WATCH: Billionaires Battle For $800,000 Pot On High Stakes Poker

Viewers of Excessive Stakes Poker this season have develop into accustomed to businessman Sameh Elamawy getting concerned in some huge pots, and that when once more continued on PokerGO this week towards one other fellow billionaire businessman.

The hand noticed Elamawy face off towards Stanley Tang in one other six-figure showdown. With blinds of $200-$400 with a $400 massive blind ante and a straddle to $4,000, Tang made it $25,000 with 10 10 and $355,000 in entrance of him. Elamawy appeared down at 8 8 and referred to as with $821,000 on the desk.

Everybody else folded and the flop fell 10 9 7. Tang landed high set and Elamawy picked up an open-ended straight draw. Tang was a 75% favourite to win the hand, however Tang nonetheless had a 25% shot together with his eight outs to take the chips.

Tang led out with a guess of $35,000 and Elamawy raised to $175,000. That introduced a right away all in from Tang, and a good faster name from Elamawy. The motion occurred so quick that it took the opposite gamers a second to comprehend what had occurred, however when the mud settled, Elamawy want a six, jack, or working eights to win the hand.

The flip introduced an insignificant 2 with the three approaching the river, giving Tang the winner.

The 2 had agreed to run it twice, nevertheless, and the second runout introduced the J on the flip, giving Elamawy a straight.

“It’s not over but,” he stated.

He was proper to not rely his chickens, as a result of the 9 hit the river, giving Tang a full home.

Watch the entire hand from PokerGO under.

This was simply the most recent Excessive Stakes Poker battle amongst well-heeled businessmen. Tang is a billionaire tech entrepreneur initially from Hong Kong, and is the co-founder and chief product officer of the DoorDash meals supply service.

Tang was additionally not too long ago concerned in one other large pot with Elamawy by which he hit fortunate playing cards on the river twic for a pot of $297,500.

Elamawy is an Egyptian enterprise proprietor and CEO of the Scratch Providers mortgage servicing firm. He has now been concerned in a number of large fingers on the present, together with cracking Andrew Robl’s kings twice for $1 million.

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