The 14th season of PokerGO’s Excessive Stakes Poker has been completely electrical, with no scarcity of giant six and seven-figure pots.
Given the quantity of motion, it’s no marvel Rick Salomon would finally get entangled in an enormous spot, all due to that gamble in him. In a latest episode, Salomon’s enormous bluff acquired picked off in a pot value greater than half one million {dollars}.
Enjoying six-handed with blinds of $500-$1,000 with a $1,000 huge blind ante and a $2,000 straddle, Peter Wang limped in with T
8 ️ from the hijack. Salomon, with a stack value almost $500,000, raised to $11,000 with 6
3 ️from the small blind.
Justin Gavri, who’s been getting beat up on Excessive Stakes Poker this season, awoke with Q
Q
within the straddle and three-bet to $33,000. Wang acquired out of the best way and Salomon shortly known as, regardless of being an enormous 4:1 underdog in response to the Card Participant Poker Odds Calculator.
With $74,000 already within the center, the 427 flop gave Salomon a gutshot straight draw and a backdoor flush draw, enhancing his odds barely to 22%.
Salomon checked and Gavri wager $39,000. Salomon instantly check-raised all in for Gavri’s $247,000. Gavri known as and was within the driver’s seat for a juicy $567,000 pot.
They opted to run it twice. The primary board ran out 8T to lock up half the pot for Gavri heading into the second runout.
The second runout began with a scary 9 to provide Salomon a flush draw to associate with his gutter, pushing his odds to win the board as much as 29%.
The river, nevertheless, introduced the 7 and Gavri loved a fast double-up to start out off the session, regardless of being one of many largest losers within the historical past of televised money video games.
You’ll be able to watch the whole hand beneath:
As for Salomon, this was only the start of a nightmare session, as Nik Airball would later swallow him up with high set in opposition to high pair in a $441,000 pot.
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