Jared Bleznick took out Poker Corridor of Famer Patrik Antonius for the second consecutive time on PokerGO’s Excessive Stakes Duel 5, Tuesday’s match being price $200,000.
The sports activities playing cards hobbyist as soon as once more completed off his opponent in no-limit maintain’em, the portion of the blended sport he supposedly is at an obstacle.
Excessive Stakes Duel 5, for the primary time, encompasses a no-limit maintain’em/pot-limit Omaha blended money sport with rising blind ranges beginning at $200/$400 in Spherical 2. Gamers started with $100,000 in chips, and the consensus was that Bleznick has the sting in PLO, whereas his opponent ought to have a slight benefit in NLH. However it hasn’t performed out that manner by two matches.
Extra of the Identical
Antonius, regardless of shedding two matches to Bleznick, is having a banner month after successful the $200,000 Triton Invitational in Monte Carlo for $5.1 million. Going even additional again, he is having a heck of a 12 months because the Finnish poker legend was inducted into the Poker Corridor of Fame this previous summer time.
However the luck hasn’t gone his manner not too long ago on the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. Spherical 2 did not begin off effectively for Antonius as just a few palms into the match he picked up A♥5♥ and raised to $1,000 solely to face a three-bet to $5,400 from his opponent who was holding Aâ™ A♣.
Antonius made the decision and did not hit something helpful on the 9â™ 2♥2♦ flop. Bleznick made a $4,000 continuation wager and obtained a name. The three♥ on the flip, nevertheless, was the juiciest card within the deck. Bleznick opted to examine after which known as a wager of $8,000. No straight flush would hit on the 6♣ river and each gamers checked. It wasn’t an enormous pot, but it surely was the primary pot of any significance that went to both participant and it put Antonius in a little bit of an early gap.
Attracts weren’t coming by for Antonius in Spherical 2. He’d decide up a straight draw on a 6♣9â™ 4♦8♥ board with A♦7♦ and wager $7,000. Bleznick, sitting on Okâ™ 8♣ for center pair, known as, and the straight draw once more did not hit on the 6♣ river. Each gamers checked and the $34,000 pot went to the “Blez.”
Antonius Finds a Hand
The primary half of the match went to Bleznick, however the Las Vegas sports activities card store proprietor would squander his lead because of a mistimed bluff try. He three-bet Q♦8♦ preflop after which fired continuation bets on an ace-high flop and switch earlier than surrendering on the river. Antonius flopped a pair of aces and wasn’t going anyplace, and the $46,000 pot put him again out in entrance, however solely barely.
Antonius would then have a misstep of his personal in pot-limit Omaha. The board confirmed Q♦3♠10♥Q♣ and the Corridor of Famer was drawing useless with A♣Ok♣7♠5♥ as a result of he was up in opposition to Q♠J♠10♠5♣ for the nut full home.
Antonius wager $1,000 after which confronted a increase to $3,000. He’d go for a three-bet to $8,000 with no probability to win the hand. Bleznick known as after which Antonius gave up on the river. Bleznick, moments later, would scoop a $5,800 PLO pot with ace-high, forcing his opponent off a small pair.
The match started to shift closely in Bleznick’s favor shortly after when Antonius picked up a flush draw on the flip in PLO and wager $10,000 solely having to fold to a pot-sized increase in opposition to two pair and a flush draw. Issues bought even worse for Antonius when Bleznick rivered a full home to crack his turned straight and bought most worth with a $16,200 pot-sized wager.
Antonius would dip to under $30,000, however he wasn’t about to wave the white flag. Bleznick known as $400 preflop with 8♥7♥5♣4♦ earlier than the large blind, who appeared down at A♥A♣6â™ 3â™ , raised it to $2,400, to which the button known as.
The flop got here out 3♥6♦10♦, general good for Antonius though backside two pair in PLO is not as sturdy as in NLH. He’d wager $4,000 and obtain a name earlier than the 9♥ hit on the flip, which gave his opponent a flush draw to associate with his straight.
Antonius wager $12,800, the scale of the pot, after which known as off an all in increase to $19,500, in determined want of sucking out. Bleznick hit his flush on the 6♥ river, but it surely gave the previous Full Tilt Poker professional a successful full home. The pot was price $51,800 and put Antonius again within the ballgame, though he nonetheless trailed almost 3-1 in chips.
There could be no comeback, nevertheless. Antonius, again all the way down to round $30,000, had A♠J♦ within the huge blind in NLH. Bleznick slowplayed by simply calling for $500 on the button with A♦Q♣, hoping to set the lure, and it labored because the poker legend obliged with an enormous increase to $4,000. Bleznick then moved all in and obtained a snap-call.
Spherical 2 was on the road for Antonius, and he was behind. No assist would come for the Finnish poker star on the flop, flip, or river, and the match got here to an finish. Antonius instantly tossed the crimson flag on the desk, indicating he would problem Bleznick to a different rematch.
The shedding participant should pay $200,000 to enter Spherical 3, growing the prize pool to $400,000.
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Bleznick Beats Antonius for $100k in Spherical 1 of Excessive Stakes Duel 5
