Andrew Moreno made a name for the ages throughout heads-up play Sunday in a $100,000 assured Tremendous September match at The Lodge Card Membership close to Austin, Texas.
The no-limit maintain’em two-day occasion paid its winner $30,544, a prize the champion would not have obtained if not for making among the finest calls you may ever see.
Poker Star Makes a Sensible Name
Moreno, one of many prime match gamers within the recreation, has made quite a few good performs the previous few years. He is recorded almost $3.7 million in dwell match cashes since 2021, in line with The Hendon Mob, together with a $1.4 million rating for profitable a $10,000 buy-in occasion at Wynn Las Vegas three years in the past.
So, when he makes a tricky name, it is just about par for the course. However the hand you are about to witness is a few next-level stuff. And, maybe, one of the best name captured on a livestream in years.
Moreno, heads-up in opposition to Collin Rountree on the time with almost similar stacks, raised the 40,000 massive blind to 100,000 from the button with Q♥J♦, leaving round 2,100,000 behind. The large blind, who had him coated by a small quantity, defended with J♠3♦.
The flop got here out 10♥4♠6♠, nothing however some backdoor attracts for both participant. Moreno, following an under-the-gun test, continued for 180,000 with queen-high solely to be check-raised to 530,000 by a participant holding jack-high.
That did not detour the match crusher, who made the decision to see the 4♣ pair the board, no assist to both participant. Each gamers checked to the Okay♣ on the river, leaving the every participant with simply high-card palms.
Rountree introduced out his aggressive facet and put his opponent all in for 1,600,000 with jack-high. Moreno went into the tank with queen-high, and one way or the other got here to the conclusion that not solely was Rountree bluffing, he was bluffing with a hand that could not beat his weak hand. Moreno made the gutsy name to take down the pot. He’d go on to win the match moments later, whereas Rountree took second place for $19,829.
Kristy Arnett Moreno, Moreno’s spouse and former PokerNews hostess, was even bluffed by her husband.
The Lodge Card Membership in Austin, Texas, co-owned by Andrew Neeme, Doug Polk, and Brad Owen, has made the information fairly a number of occasions lately. The biggest poker site in Texas (for now, as The Lodge’s second location in San Antonio will quickly stake that declare), has one of many juiciest poker site promotions ever developing this month.
Neeme and Owen will host a Meet-Up Sport (MUG) on the Texas card room at 2 p.m. on Sept. 18. Members can obtain a $10 annual membership price from Sept. 18-22, and the poker membership will host a $100,000 freeroll for its gamers on Sept. 19, amongst different advantages for becoming a member of the membership.
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