The Massive Sport on Tour was again on Saturday with one other episode of $100/$200 no-limit maintain’em. This episode completed up the motion for the primary lineup and teased us with what’s subsequent for the collection.
On the finish of final week’s episode and the start of this week’s, Jennifer Tilly was the runaway victor. She was up just a little over $300k. Phil Hellmuth had been enjoying his traditional tight, tactical sport, which had labored up to now, placing him $75,800 within the black. Arden Cho and the “Free Cannon” Nikki Limo had been additionally up by smaller quantities — $42,100 and $9,400 respectively.
The 2 largest benefactors of those winners are Lex Veldhuis and Alan Keating. Veldhuis was down $109,600 going into Episode 5, whereas Keating was down an enormous $315,800 from a blended of quick play and sluggish playing cards.
Limo, because the free cannon in The Massive Sport on Tour, was staked for $50,000 on this sport and was set to maintain no matter revenue she remodeled the course of the collection’s 150-hand length. This was the final episode with the present lineup and free cannon, with an all-new desk forming up for episode six.
With simply 22 palms left, this was Limo’s final likelihood to make financial institution earlier than the credit rolled. She wanted to make some strikes.
The Starting of the Finish
The sport, which is hosted by PokerStars, continued with blinds of $100/$200 and a $200 large blind ante, pot-limit betting pre-flop, and no-limit betting post-flop.
Between the episodes, an exhausted Alan Keating pulled out of proceedings, leaving $314,500 on the desk, most of it in Jennifer Tilly’s stack. Keating was changed by Griffin Benger who joined the desk with $50,000 and a giant smile for only a handful of palms.
Benger took no time to settle in, popping out swinging on the primary hand. He raised to $700 from the button with J♥J♣. Veldhuis referred to as him with Ok♦3♥ within the large blind. On a flop of A♣5♠A♥, Benger wager $500 and Veldhuis folded, giving the primary pot of the episode to Benger.
The Free Cannon Dodges A Bullet
Veldhuis instantly adopted up his small loss by elevating Limo’s straddle with queens in his gap. After getting calls from Tilly, Benger, and Limo, the flop got here Ok♣9♥6♣ giving each participant just a little little bit of one thing on the flop. Limo checked a king-high flush draw (Ok♣3♣) and Veldhuis wager $2,500 along with his overpair.
Benger folded a small pair (A♥6♥), and Tilly — with the ace-high flush draw (A♣7♣) — raised to $7,000. Limo referred to as and so did Veldhuis, making the pot $26,900 going into the flip.
The flip was a giant cash card, the ten♣ filling up Tilly and Limo’s flushes. All three gamers checked and the Ok♥ on the river modified little or no. Limo wager $25,000 and Veldhuis acquired out of the way in which, with Tilly reraising all in.
“You must fold. I will present you my hand,” Tilly mentioned.
“Okay. I’ve the second nuts,” Limo replied, believing Tilly and throwing away the king-high flush.
Tilly And Limo Run It Twice
Tilly and Limo had been at it once more simply moments later. Tilly raised to $700 from UTG+1 with 6♥5♥ and Limo referred to as with Q♦8♣.
Tilly wager $1,500 on the flop of 6♦Q♥7♥ and acquired a name. The flip was the 4c, giving Tilly one other draw, this time to the straight. Tilly wager $5,000 and Limo put the remainder of her small stack in to make it $7,500. Tilly referred to as.
Limo opted to run it twice. Along with her freeroll solely paying out if her stack was over $50,000, this might need been the flawed transfer. Because it was, the primary river was the 7♣, giving Limo one of the best hand however the second river was the 6♠. Sadly, the gamers break up the pot, every taking again $19,900.
The Largest Hand So Far
Jennifer Tilly was enjoying effectively and operating effectively, when she picked up 6♦6♣ within the large blind. Arden Cho raised her to $600 from beneath the gun, and Benger reraised to $2,200. Tilly and Cho each referred to as and all three of them went to the flop of 6♥5♠Ok♠.
Benger, who was holding the Ok♣Q♥, wager $2,500 and Tilly referred to as. Cho didn’t. She reraised to $6,900 pushing Benger out and getting a 4-bet to $30,000 from Tilly.
The pot began at $69,400 on the flip of 9♣. Tilly checked and after a small pause, Cho checked behind. The river was the 5♣, giving Tilly a full home.
Tilly coated Cho’s huge $164,900 remaining stack, however opted for a half-pot wager of $35,000. Cho paused shortly earlier than elevating Tilly all-in. Tilly solely hesitated for a second, operating shortly by Cho’s doable palms. Then she pushed her stack in.
To the desk’s shock, Cho turned over pocket fives for quads, successful herself the largest pot of the collection at $399,200. The monster pot moved Cho to the highest of the leaderboard, however surprisingly solely bumped Tilly right down to second.
Countdown To The Finish
Limo managed one other break up with one other hand the place she ran it twice. With only a handful of palms left, she wanted a number of double-ups to show a revenue and make some money.
Limo managed one double-up towards Tilly, getting her stack to just a little over $25k; Phil Hellmuth pulled off a uncommon bluff; after which Limo acquired her stack in towards Tilly as soon as once more. Sadly, Limo was on the flawed aspect of the wager with Ok♥10♦ towards Tilly’s A♣Okâ™ .
Limo opted to run it as soon as and card by card, the supplier dealt the board out. When the final card rolled off on the river, Tilly’s ace-high hand had held and it was time for Limo to face up and bid the opposite gamers adieu.
There was nonetheless one hand left to play. Nevertheless, with the free cannon gone and a pot of simply $3,800 (received by Phil Hellmuth), it was a quiet finish to a really loud sport of high-stakes poker.
The Massive Sport On Tour returns on Fox Sports activities 1 subsequent Saturday with a brand new lineup of gamers and Lily Newhouse because the free cannon.
This week’s lineup completed their sport with the standings as follows:
