Around 20,000 was in the middle on a board of 2♦A♥6♠K♦, and Pascal Frezza checked to his opponent, Cedric Top.
Top fired out a bet of 9,500, only for Frezza to check-jam for 39,900. After quite a bit of thought, Top folded, flashing the A♣.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
59,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
Moments after Cecile Ticherfatine arrived at the table, Jean-Gilbert Levy opened to 900 from under the gun and was called by Julien Guibert in middle position. Sabare Atmani on the button then three-bet to 3,200 and was called by Sebastian Tusal in the small blind and both Levy and Guibert.
The dealer fanned a flop of Q♥2♣3♥. Tusal and Levy checked, and Guibert led out for 10,000. Atmani called, but Tusal quickly moved all-in for 29,000. Levy was happy to fold, then Tusal shoved for 46,400. Atmani went into the tank and called.
Sebastian Tusal: A♣Q♣ 
Julien Guibert: 3♦3♠
Sabare Atmani: A♠Q♦
Tusal and Atmani both had top pair, but Guibert flopped a set. He even hit a full house with the 2♥2♦ runout scooped the pot, while Tusal was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000 | |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
38,000 | |
|
12,600 | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/500
Ante: 500
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
75,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
62,000 | |
|
|
50,000 | |
|
49,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
49,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
43,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
34,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
31,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
19,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
14,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Around 37,000 was already in the middle on a completed board of 6♠K♠Q♠9♣5♥ in a hand between Sorawit Suriyakarn in the cutoff and Pierre Canova on the button.
Suriyakarn moved all in for 26,000, sending Canova deep into the tank. After around three minutes of pondering his options, eyeing his opponent the whole time, Canova eventually folded, tapping the table as his cards hit the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
86,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
63,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Djamal Boutaleb opened to 1,100 from early position and was called by Jan Boubli in the next seat, and the players on the button and in the big blind.
On the 6♦Q♠7♠ flop, action was checked to Boutaleb, who fired out a bet of 2,700. Only Boubli called.
The 5♠ rolled off on the turn, and Boutaleb continued with the aggression, sliding out a bet of 5,500. Boubli again called.
The K♠ river completed the board, bringing one-card flush possibilities, and Boutaleb checked to his opponent.
Boubli fired out a bet of 12,000 and Boutaleb quickly open folded A♦Q♦ for a pair of queens, muttering to himself as Boubli raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
||
|
39,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
On a flop of 5♣3♠Q♦, cards went on their backs with a player in the hijack at risk for 17,000 against Andre Stroe on the button.
Hijack: A♦A♥
Andre Stroe: A♠J♣
The player in the hijack couldn't dream of a better spot with aces. But the 10♠ came on the turn, followed by the K♦ river to give a runner-runner straight to Stroe and send the hijack player to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
Nilson Da Silva opened to 1,100 from early position and action folded to Jerome Sgorrano on the button, who produced a three-bet to 3,000.
Action folded back to Da Silva, who pondered the spot before reaching for chips to produce a four-bet to 12,000, with Sgorrano almost simultaneously sending his hand into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
Victor Pujebet and Cécile Ticherfatine raised each other and ended up moving all-in, with Pujebet at risk for 48,000.
Cécile Ticherfatine: A♠A♥
Victor Pujebet: K♥K♦
On a board of Q♣7♥5♦2♣10♦, Ticherfatine's aces held, and she sent Pujebet to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
Busted |
In the 831st episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by PokerStars, Chad Holloway and Kyna England are joined by Nikki Limo, who is filling in for Mike Holtz, at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to talk about her time as the Loose Cannon on the PokerStars Big Game. The first two episodes recently dropped featuring Limo squaring off against Phil Hellmuth, Alex Keating, Arden Cho, Lex Veldhuis, and Jennifer Tilly.
Limo discusses how she got cast for the show, what happened when she played "Two Truths and a Bluff," and then Kyna & Chad surprise her by offering up some bluffs of their own. Limo also delves into a big hand that she played against the "Poker Brat" that went poker viral.
The crew then talked about the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) being less than a week away, and take a look at some of the "Best Without a Bracelet" including Maria Ho, Seth Davies, and Bin Weng, just to name a few. Plus, will Phil Ivey be at the 2024 WSOP? Find out what the hosts think in this episode.
From there, they take a look at Jessica Vierling winning the WSOP Commerce $1,700 Main Event for $328,273, plus all the big winners from the Triton Montenegro including Mike Watson, Igor Yaroshevskyy, Adrian Mateos, and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau, who all won seven-figure scores!
Finally, Kyna and Nikki play a game of #PokerThrift in which they have to guess whether or not Chad bought some random poker items he found in secondhand stores in Las Vegas. Oh, and there's a preview of Raminder Singh's appearance on PokerNews' Life Outside Poker show hosted by Connor Richards.
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