Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Frankie Cucchiara opened from under the gun to 3,500 and got a call only from the big blind.
Both players checked on the 8♣6♦6♠ flop to see the 10♥ turn.
Cucchiara bet again and got another call from the big blind and after seeing the J♣ river, Cucchiara opted to jam for his remaining 15,000.
When the big blind called, Cucchiara showed 10x10x having hit a set on the turn, and the big blind threw their cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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42,000
42,000
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42,000 |
In the 834th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Connor Richards come to you from Level 9 in Las Vegas where the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is happening now!
The trio recap the big winners and losers from the Hustler Casino Live (HCL) $1,000,000 Cash Game, show two big hands including a $2.4 million pot and a player mucking the winner in a $534K pot, and share why Alan Keating is good for the game. Plus, Garrett Adelstein sent out a controversial tweet calling out HCL's Ryan Feldman, which spurred both Tom Dwan and Doug Polk to chime in.
Other stories discussed include James Mackey prevailing the WPT Choctaw final table for his second WPT title, Joe Cada & Johnny Chan appearing at a charity event, the legend of John Smith in the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship, and an update on the $25K Fantasy league.
Finally, hear about all the gold bracelet winners thus far from the 2024 WSOP including John Hennigan, who became just the ninth player in history to win seven or more bracelets. Other winners covered include Asher Conniff, Bryce Yockey, Nick Guagenti, and Darius Samual, among others.
If you're looking for all the latest from the poker world, this episode is for you!
A middle position player raised to 4,000 and was called by a late position player before Peter Lin three bet to 20,000. The original raiser went all in and the late position player folded. Lin called and was at risk.
Peter Lin: K♠K♥
Middle Position Player: 10♥10♠
The board ran out 9♥8♥2♦3♦8♠, Lin more than doubled his chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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59,000
59,000
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59,000 |
The player in early position raised to 3,600 and action folded around to Martin Zamani on the button, who moved all in for 20,600, putting himself at risk.
Early position went into the tank, carefully considering his decision. Him and Zamani exchanged some friendly table chatter, before eventually arriving at a fold.
Zamani tabled pocket tens, and dragged in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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28,200
28,200
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28,200 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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320,000
77,000
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77,000 |
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85,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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52,500
52,500
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52,500 |
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37,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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35,000 | |
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27,400
27,400
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27,400 |
The pot stood at around 60,000 when players had a 7♠7♣4♣10♦10♥ board.
Robert Cooper in the hijack shoved for around 50,000 into the player in middle position, who tank-called.
The players flipped their hands, and it was Cooper who claimed the pot with the kings K♣K♠ versus the middle position player's jacks J♣J♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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160,000
160,000
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160,000 |
A short stack was all in from early position and Danny Fried reraised from late position to 55,000. Jeremy Becker was directly to his left and counted out his chips while he mulled over his decision. Eventually Becker called off for about 36,500 and all three players' cards were on their backs.
Short Stack: K♥J♠
Jeremy Becker: 10♦10♣
Danny Fried: J♦J♣
The board ran out 6♥4♥2♣Q♦4♦ and Fried's pair of jacks held to rocket him up the counts.
Becker said he'd be hopping right back in with a fresh stack so he's sure to be spotted back in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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243,000
243,000
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243,000 |
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Busted |
PokerNews picked up action preflop with Mike Coxwell all in and at risk vs a middle position player. The player on the button was also all in but the shortest stack of the three.
Button: Q♣J♥
Mike Coxwell : 9♥9♣
Middle Position Player: A♠J♣
The board ran out K♣8♦7♣7♦2♦, Coxwell had many bullets to dodge to secure the victory, he commented to PokerNews "you should have been here ten minutes ago, I had 10,000 in chips". Coxwell's chipstack appears to be headed in the right direction.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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146,000
146,000
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146,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600