Excessive Stakes Poker Season 14’s opener featured a barrage of coolers and a gross river card that value Jared Bleznick a $450,000 pot.
The sports activities card hobbyist and poker star was amongst seven gamers within the $200/$400 no-limit maintain’em money sport, which aired Monday night time on PokerGO. Issues began off splendidly for Bleznick, who earned an early double with pocket aces, however it ended with a brutal dangerous beat.
Seth Gottlieb, Brandon Steven, Andrew Robl, Justin Gavri, Marc Kulick, and Markus Gonsalves have been additionally within the sport, and each participant on the desk made their presence felt ultimately throughout Episode 1. Stack sizes at first of play have been as follows:
The Blez Will get Aces
The brand new season started with Steven, a high-stakes common and automobile dealership proprietor from Kansas, three-betting preflop with ace-king after which persevering with on the flop and switch with out hitting a pair. Robl, who flopped a double-gutter folded seven-high on the flip and let his opponent take down the primary pot of the sport.
Bleznick, a 2024 World Collection of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, would then elevate a straddled pot to $4,000 from the button with A♥A♦. Robl, from the straddle, picked the flawed time to jam all in with Aâ™ Q♣ for $139,000 as a result of the unique raiser had the absolute best preflop hand in no-limit maintain’em. It took “Blez” no time to name it off with the pocket rockets.
“Good hand, Jared,” Robl mentioned as he turned over his inferior playing cards.
Robl would get a little bit of assistance on the Q♦5♥10♥ flop. However the J♣ on the flip and eight♣ on the river have been of no assist, which meant Bleznick scooped the whole $279,200 pot early within the session.
Andrew Robl Will get a Beneficiant River Card to Win Large Pot on ‘Excessive Stakes Poker’
Kulick Will get Robl
Robl’s timing was off a number of occasions throughout Episode 1. The mistimed shove in opposition to Bleznick wasn’t the one time he discovered himself in a troublesome scenario. He’d face a cooler shortly after in opposition to Kulick.
The hand started with Kulick elevating from an early place to $2,000 with Q♣J♥. Robl got here alongside for the trip within the straddle with the 8♥7♥ suited connector. Each gamers discovered some curiosity within the 8♣10♣2♠flop.
Robl checked after which referred to as a wager of $3,500 with the very best hand. However the 9♦ on the flip gave his opponent the nuts. Kulick, following one other examine, wager $6,500 and once more obtained a name. The 8♠on the river was a little bit of a cooler for Robl, who checked one final time after which confronted a $16,500 wager. He could not get away from journeys however came upon he was up in opposition to a straight after Kulick turned over his successful playing cards.
Bleznick would then win one other moderate-sized pot with pocket queens after flopping a set. He would examine the flop and switch to set the entice, which Kulick would oblige on the flip with a $22,000 wager chasing a two-way straight draw. The straight did not come by means of on the river and Bleznick could not trick his opponent with a examine into making one final wager, nonetheless.
Robl would get his chips again from Kulick, an actual property investor, in a $248,000 pot with journey queens in opposition to two pair, and it was the largest pot of the day the excessive curler legend would win.
Two Coolers to Shut it Out
Gottlieb discovered a sneaky solution to play A♥A♣ in one of many largest pots of the night time. He raised to $2,200 and obtained a name from Kulick and his 7♠6♠. Steven, holding A♠Okay♠, then went for a three-bet to $10,700 and Gottlieb simply referred to as with the pocket aces, as did Kulick.
The flop got here out Okay♣5♥7♦, one thing for everybody. Steven, who had no cause to imagine his high pair and high kicker wasn’t good, wager out $14,000. However he’d face a elevate to $32,000 from the under-repped Gottlieb. That pressured Kulick out of the way in which, however Steven got here again excessive to $77,000 solely to listen to his opponent declare “all in.”
Steven needed to name off one other $61,400 given the pot odds. He’d get no assist from the flip or river in both of the 2 runouts and misplaced a $349,900 pot, the second largest of the episode.
The most important pot of the season opener was the ultimate hand, and it began with Kulick elevating from late place to $2,200 with A♦Q♠. Bleznick, on the button, three-bet to $6,000 with Okay♣Q♣, and the unique raiser made the decision.
Kulick introduced a $2,500 wager at nighttime earlier than any neighborhood playing cards have been revealed. The flop would then come out and it confirmed 10♦9♣J♥, giving Bleznick the nuts. He’d elevate to $10,000 and get snap-called from an open-ended straight draw.
The 7♦ on the flip made four-to-a-straight on the board however did not change both participant’s hand. Kulick, nonetheless chasing a straight, checked after which referred to as a $25,000 wager. He’d hit his straight when the Okayâ™ appeared on the river, and his straight was superior to that of Bleznick’s.
Kulick determined to slowplay the nuts with a examine, hoping to set the entice. Bleznick would come by means of for him, betting $50,000 with the weaker straight. That gave Kulick a possibility to maneuver all in for $183,000 complete.
Bleznick did not snap-call and appeared to sense his hand was beat, however he could not discover a fold and referred to as it off. Kulick ended Episode 1 by taking down a $450,400 pot on a nasty beat.
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