Julien Sitbon opened from under the gun, Marle Spragg in middle position moved all in for 19,500, and Sitbon called.
Marle Spragg: 5♥5♣
Julien Sitbon: A♥9♦
Spragg flopped a set on 6♥7♠5♠K♣10♣ to secure a small but necessary double.
Julien Sitbon opened from under the gun, Marle Spragg in middle position moved all in for 19,500, and Sitbon called.
Marle Spragg: 5♥5♣
Julien Sitbon: A♥9♦
Spragg flopped a set on 6♥7♠5♠K♣10♣ to secure a small but necessary double.
Myles Mullaly raised to 6,000 under the gun and [Removed:551] called from the cutoff. Conor Beresford squeezed back his cards in the small blind, then jammed for 20,500. Mullaly folded, but [Removed:552] called to put Beresford at risk.
Conor Beresford: A♥K♠
[Removed:551]: A♦10♦
Beresford's big slick had [Removed:552] dominated heading to the J♣2♦2♠ flop that improved neither player. The K♥ turn gave Beresford top pair, while [Removed:552] needed a queen to win the pot. A 5♣ fell on the river, and Beresford scored the much-needed double-up.
The action was picked up on a board of 6♣10♦Q♠7♥K♥ with approximately 30,000 in the pot. Thomas Eychenne in middle position bet 45,000, but Sam Lam on the button raised to 108,000.
Eychenne went deep into the tank and after two minutes, the clock was called. Eychenne grabbed some chips to see Lam's reaction, but eventually folded at the very end of the countdown.
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In the 34th episode, Connor talks with WSOP free-to-play app ambassador Sam Abernathy about growing up in Georgia, studying design, the similarities between gymnastics and poker, finishing third in the 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event, and a notorious slow roll she suffered in that event.
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Takashi Yagura opened the button to 6,500 and Thales De Figuereido called from the small blind. Ren Lin was in the big blind and shoved 65,500, and Yagura didn't need to think for too long before he moved all in. Figuereido quickly folded.
Ren Lin: A♥3♠
Takashi Yagura: 10♥10♦
Lin rolled the dice with his ace, but ran into the pocket tens of Yagura. There was still a runout to come, but Lin didn't find much to work with on the K♠5♦5♠ flop. A J♥ on the turn put Lin one step closer to the door, and the 10♣ river sent him there as Yagura improved to an unneeded set.
After Lin had left, the pot was pushed to Yagura, who noticed a "No Gamble, No Future" patch mixed in with his newfound chips.
"Is this mine? Did I win a bounty?" he joked.
Luc van der Beek opened to 6,000 from under the gun, and Andre Plaza Marcano three-bet to 20,000 on the button.
Van der Beek four-bet to 52,000, and Marcano folded, leading the Dutchman to show the goods with A♦A♣.
From under the gun, Jason Wheeler raised to 7,000 with Nima Jenabi calling out of the small blind, and Ronnie Lemmens defended his big blind.
All three players checked the 2♥5♥8♥ flop to see the A♠ land on the turn. Jenabi led out for 15,000, which only Wheeler called.
The 7♣ hit the river and Jenabi checked the action over to Wheeler, who gathered together a bet of 40,000. Jenabi pondered for a while before making the call.
Wheeler tabled the nuts with A♥7♥ and the pot was sent to him.
Paolo Boi opened on the button and Javier Zarco three-bet to 22,000 in the big blind. Boi responded by four-bet jamming a stack of around 73,500 and Zarco folded.
Mario Fata on the button had his 46,000-chip stack pushed forward and his cards flipped over against Anton Suarez in middle position.
Mario Fata: A♠Q♥
Anton Suarez: A♥Q♠
Both players had the same hand so they split the pot on J♥K♣2♥2♦6♠.