Poker vlogger Ryan Depaulo claims he was “scammed and robbed” out of a pot that ought to have been chopped throughout a match at Borgata in Atlantic Metropolis.
The previous ACR Poker professional’s current video exposes a second potential main vendor error throughout a match prior to now couple of weeks. Maurice Hawkins gained his 18th World Sequence of Poker Circuit (WSOP) ring earlier this month for $140,752. However the occasion is most remembered for an notorious hand during which the vendor did not understand the participant who busted in third place — Divyam Satyarthi — went out with the very best hand.
Depaulo, who now promotes CoinPoker and has 117,000 YouTube subscribers, might have been the newest sufferer of a vendor error.
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Depaulo, as he defined in a current video, entered a $600 buy-in no-limit maintain’em match at Borgata that featured a $1 million assured prize pool. He seen upon registering that his beginning flight already had 600 entrants. The vlogger hadn’t utilized for a media cross, so his potential to movie his play in the course of the match was restricted. However he recorded one controversial clip.
The self-proclaimed “degenerate gambler” mentioned his stack had fallen to 40,000 with the blinds at 1,500/2,500 (2,500 large blind ante). He was seated within the large blind with J♦6â™ . He referred to as a increase after which noticed a flop of Q♦7♥2♣. Each gamers checked the flop earlier than the twoâ™ paired the board on the flip. Two checks occurred once more, and the ten♣ appeared on the river.
This time, Depaulo, figuring his opponent’s hand wasn’t robust provided that he’d checked the flop and switch, over-bet the pot for 18,000. His opponent, nonetheless, hero referred to as with J♣9♥, good for a chop. Or, so he thought.
“And now you are about to see me get scammed and robbed of a chop pot,” Depaulo advised his viewers.
Depaulo then shared audio of a dialog he had with the vendor, who pushed all the pot within the course of his opponent. The vendor didn’t understand that the very best five-card poker hand was really 2x2xQxJx10x, which means the 9x kicker did not play.
“9 performs,” the vendor says.
“How does the 9 play?” Depaulo requested.
“It is no two pair on the board, it is just one pair,” the misinformed vendor responded.
Depaulo then turned his focus to the participant who referred to as him with a weak holding, jokingly asking if he is Robbi Jade Lew and “you name me down with jack-high.”
The vlogger then steered his opponent “needed to have misinterpret his hand.” His opponent, nonetheless, claimed he simply one way or the other knew jack-high was good. However the problem with this hand is that the pot, assuming Depaulo recalled the board accurately, ought to have been chopped.
Depaulo then requested the vendor to name the ground as a result of he “made a mistake.” However the vendor defined to him that “it is too late” because the desk had already moved on to a different hand. He then grew to become irritated with the vendor for refusing to confess he’d made a mistake or to name the ground supervisor over to research.
A pissed off Depaulo mentioned he would not let one thing like this occur once more and that he’d be sure that to talk up instantly. He’d double up his stack, however did not final for much longer earlier than busting with a min-cash.
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