In a lightning-speed pot, Blake Bohn raised to 600 in the hijack, and Aldo Salerno called in the big blind.
Bohn continued for 600 on an 8♣10♣3♥ flop, which Salerno check-called.
Salerno then immediately led out for 1,500 on the 10♦ turn, and Bohn snap-folded. As soon as his cards were in the muck, Bohn was up, out of his seat and left the area.
Yi Lin opened from early position, and Brian Murphy called from middle position. Natasha Peterson called from the hijack and Sean Hold defended his big blind.
The 2♥2♣2♠ flop saw Hold bet out 1,100, and all players called behind. A 4♠ was turned and Hold bet out another 3,500. Lin folded, as did Murphy, but Peterson made the call.
A 7♣ fell on the river, and Hold asked for 6,000. Peterson took some time before making the call, and there was hesitation from both before Peterson tabled her A♦J♠.
Hold let out, "You called that s***, what the f***?" and he tabled his matching A♣J♦. Another player at the table said, "Nice move, nice call," as the players chopped the pot.
Alexander Baek opened to 700 from early position and was called by Billy Baxter in the big blind.
Baxter check-called an 800 bet from Baek on the 9♦9♣4♠ flop and then both players checked on the 4♣ turn.
The J♥ completed the board and Baxter led out for 2,000. Baek tanked a bit, but eventually decided to lay his hand down and the 85-year-old poker legend dragged the pot.
Carlos Sanchez raised to 800 from early position, and Michael Casella three-bet to around 2,500 from the next seat. Sanchez called.
The flop fell 3♦A♦J♦, and Sanchez checked to Casella, who bet 600. Sanchez check-raised to 2,500, and Casella just called.
The board-pairing J♣ on the turn checked through before the 6♦ completed the board. Sanchez bet 2,500, and Casella quickly called.
Sanchez tabled 9♦8♦ for a flopped flush, but it was second best to Casella's Q♣Q♦, which had rivered the higher flush.
Florian Duta raised to 900 from under the gun, and Hartt Stearns called in the hijack. Jorge Postigo then three-bet to 3,500 on the button, which got a fold from Duta, but a call from Stearns.
Stearns checked in flow on the Q♠10♣4♣ flop, and called when Postigo continued with a bet of 3,200.
The Q♣ turn saw Stearns switch gears, leading out for 6,000. Postigo didn't hang around, instead releasing his cards to the dealer, seeing Stearns add to his table chip lead.
Jonathan Therme raised to 800 from middle position before Shai Arbel called from the cutoff. Romain Reale wanted to play for more and opted to re-raise to 2,500 on the button. Therme and Arbel both made the call.
There was no action on the flop after the dealer fanned out 4♠9♦6♥.
Therme led out for 2,500 on the Q♣ turn, which led to a pair of folds from Arbel and Reale to award the pot to Therme.
Terry Mefford limped in under the gun, and David Escobedo did the same on his left before Tsang Jean made it 1,800 to go from the hijack. Anthony Lande cold-called from the big blind, and both limpers came along as well.
The Q♣4♦4♠ flop checked through to the 10♣ turn. Here, Lande bet out for 2,000, and both Mefford and Escobedo called. Jean raised to 7,300 and folded out all three opponents.
In the 982nd episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by FanDuel Poker, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Ben Ludlow are joined by Matt Savage at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas.
There, they talk about Shaun Deeb's recent bracelet win and whether or not that will be enough to put him over the edge for the Poker Hall of Fame. It certainly was enough to put him back on top of the 2026 WSOP Player of the Year standings. Speaking of the Poker Hall of Fame, Savage shares whether he feels snubbed for not making the list of nominees and who he thinks has the best shot of getting in.
From there, the crew turns its attention to the Tournament Directors Association (TDA) Summit XII, which recently wrapped up at PokerGO Studio. Savage shares a little history about the TDA, his big takeaways, and then Chad shares a highlight video catching up with some of the bigger tournament directors in the game to get their thoughts on this year's summit.
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Peter Kraft had a cold four-bet to 6,700 in front of him from the button after Marcel Rettich had three-bet from middle position. Rettich called, and the flop came down 9♣5♥4♦.
Rettich checked, and Kraft continued for 5,500. Rettich stuck around with a call.
The 7♠ turn checked through before the 10♦ completed the board. Rettich led out for 10,000, and Kraft called.
Rettich tabled K♥K♣ for a pair of kings, but it was second best to Kraft's A♦A♣ for a higher overpair.
After raising under the gun, Butch Jumalon faced a three-bet to 3,600 from Linglin Zeng in the small blind. Jumalon responded with a four-bet shove for 18,300, which sent Zeng deep into the tank.
Zeng determined that it wasn't the right spot and folded.
Her decision turned out to be the right one, as Jumalon had moved all in with A♠K♠, and Zeng had folded. AxQx.
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