There were around 38,000 in the pot with the board fully dealt 8♦3♠9♦6♥2♣. Chau Lam was all in in the big blind position for 48,200. Paulina Loeliger, in the cutoff, already had 15,000 committed and was left with a decision for the rest.
She used a time bank card before ultimately deciding against the call, sending her cards into the muck and conceding the pot to Lam.
Ole Schemion had just arrived at the table and opened from under the gun to 1,600. Action folded to Jon Vallinas in the big blind, who called.
The flop came 7♣8♠10♣ and both players checked.
The 3♠ landed on the turn, and Vallinas fired a bet of 15,000, locking eyes with Schemion. The two shared a smile as they stared each other down. In the end, Schemion let his hand go, conceding the small pot to Vallinas after the playful over-bet.
One orbit later, in the same positions, Chau Lam and Paulina Loeliger found themselves in another clash.
The pot was around 12,000, and the board was fully laid out 10♦6♥5♠6♦4♠.
Lam, in the big blind, bet 7,500. Loeliger faced another tough decision, but this time made the call. Lam tabled J♣9♦ for a pair of sixes with a jack kicker, but Loeliger held 10♥8♦ for two pair, tens and sixes, scooping the pot and leveling the score.
The board was fully laid out 2♦J♦9♠5♥6♣ with about 98,000 in the pot. Jiaming Zhao, first to act in middle position, checked to Ihor Popyk on the button, who moved all in for 117,300.
Zhao took his time, clearly wrestling with a tough decision. At one point he shuffled his cards and glanced at one, and it seemed that card convinced him to make the call. The card he checked was the J♣, pairing with his K♣ for a pair of jacks, but Popyk showed A♠A♣ for a pair of aces, taking the decent pot.
Level: 4
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
In a three-way pot of about 65,000, the board had run out 4♠6♥K♣8♦10♣. Aylar Lie, first to act in the small blind, checked. Diogo Duarte went all in, covering both opponents, and Chenxiang Miao called.
Lie went into the tank, burning through a few time bank cards before folding, leaving the hand to a showdown.
Miao held K♥9♦ for a pair of kings, but Duarte tabled 7♥5♦ for a straight, scooping the pot and sending Miao to the rail.
The pot was around 11,500 with the board showing 5♣9♠Q♥7♠9♣.
Nacho Barbero, first to act in the big blind, bet 20,000, leaving himself just 500 behind.
Roman Hrabec, in the hijack, pushed his stack of time bank cards forward, signaling that this decision would take a while. After using almos all of them, he made the call, only to see Barbero table Q♠9♦ for a full house. Hrabec’s hand quickly went into the muck.
In the 954th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is at the 2026 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) in Prague, where he is joined by special guest cohost Josh Arieh, the 2021 WSOP Player of the Year.
Together, they discuss the enraged player who was disqualified deep in the €5,300 PLO European Championship, players who were upset onthe bubble of that tournament when a chip leader gave the short-stacked big blind a walk, and recent bracelet winners such as Ole Schemion, Mike Leah, and Pedro Faustino.
Arieh then talks about his deep run in the WSOP Europe Main Event, which ended in no small part due to his pocket aces getting cracked on the river. He also shares his thoughts on Prague, having the support of his wife, the Poker Hall of Fame, and playing golf with Daniel Negreanu.
Finally, Chad tells you a bit about PokerNews' MyPlayers feature and catches up with 2023 WSOP Player of the Year Ian Matakis, who made the trip from Minnesota over to Prague. Will he be going for POY again?
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The main pot was 1,500 with Leonard Maue all in from the cutoff, while a side pot of around 9,900 had four players battling for it.
The flop came 7♥8♥8♦, and the blinds checked to Atanas Malinov in the hijack, who bet 2,200. Andre Marques on the button and Hugo Machado in the small blind both called. Juho Suutari in the big blind then raised to 8,500. Malinov folded, but Marques and Machado stuck around.
The J♣ landed on the turn. The blinds checked again, Marques bet 24,000, Machado called, and Suutari mucked. Maue had already left the table, giving up his hand.
On the Q♠ river, Machado checked once more, and after some thought, Marques checked back, setting up a showdown. Maue had A♦9♠ for ace high, Marques held 5♥4♥ for a missed flush, but Machado revealed 8♣8♠ for flopped quads, scooping the multiway pot.
The flop came 10♦Q♣4♦ with about 14,500 in the pot.
Quan Zhou, under the gun, checked, and Mustapha Kanit bet 11,000, only to face a check-raise to 40,000 from Zhou. Kanit called.
The 6♥ landed on the turn, and Zhou moved all in for 74,200. Kanit called quickly, sending the hand to showdown.
Quan Zhou: K♦Q♦
Mustapha Kanit: A♠Q♦
Zhou needed help on the river, and it came in the form of the 9♦, completing a flush and giving him a full double-up.
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