2017 Super High Roller Bowl
Tony Guoga opened the action under the gun with a raise to 20,000. Christoph Vogelsang, Byron Kaverman, Jason Mercier and Talal Shakerchi called from the cutoff, button, and blinds respectively.
The flop landed ![]()
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and all five players checked. The turn saw the
fall and Vogelsang bet out 35,000 with only Shakerchi calling.
The river landed the
and both players checked.
Shakerchi tabled his ![]()
, but it would be Vogelsang's ![]()
that would ensure him the victory.
From the cutoff, Justin Bonomo opened with a raise and Pratyush Buddiga called on the button as the flop fell ![]()
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.
Bonomo checked and Buddiga bet out 26,000 only to have Bonomo check-raise to 88,000. Buddiga called, and when the turn landed the
, he was then faced with a bet of 90,000.
Buddiga called, and when the river landed the
, Bonomo pushed out a stack of chips amounting to 375,000.
Pausing for a moment, Buddiga then announced a call for his last 225,000 and tabled his ![]()
as Bonomo revealed his ![]()
.
As Bonomo drops to 1.3 million, Buddiga climbs to over 800,000.
Dan Smith was short-stacked with about 50,000 and got it in with ![]()
against the ![]()
of Tony Guoga. A board of ![]()
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enabled Tony G. to win the pot.
"Any knockout is a good knockout," he said. "You're happy for me."
"I am not happy for you," Smith said with a laugh.
"At least it's an amateur," Guoga said. "A politician!"
The cards are back in the air!
Level: 12
Blinds: 3,500/7,000
Ante: 7,000
Antanas "Tony G" Guoga is one of the true legends of the modern poker world. Over at Poker Central, Paul Oresteen spoke with Tony G about his journey from poker to politics and back again.
The remaining players are heading on a 10-minute break.