In a battle of the blinds to the 10♥4♦3♦A♥ turn, Dylan Weisman check-called a bet of 83,000 by Artur Martirosian with fewer than half of the starting stack behind. Weisman checked the 8♥ on the river and Martirosian checked behind after taking one time bank.
Weisman revealed his K♦Q♠J♥2♦ for a missed straight draw and Martirosian won the pot holding the A♣10♦8♦2♠.
Level: 6
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
There were approximately 185,000 in the middle on a board that read 10♠J♦2♥7♣5♠ when this hand was picked up.
Naoya Kihara checked from the big blind before Ian Matakis went all in for 179,000 out of the cutoff position.
Kihara gave it some thought before he put in the call.
Matakis rolled over 9♥8♥6♠4♠ for a straight, which was enough to topple Kihara's hand of A♥Q♦J♠2♦ to score the double-up.
There was some commotion on the table when a multi-way limped pot to the 10♥9♦6♥ flop had the players figure out that the pot size was wrongly declared and Josh Arieh was then able to pull back his bet of 25,000 to make it 15,000 instead. Alex Foxen raised to 50,000 and Arieh was the only caller.
Arieh then bet the Q♣ turn for 125,000 into 130,000 and Foxen called, which led them to the 5♣ on the river. Arieh fired a bet of 350,000 and Foxen called for most of his stack.
"Ace-queen," Arieh said without revealing his cards just yet. Foxen tabled his Q♥10♣8♥7♠ for the flopped ten-high straight and Arieh mucked.
Four ways limped to the K♠6♥5♠ flop, Joni Jouhkimainen bet 10,000 out of the small blind. Lautaro Guerra folded, Veselin Karakitukov and Gergo Nagy called. On the Q♠ turn they all checked and Jouhkimainen's bet of 16,000 on the 3♠ river found no caller.
At the same time one table over, Artur Martirosian check-called a bet of 156,000 on the J♦6♠3♣8♣7♣ river. Chris Frank showed his A♣10♣8♥6♦ for the ace-high flush and scooped the pot.
Eelis Parssinen limped from the cutoff and Jason Koon called on the button. Ian Matakis raised from the small blind and both players called behind making the pot 79,000.
The dealer fanned the 7♥5♦3♦ flop and action checked to the Q♠ turn. Action checked to Parssinen who bet 45,000 and and only Koon called.
A 5♣ fell on the river and Parssinen bet 122,000. Koon called and Parssinen tabled two of his cards showing 4♥6♦XxXx for the straight. Koon then flipped over A♥K♣7♣5♠ for the boat, having got there on the river.
A poker player with no recorded live poker tournament results has entered the $100,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha event at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) nearly for free.
Phillipp Mellon, who doesn't even have a page on The Hendon Mob, showed up Tuesday with just five other players when the high-stakes tournament began at 1 p.m. PT. He sat down at the table to play against crushers such as Alex Foxen and Eelis Parssinen, both 2026 bracelet winners. Jason Koon, who is up for Poker Hall of Fame, was among those who registered shortly after the tournament started.
Robert Cowen limped from under the gun before Youness Barakat made it 21,000 on the button. Youness Barakat called out of the big blind, and Cowen called to stay in the hand.
The Q♠Q♣J♦ flop led to a round of checks.
Druckman fired 40,000 on the 7♥ turn, which was enough to clear out his two opponents to take a small pot.
Veselin Karakitukov raised to 21,000 on the button before Sean Rafael three-bet to 69,000 from the small blind. Karakitukov put in the call.
Both players knuckled the 4♣7♣8♣ flop to bring the K♠ turn. Rafael bet 30,000 before Karakitukov made the call.
Both players slowed down with a check on the 6♥ river.
Karakitukov showed J♥9♣8♥3♣ for a flopped flush to claim the pot.
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