68,000
Jarred Solomon	117,000 57,000	57,000

Tags: Jarred Solomon Moon Khan