The rail was chanting, "Let's go Bobo", whenPokernews arrived to see that "Bobo" aka Boris Berthomet had doubled up in chips.
The action relayed was Nikolaos Angelou had raised preflop in the cutoff and Berthomet reraised for all of his chips on the button.
Boris Berthomet: A♠J♦
Nikolaos Angelou: K♣Q♦
The board landed J♠10♥Q♠2♦K♦.
The Ace Jack prevailed the straight and the chanting began.
Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Looking at a board of 5♦8♦5♠10♠, Farhad Jamasi raised all in from the button, enough to put big blind Joseph Rossi all in, and Rossi called.
Jamasi showed A♣2♠ and Rossi A♠K♠. "Anything but a deuce, dealer!" said Rossi. He got better than no deuce, he got the 6♠ for a flush, doubling his stack and critically wounding Jamasi's.
With a $4,000 pay jump looming, Ran Koller in the cutoff raised 195,000, almost the whole of his stack leaving just one pink chip behind. Both Upeshka De Silva on the button and Malachy Hagan in the big blind called.
Hagan checked on 4♥10♠3♠. With the action on Koller, he apologised to the table as he made them aware he was going to take some time on his decision given they were on the stone bubble of a pay jump. Eventually, he put in his last 5,000 chip and both remaining players called.
The J♣ and K♥ came on the turn and the river with some small action on the side between De Silva and Hagan. The hand got to a showdown:
Ran Koller: Q♥Q♣
Malachy Hagan: Q♠J♠
Upeshka De Silva: XxXx
Koller tripled up and Hagan won the side pot.
Sarah Herzali raised 125,000 from the button, Shannon Shorr reraised to 425,000, and Herzali called.
They took in a flop of 7♣K♥8♠ and Shorr continued for 160,000. Herzali tanked briefly, then called.
Shorr bet again, 370,000 this time on a 4♥ turn. The two stared at each other laser-like until finally Herzali called, building a 1,500,000 pot.
The 4♠ hit the river, and this time Shorr checked. After another minutes-long tank, Herzali gathered a stack of 100,000 chips, two million worth and placed them in front of her.
Shorr climbed deep into the tank, sighing heavily, turning his Vegas Knights baseball cap backward, eyeing his chips, sliding his cards back and forth.
Herzali stayed perfectly still, perched on her chair with a scarf up to her nose. With another sigh, Shorr called. Herzali showed her K♦Q♥. Shorr stood up, flinging his cards into the muck.
Pokernews was informed of the hand where James Romero was knocked out of the tournament. Romero was in the hijack and raised to 120,000 preflop. Upeshka De Silva three-bet to 480,000 and Romero pushed the rest of his chips in for about 1,700,000. De Silva called.
James Romero: J♦Q♦
Upeshka De Silva: AxKx
When all low cards hit the board through all the streets, Romero was out and De Silva stacked a substantial amount of chips.
Boris Berthomet raised under the gun to 120,000 to which Nikolaos Angelou in the big blind defended.
On a board of 8♦7♦3♠, Angelou checked the hand to the preflop aggressor. Berthomet continued for 240,000, nearly a pot-sized bet, and Angelou responded with a check-raise all in for the remainder of his stack.
Berthomet folded and Angelou chipped up to 1,300,000.
The flop was 8♥5♦5♥ and the action was between Sarah Herzali in the cutoff and Grant Wang in the big blind. The flop was checked by both players.
The turn brought the 6♠ and Wang bet 140,000. Herzali called.
Wang came out betting on the river 7♠ for 690,000 and Herzali tanked for a bit and called.
Wang stated, "You are good," and flipped over Ax2x. Herzali won with A♦4♦ with the straight.
Steve "Cuz" Buckner joins Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen for the third episode of The Chad & Jesse Poker Show. They talk about crazy jobs Cuz used to hold, how Cuz found himself in Vegas just weeks after watching poker for the first time, and his 2023 WSOP plans.
Level: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
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