It’s been a scorching 2024 for Jared Bleznick, and he’s exhibiting no indicators of slowing down after a vicious high-stakes victory towards ‘PencilArms’ at $300-$600 PLO over on CoinPoker.
The poker professional and sports activities playing cards fanatic was in high type as he received main pot after main pot, in the end ending up with a stack of over $725,000 in entrance of him.
Enjoying as ‘Theblez,’ it was a rocky begin for the New York-born professional, who jammed all in on the river on a 3
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board holding 109103 – simply center pair and a busted straight draw. PencilArms wasn’t a believer, wanting him up with OkayAJOkay for 2 pair and a juicy $140k+ pot.
Inside the hour, nevertheless, Bleznick had clawed it again after which some. He turned high set and led out as PencilArms raised all in with two pair and skinny hopes of hitting a gutshot straight draw. As an alternative, the river gave Theblez a ship, together with $158k.
A number of Six-Determine Pots
The 2 continued to commerce blows, every touchdown heavy photographs. Theblez acquired a river name from his opponent whereas holding the nut straight on a 53A4Okay board to lock up $137k, however then misplaced an enormous $125k pot when his two pair with pocket aces was second finest to a turned-and-rivered flush. Ouch.
That ache didn’t final lengthy, although, as he’d quickly scoop greater than 1 / 4 of one million in a single hand. Holding 68A7, he linked pretty properly with the 824 flop and check-called $32,600.
The flip was the 5, finishing the nut straight. He moved all in and PencilArms was drawing useless when he referred to as with simply pocket aces. Shortly after, Theblez picked up one other $44k pot after which actually began to show the screw.
Bleznick flopped a set and rivered a full home towards two pair so as to add one other $132k, then virtually instantly misplaced greater than half of that when his tens and nines misplaced out to aces and tens. Undeterred, he scooped just below $150k after flopping the nut flush then braving his manner by flip and river bets on the double-paired board.
PencilArms reraised the flop and went all in on the flip, then mucked in a $159k pot. Theblez had rivered his flush, holding 8977 on the 4648A runout, and it’s secure to imagine PencilArms would’ve been good on a bunch of different rivers.
The six-figure pots simply saved on coming, and virtually all of them have been now going Bleznick’s manner. He flopped set over set holding aces towards kings in a dream setup for $152k, then managed to crack aces himself by turning a straight.
It was a top-class efficiency from Theblez, however it’s a must to really feel for PencilArms with a few of the spots he discovered himself in.
Spectacular 12 months For Bleznick
This was simply the most recent in a protracted line of 2024 successes for Bleznick, who as soon as made headlines for hiring Phil Hellmuth as his major occasion coach. You may additionally keep in mind him inflicting a little bit of a stir in the principle occasion for unwrapping field after field of baseball playing cards on the characteristic desk, even when concerned in a hand.
It was this summer time that he secured his first WSOP bracelet and greater than $2 million after he received a $50,000 excessive curler.
In October, he practically defended his Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl PLO title with a fourth-place end for $450,000 and not too long ago, he took third within the $100,000 PLO excessive curler at WSOP Paradise for $1,170,360. He’s now second on the PLO all-time cash record behind solely Eelis Parssinen.
He additionally grew to become the Excessive Stakes Duel 5 champion on PokerGO after beating Poker Corridor of Famer Patrik Antonius in three back-to-back heads-up matches. That victory earned him $350,000, the championship belt, and another excuse to have fun a hell of a 12 months by the point New 12 months’s Eve rolls round.
*Picture by PokerGO – Antonio Abrego
