The river delivering on potential straights and flushes did not discourage Adrien Amorella from going all in on a board of A♠K♦9♠9♦J♠.
Gregory Rankich didn't hesitate in making the call. He let out a groan and threw his cards in when he saw Amorella had A♣A♥ for a full house.
On a flop of 8♦Q♣9♣ Ashish Anilkumar bet out for 800 from the small blind, and Julian Lozano called from the big blind, and the players saw the A♠ come on the turn.
Anilkumar bet out for 1,600 this time, and Lozano called. When the J♥ fell on the river, Anilkumar put in a bet of 400 for Lozano to easily call, which he did, and Anilkumar flipped over 10♥7♣ for a rivered straight. Lozano's cards flew instantly into the muck.
Noah Schwartz raised to 1,000 in the cutoff, Danny Panagatos flatted in the small blind, and Chad Cullimore defended in the big blind.
The flop of 9♥6♥9♣ checked through to the 7♠ turn. Panagatos led out with a bet of 2,000 and only Schwartz continued.
The river landed the 8♣ and Panagatos slowed down with a check. Schwartz put out a small bet of 3,000 and Panagatos reluctantly made the call after taking some time to think through his decision.
Schwartz turned over A♦A♣ expecting to scoop the pot, but Panagatos tabled K♠9♠ for trip nines to win it.
In a pre-flop raising war, all the feathers ended up in the middle between Fabien Guerreiro and Arthur Peacock.
Fabien Guerreiro: 10♥10♣
Arthur Peacock: Q♦Q♠
A peck-tacular flop of 6♠2♣3♣ and the turn of J♦ nor K♥ river didn't ruffle any of Peacock's feathers as he sent Guerreiro packing
Ira Friedman raised to 800 in middle position, Johan Schumacher three-bet to 2,800 in the hijack, and Alessandro Minasi cold four-bet to 7,000 in the big blind. Friedman got out of the way and Schumacher called.
The flop came 10♥6♠Q♥ and Minasi continued with a bet of 5,000. Schumacher called and the turn brought the 3♥ where action went check-check.
On the J♦ river, Minasi checked again and Schumacher bet enough to put Minasi all in who had 25,000 behind.
Minasi thought for a moment before tossing his cards into the muck.
Clayton Kalisek raised to 5,400 chips preflop from middle position and was called by Sandeep Devarshetty in the cutoff.
When the flop hit K♥Q♣8♥ Kalisek checked and Devarshetty bet 5,500. Kalisek moved all in with his 12,400 remaining chips. Devarshetty quickly called.
Clayton Kalisek: A♥J♠
Sandeep Devarshetty: K♣9♦
Kalisek was forced to exit because neither an ace or the gutshot straight came with the 2♦4♦ landing on the river and turn.
Norman Nelson raised to 1,000 from the cutoff, Erfan Geula then three-bet to 2,100, and Nelson made the call.
The flop came 5♦2♠5♣ and both players checked.
The turn was the Q♠, Nelson checked, Guela bet 2,100, and Guela threw his cards into the muck.
Felix Weis raised to 800 under the gun, Michael Leib flatted in the small blind, and Schahin Ghiai called in the big blind.
The flop of 8♣9♠K♦ checked through to the Q♠ turn where Leib led out for 2,000. Ghiai folded and Weis called.
On the 6♥ river, Leib bet again, this time for 5,500. Weis thought for a moment before surrendering his hand.
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Life Outside Poker is a 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 30th episode, Connor talks with 2024 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Tamayo about growing up in Humble, Texas, studying hotel management at Cornell University, graduating during the 2008 recession, running deep in the 2009 and 2015 Main Events, his friendship with fellow Main Event champion Joe McKeehen, winning the biggest-ever WSOP Main Event for $10 million, and his first purchase as world champion.
Tamayo also spoke about his infamous fold with pocket queens late in the 2024 Main Event, which he says cost him $120,000 in equity, and gave his thoughts on new rules implemented at the 2025 WSOP in the wake of "LaptopGate," as well as the Main Event structure and Phil Hellmuth's proposed boycott that he has since rescinded.
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