The player under the gun raised to 5,000 and Federico Balbi three-bet to 11,200 and received a call from the original raiser. The flop arrived with Q♣2♣K♥ and the player under the gun bet out 7,500. Balbi went all in for 29,000 effective and was called.
Under the gun: J♠10♠
Federico Balbi: A♦K♣
The player under the gun was on a straight draw and Balbi had top pair and the turn 6♣ and the river 9♣ sealed the deal for Balbi with a flush.
Gerald Fulcher was facing a raise to 2,000 from Cathy Schenone and a player between. Fulcher ultimately pushed his remaining 23,000 into the middle and was quickly isolated by Schenone.
Gerald Fulcher: A♦K♦
Cathy Schenone: A♠A♣
The flop was a sweat for Fulcher as it rolled out[ 5s5dqd] giving him a flush draw, but it wasn't meant to be when the 7♣ rolled out and the A♥ further improved Schenone to a full house.
Fulcher went on to say Schenone also cracked his kings, making her a force to be reckoned with.
Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the ninth episode, Connor speaks with poker streamer and reality TV star Kevin Martin, who opened up about his experience on the hit GGPoker show Game of Gold and gave some insight into his upcoming appearance on The Amazing Race Canada, which Martin told PokerNews will be the "final chapter" of his reality TV career.
Martin also talked about get cast for Big Brother Canada when he was 22, winning Big Brother Season 5, the traits that make for a good reality TV contestant, the early days of poker streaming, prop bets with Dan "Jungleman" Cates and the evolution of poker content creation.
Lost last hand just before the break wAJhh, but a much better two hours.