Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Action started when it folded to Sean Winter on the button who limped in for 40,000. Fabian Brandes called from the small blind and Ferenc Deak checked his option in the big blind.
On the flop of it checked to Winter who continued for 105,000 and only Deak made the call. The turn was checked by both players.
The completed the board and again Deak checked to Winters who bet 150,000. Deak went into the tank but eventually let his hand go and the pot was awarded to Winter.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sean Winter | 5,300,000 | 400,000 |
Fabian Brandes
|
3,600,000 | -300,000 |
Ferenc Deak | 1,700,000 | -350,000 |
In a raised pot, the flop was when Thomas Morrison checked to Leonid Yanovski who bet 65,000. Morrison called.
The turn saw a bet for 200,000 from Morrison, and after a long tank, Yanovski called. The river went check-check. Morrison tabled for two pair and it was good enough to make Yanovski muck his cards.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Leonid Yanovski
|
4,720,000 | -280,000 |
Thomas Morrison | 3,050,000 | 350,000 |
In a blind versus blind situation, the flop read and both Leonid Yanovski and Grzegorz Derkowski checked.
When the came on the turn, Yanovski bet for 120,000 and got called by Derkowski . The river was the and Yanovski sent another bet, for 250,000. Derkowski thought about it for some time and sent his cards into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Leonid Yanovski
|
5,000,000 | 355,000 |
Grzegorz Derkowski | 1,800,000 | 75,000 |
Thomas Morrison raised to 80,000 in the hijack and it was called by Amirhossein Shayesteh in the cutoff. Jamey Hendrickson decided to three-bet to 300,000 on the button and only Shayesteh made the call.
The flop fanned and Shayesteh checked to Hendrickson who potted for 780,000. Shayesteh ended up folding.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jamey Hendrickson | 3,330,000 | 730,000 |
Thomas Morrison | 2,700,000 | -450,000 |
Amirhossein Shayesteh | 2,000,000 | -100,000 |
On a flop of and with 140,000 in the middle Fabian Brandes bet 80,000 and was called by Ferenc Deak who is under the gun.
The turn brought the and Brandes continued the aggression by betting the pot for 300,000, Deak made the call
The brought in the back door flush and straight possibilities and Brandes decided to slow down and check. Deak considered his options carefully before opting to check. Brandes said "There is no way I can win," which prompted Deak to roll over for the flush which won the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fabian Brandes
|
3,900,000 | -450,000 |
Ferenc Deak | 2,050,000 | 450,000 |
The action was picked up on a board of in a pot of roughly 600,000. Amirhossein Shayesteh checked from the small blind and Jamey Hendrickson potted from the big blind. Shayesteh quickly put the rest of his 710,000 in and Hendrickson made the call.
Amirhossein Shayesteh:
Jamey Hendrickson:
The river secured the win for Shayesteh as he doubled up with a six-high straight.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jamey Hendrickson | 2,600,000 | -1,145,000 |
Amirhossein Shayesteh | 2,100,000 | 865,000 |
In a three-way limped pot, the flop read when Ferenc Deak and benjamin Francisco checked in the blinds, followed by Sean Winter.
The turn was the and Deak checked to Francisco who bet 85,000, enough to win the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sean Winter | 4,900,000 | 1,850,000 |
Ferenc Deak | 1,600,000 | -100,000 |
Benjamin Francisco | 1,000,000 | 20,000 |
The $1,100 buy-in, $1,000,000 guaranteed PokerNews Cup at Golden Nugget is less than a week away and will take place during the annual Grand Poker Series. With a seven-figure guarantee, the event is expected to draw a massive field and be an exciting highlight of the summer.
With just a few days to go before the event, here is a look back at the history of the PokerNews Cup, which has taken place across the world from Australia to Roznadov to New Jersey, and the ten champions who have been crowned so far.
YEAR | EVENT | ENTRIES | PRIZE POOL (IN USD) | WINNER | PRIZE (IN USD) | |
2007 | A$2,800 PokerNews Cup Australia | 428 | $1,066,410 | Dory Zayner | $266,959 | |
2008 | A$2,000 PokerNews Cup Australia | 410 | $563,079 | Nali Kaselias | $171,670 | |
2008 | $3,353 PokerNews Cup South African Poker Open | 175 | $502,233 | Darren Kramer | $140,575 | |
2009 | A$2,000 PokerNews Cup Australia | 381 | $661,045 | Con Tsapkounis | $140,537 | |
2009 | €1,500 PokerNews Cup Alpine (Austria) | 129 | $233,585 | Marc Naalden | $63,094 | |
2015 | €250 PokerNews Cup King’s Casino Rozvadov | 689 | $213,004 | Daniel Can | $17,898 | |
2016 | €270 PokerNews Cup King’s Casino Rozvadov | 1,082 | $364,833 | Timur Caglan | $67,541 | |
2016 | $2,000 PokerNews Cup Borgata | 120 | $222,324 | Ryan Van Sanford | $68,676 | |
2017 | €225 PokerNews Cup King’s Casino Rozvadov | 617 | $234,684 | Holger Bansner | $28,277 | |
2019 | €550 PokerNews Cup Kulata Spring | 141 | $102,136 | Panagiotis Panagiotidis | $20,708 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000