Seth Davies used a key blocker to tug off a large bluff in an important pot, a hand that helped propel the high-stakes star to a Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl Cyprus win and $3,206,000.
The $300,000 buy-in PokerGO Tour occasion attracted 24 entrants, making a prize pool of $7,056,000. A few of the high gamers on the earth comparable to Davies, Phil Ivey, and Jeremy Ausmus confirmed as much as compete on the Benefit Royal Diamond Resort & Spa in Cyprus.
Ivey, who gained his eleventh World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) bracelet this summer season, failed to achieve the cash. He did, nonetheless, end runner-up in a $25,700 buy-in Thriller Bounty occasion throughout the Tremendous Excessive Curler Sequence, which wraps on Sunday.
Davies Dominates and Pulls Off a Sick Bluff
Juan Pardo held a large chip lead when the four-player remaining desk started. The Spaniard would maintain onto that lead for a bit whereas Leonard Maue, a German poker participant, busted in fourth place ($750,000), the primary to go on the remaining desk.
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That left three of the most effective within the recreation to battle it out, every assured no less than $1.2 million. However the trio of poker stars had been extra within the $3.2 million first place prize, and to hitch the record of poker legends to have gained the Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl, an inventory that features Brian Rast, Daniel Negreanu, Isaac Haxton, amongst others.
The hand of the event came about throughout three-handed play when Davies tried a skillful bluff towards Pardo. Motion started with Pardo elevating the 40,000-chip huge blind to 90,000 from the button with Ok♥7♥. Davies, the slight chip chief, referred to as from the large blind with 8♠6♣ to see a flop of 4♣4♦3♣, which did not actually hit both participant.
Motion checked to the button who wagered 60,000, and the large blind referred to as with eight-high and a few backdoor attracts. The 5â™ on the flip caused some straight attracts. Davies, this time, guess out 90,000, just for his opponent to lift it as much as 315,000. Each gamers started the hand with over 2 million chips, however below 3 million.
Davies sensed some weak point and had a blocker to the straight with the 6♣ in his hand. That, maybe, satisfied him to make a daring transfer and three-bet it to 650,000. Pardo, with 1.6 million behind, might not proceed within the hand and allowed eight-high to take down the pot.
That world-class bluff moved Davies into an enormous chip chief and dropped Pardo to 3rd in chips out of three remaining gamers. Ausmus then fell again and sought a chance to double when he referred to as a 15 huge blind jam with Kx9x, however would lose a 60/40 to Pardo’s Ax6x.
Ausmus, a six-time WSOP bracelet winner, had yet one more remaining desk money in a excessive curler occasion. He tied Phil Hellmuth’s WSOP single-series file this summer season with seven remaining desk appearances. However he completed second within the Participant of the Yr race to Scott Seiver, who gained three bracelets in 2024.
Pardo’s win towards Ausmus introduced the Spaniard to inside placing distance of Davies, trailing solely 4.2 million to 2.9 million when heads-up play began. However an unlucky river card made for fast work of the match.
The board confirmed 5♣Okâ™ 9♣6♦2♣ and 1,260,000 already within the pot. Davies had 8♦7♣ for the nut straight, and he was up towards 4♦3♥ for a weaker straight. Pardo, who over-bet bluffed the flip from the large blind, led the river with a guess of 900,000. He then confronted an all in jam for two million chips whole and couldn’t discover a fold.
Pardo took second place for $1.9 million, whereas Davies gained simply over $3.2 million and now has over $29 million in lifetime reside event cashes, in response to The Hendon Mob.
The Tremendous Excessive Curler Sequence Cyprus concludes on Sunday when Occasion #10: $25,750 Pot-Restrict Omaha Thriller Bounty wraps. Richard Gryko and Jan-Peter Jachtmann had been heads-up within the 19-player event on the time of publishing.
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