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Nitesh Rawtani had made it 144,000 to go preflop when Dustin Nelson put in the raise to 456,000, sending Rawtoni into the tank.
"How much is in your stack total?" Rawtani asked Nelson, who replied with 693,000.
Rawtani then proceeded to tank for over seven minutes as he ate his sandwich. "I'm never supposed to fold this..." he admitted.
"Classic sandwich decision, eh?" another player joked as the time dragged by.
Rawtani finally decided just to call, and the two players went to a flop of 3♥2♦9♦, where Nelson wasted no time moving all in for 237,000.
"Well, I've come this far," Rawtani said after another two-minute round of tanking and made the call.
Dustin Nelson: A♦K♦9♥8♥
Nitesh Rawtani: A♥K♥K♣Q♦
"Oh, so you DON'T have aces!" Rawtani sounded relieved as he was ahead with his pocket kings, but the turn immediately killed him as it came the 7♦ to give Nelson the nut flush.
"How do you get rewarded with that hand against mine!? Rawtani was astonished as the river 6♣ shipped the pot over to Nelson.
"I cant believe you tanked that long with that hand!" Nelson retorted, " You just wasted nine and a half minutes of our time!"
Left short, Rawtani then got it all in the very next hand with pocket kings, and once again, Shaome Yang hit the nut diamond flush on the turn to send him shaking his head all the way to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,410,000
1,133,000
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1,133,000 |
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625,000
394,000
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394,000 |
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Busted |
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 11th episode, Connor speaks with Dan "Jungleman" Cates about accountability in poker, his notorious heads-up challenge with Tom Dwan, Game of Gold, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, mindfulness in poker and his new podcast Winning the Game of Life.
Cates also talked about his iconic Poker Players Championship outfits and a six-figure downswing he experienced at Bellagio during the summer.
This interview was filmed at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Action was caught after the flop of 7♠10♥3♣ and Dean Freedlander checked from the small blind.
Billy Tarango fired for 125,000 from middle position.
Jose Ramos folded from the cutoff as well as Freedlandler for Tarango to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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877,000
106,000
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106,000 |
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400,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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180,000
340,000
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340,000 |
Nenad Medic was on a very short stack of four big blinds and was sitting in the big blind when Jessica Teusl raised from the small blind and they got it all in.
Nenad Medic: A♦J♦9♦8♦
Jessica Teusl: 9♠7♣5♠5♣
The board came A♣J♣Q♠4♥7♥ and Medic made a pair of aces, enough for the double-up.
A much bigger pot went his way a few hands later when he raised to 56,000 from the hijack, which was three-bet to 150,000 by Dylan Lambe in the small blind. Jannick Schöb called, and Medic called all in for 138,000 total.
The flop was Q♣6♠3♦ and Lambe moved all in. Schöb folded and the other two turned over their cards.
Nenad Medic: K♠K♣9♥3♣
Dylan Lambe: A♥Q♦J♥2♦
Medic was ahead on the flop, but Lambe made two pair on the J♣ turn.
The river, however, was the 6♥, pairing the board to give Medic better two pair and the triple-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,360,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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425,000
270,000
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270,000 |
|
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300,000
110,000
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110,000 |
|
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106,000
102,000
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102,000 |
|
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Tsugunari Toma called from the cutoff and Dumitru-Adrian Pora raised to 64,000 from the small blind. Only Toma found the call.
The flop came Q♣K♦4♠ and Pora fired for pot. Toma raised and put Pora all in for 260,000 as he found the call. Both players revealed their hands.
Dumitru-Adrian Pora: A♥K♥5♥A♠
Tsugunari Toma: J♠10♠10♣5♠
The board completed with the 4♥Q♥ for Pora to find the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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770,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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680,000
340,000
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340,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
The remaining 57 players are headed on a 15 minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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208,000
17,000
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17,000 |
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