Season 13 of the Excessive Stakes Poker continued on Monday evening with the season’s fifth episode on PokerGO. It was a continuation of final week’s sport by which Jennifer Tilly and Andrew Robl squared off in what turned out to be the biggest pot of the present season.
Episode 5 continued with the $400/$800 no-limit maintain’em money sport at PokerGO Studio. Here is how issues stacked up at the beginning of the episode.
Gavri Doubles in First Hand with Quads
Within the first hand of the episode, there was an $800 straddle when Justin Gavri raised to $3,500 from the button with the 5♠5♥. Brandon Steven referred to as from the large blind with the two♥2♣, Sameh Elamawy did the identical from the. Straddle with the J♥4♠, and it was three-way motion to a flop of Okay♠2♠3♠.
Two checks noticed Gavri continued for $3,000, Steven simply referred to as with backside set, and Elamawy folded. The 5♦ flip noticed Steven test, Gavri wager $11,000, and Steven check-raised to $29,000. Gavri referred to as and made quads when the 5♣ appeared on the river.
Steven moved all in and Gavri snap-called off his final $39,000 to win the pot and double to $153,600.
Steven Units Up Pacheco
Steven raised to $5,000 holding the three♥3♣ and Andrew Pacheco defended the large blind with the ten♠6♠. Pacheco check-called a wager of $7,000 on the J♣3♦6♥ after which checked for a second time on the 4♥ flip.
Steven wager $20,000 with backside set and Pacheco thought for a bit along with his center pair earlier than calling. The Q♠ river noticed Pacheco test for a 3rd time and he hit the tank after Steven wager $47,000. Finally, Pacheco referred to as off about half his remaining stack and watched the $159,900 pot pushed to Steven.
Tilly Stacks Pacheco
Steven raised to $3,000 with the A♣6♣ and Tilly referred to as with the 5♠4♠. Pacheco got here alongside from the large blind with the Okay♠10♦ and it was three-way motion to a flop of 5♣9♥Okay♥. Two checks noticed Tilly wager $5,000 with backside pair, Pacheco referred to as, and Steven received out of the best way.
The 4♣ flip gave Tilly the lead and he or she wager $8,000 after Pacheco checked. The latter then check-raised to $23,000 and referred to as off his remaining $21,000 after Tilly moved all in. The duo agreed to run it twice on the $107,700 pot however Pacheco got here up empty when the two♦ appeared on the primary run adopted by the three♣ on the second.
Elamawy vs. Robl for Practically Seven Figures
Robl raised to $2,000 on the button with the Okay♠Okay♣ and Steven referred to as from the small blind with the J♥10♣. Elamawy then three-bet to $10,4000 from the large with the A♣Okay♥, Robl four-bet to $35,000, and Steven folded. Elamawy then five-bet to $150,000 earlier than Robl six-bet shoved all in with the masking stack. Elamawy referred to as off for $489,000 whole and similar to that there was a $981,300 pot on the road.
The 2 agreed to run it twice and the primary flop got here Q♦9♦A♥ to pair Elamawy. Neither the 7♠ flip nor 8♦ river modified a factor and Elamawy locked up half the pot. On the second, one other ace appeared within the window when the flop fell 6♥7♥A♦. The three♠ flip left Robl needing the case king on the river (the opposite had been folded preflop), nevertheless it was not meant to be because the 4♣ peeled off.
Elamawy cracked kings twice to win one of many largest pots in Excessive Stakes Poker historical past. After the hand, Robl was left with simply $62,700 whereas Elamawy chipped as much as practically a million-dollar stack.
Bustout in Remaining Hand
Within the final hand of the episode, Bo Brownstein opened for $4,000 with the Q♠J♠ and Tilly referred to as with the Okay♥6♥. Masato Yokosawa got here alongside kind the button with the A♦2♦ earlier than Gavri three-bet to $26,000 with the A♠Q♣ within the small blind.
Solely Brownstein referred to as and each gamers flopped high pair on the 9♥5♠Q♥ flop. Gavri continued for $18,000 after which rapidly referred to as when Brownstein raised all in for $53,500. They agreed to run it twice on the $170,300 pot and Gavri held on the primary run when it got here the 7♦ flip and A♥ river. On the second, the Okay♦ flip and three♦ river each missed Brownstein and he was felted within the ultimate hand of Episode 5.
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