Bryce Yockey raised and Nick Schulman called. Yockey drew one and Schulman drew two.
Yockey bet and Schulman called. Both players drew one and checked. Both players drew one again, and checked again.
"King," said Yockey, but Schulman had that beat with 10x7x6x5x2x
Oscar Johansson drew three on the first draw while Roland Israelashvili took one. Israelashvili then bet from the big blind and Johansson called on the button.
Israelashvili again drew one and Johansson took two. Israelashvili checked to Johansson who bet, and Israelashvili called.
Israelashvili led out after taking one, while Johansson stood pat and called. Israelashvili showed 7x6x5x4x2x, but Johansson had 7x6x5x3x2x to win the pot.
Yuri Dzivielevski opened and was called by Oscar Johansson. Both players drew two. Dzivielevski bet and Johansson called.
Both players drew one. Dzivielevski bet again and Johansson called. Dzivielevski stood pat and Johansson drew one.
Dzivielevski bet and Johansson folded.
Brian Tate raised in the hijack and Yuval Bronshtein called in the big blind.
Bronshtein drew two and Tate one. Tate then bet, Bronshtein raised, and Tate reraised. Bronshtein called and they both stood pat.
Tate bet after the second draw and Bronshtein called. They both patted the last draw and Tate bet. Bronshtein then raised, Tate reraised, and Bronshtein committed his last chips.
"No. 2," Tate announced.
"I have a wheel," Bronshtein replied, turning over 7x5x4x3x2x to win the pot and double up.
With 24 players remaining, play is going hand-for-hand until there are two more eliminations.
Mike Thorpe raised in the cutoff, Gary Fritz put in his last 33,000 on the button, and Thorpe called.
Both players drew two on the first draw. Thorpe then took one and Fritz two, before Thorpe finally stood pat and Fritz drew one.
Thorpe turned over 9x8x5x4x3x. "At least I didn't draw to a ten," Fritz said as he showed 6x5x2x, but he ended up with two tens. "Alright, go get em," he told Thorpe as the two opponents exchanged a fist bump and Fritz made his exit a few spots off the money.
John Centeno raised in the hijack and Bryce Yockey reraised in the small blind. Centeno called and drew two, while Yockey drew one.
Yockey continued with a bet and Centeno called. Both players drew one and Yockey bet again. Centeno called and took one more, while Yockey stood pat.
Yockey bet again, and this time Centeno gave up his hand.
Level: 16
Blinds: 6,000-12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000
For two decades, Tom Goldstein was at the top of the legal world. He argued more cases before the United States Supreme Court than almost any private attorney and founded SCOTUSblog, a legal blog that quickly became the go-to source for Supreme Court analysis. He lectured at Stanford University and Harvard University and regularly appeared on national news programs.
But Goldstein had another life. When he wasn’t arguing before Supreme Court justices, Goldstein was flying to Hollywood or Hong Kong and winning or losing millions in ultra-high-stakes poker matches. He played heads-up against California businessmen and foreign gamblers, at one point allegedly winning over $50 million in just a few sessions.
Goldstein’s luck turned in January 2025 when the US Department of Justice a federal grand jury initiated a 22-count indictment accusing the attorney of failing to report millions in poker winnings and diverting law firm funds to pay his personal poker debts.
In a new PokerNews video essay, we take a look at the life of Tom Goldstein and the high-stakes poker game that led to his federal indictment.
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