Raul Manzanares in the cutoff and Nicolas Dumont on the button were heads-up and all-in with the latter at risk for the 1,065,000 he had in front of him.
Nicolas Dumont:
Raul Manzanares:
The board ran out for Dumont to hold with just ace-high for the double up.
Abhinav Iyer opened to 180,000 in middle position and was called by Vasu Amarapu in middle position and Nick Petrangelo in the big blind.
Each player checked on the flop and Iyer bet 225,000 on the turn. Amarapu called and Petrangelo raised all-in for 615,000. Iyer folded and Amarapu asked for a count before calling.
Nick Petrangelo:
Abhinav Iyer:
Petrangelo was ahead with two pair against the open-ended straight draw of Iyer. The river brought the and Petrangelo's hand held up to double through his opponent.
"You had more outs than I was hoping you had," Petrangelo said.
Nicholas Rigby made some interesting calls with on Day 5 of the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, where he built a big stack throughout the day. But it wasn't because of his love for NBA legend Michael Jordan, who famously wore the #23 for the Chicago Bulls.
When poker's world championship tournament concludes next week, one player will take home $8 million. If Rigby continues stacking chips at his current rate, he just might claim that nine-figure prize. But there appears to be only one thing that could stop him from reaching that mountain top — refusing to fold a hand dubbed in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as "The Dirty Diaper."
There is actually a reason why he loves to play the three-deuce, and it has nothing to do with GTO. Rigby's rowdy and inebriated friends on his rail inside the Amazon room explained on the PokerGO stream why their pal likes to play the 3-2.
"The Diaper is a famous hand in Pittsburgh," one of his friends explained to PokerGO's Jeff Platt. "The three-deuce is called The Dirty Diaper if it's off-suit, and we play it all the time."
Rigby's friend continued to explain that they play the 3-2 game in Pittsburgh like others play the 7-2 game, where everyone at the table must ship a chip to a player who wins a hand with 7-2. In their case, the bounty is on for when a player takes down a pot with the 3-2.
In the Main Event, or any tournament, you can't play those games, but Rigby's a cash game player, according to his friends. During Day 5 of poker's biggest event, he brought The Dirty Diaper game across the country to Las Vegas, except no one else was playing along.
Austin Lewis opened to 160,000 and subsequently four-bet shoved to get called by George Holmes. In the showdown, both players revealed premium pocket pairs and Lewis was in prime shape to double his shorter stack.
Austin Lewis:
George Holmes:
The flop instantly improved Lewis to a set of queens and the turn gave him queens full. Another blank for Lewis followed on the river and he departed in 92nd place. Another deep run for the 2019 Main Event, 16th place finisher.
Glynn Beebe raised to 180,000 from the button and Philipe Pizzari Pinto three-bet to 450,000 from the big blind which Beebe called.
The flop came with the , Pinto continued with a bet of 500,000 for Beebe to tank for a bit before opting to shove. Pinto contemplated for a while but then open-folded the for two pair for Beebe to show the for the flopped lower two pair.
Denys Prydvor opened to 160,000 in middle position and was called by Yaniv Peretz in the hijack. Brian Frasca jammed all in for 1,365,000 from the small blind which got Prydvor to fold but Peretz flicked in a chip to call.
Brian Frasca:
Yaniv Peretz:
The board ran out and Frasca improved to a straight to double through Peretz.
For the third hand in a row, Nicolas Vayssieres raised to 160,000 and this time he was called by Christopher Trang in the big blind. On a flop, Trang check-called a bet worth 140,000 and checked the on the turn.
Vayssieres then bet 480,000 and Trang sent his cards into the muck.
Roman Valerstein was seen getting up and heading to payouts and action was retold to PokerNews.
Ronald Jensen raised from middle position. Roman Valerstein moved all in from the cutoff, Daniel Swartz then re-jammed for his larger amount from the button which folded everyone else out.
Roman Valerstein:
Daniel Swartz:
Valerstein would not be saved by the board as it ran out to keep the kings in front throughout and end Valerstein's run.
Niko Koop shoved his last 250,000 from middle position and Asher Conniff moved in for 1,625,000 from the cutoff. Demosthenes Kiriopoulos went into the tank and asked Conniff how much he had.
Conniff answered and Kiriopoulos continued to consider his options for a few more moments before he tossed 250,000 into the middle.
It was apparent that Kiriopolous did not see that Conniff was all-in, and his intention was to call the bet from Koop. There was no all-in button in front of Conniff since it was in use for Koop, and Kiriopoulos had headphones on. The floor supervisor was called over to make a ruling.
The floor supervisor ruled that Kiriopolous had committed 250,000, and that he had an option to surrender it with a fold. Kiriopolous quickly folded and the other two players tabled their cards.
Niko Koop:
Asher Conniff:
The board ran out and the eights held to eliminate Koop from the Main Event.
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