Former Hustler On line casino Stay common Nik Airball made his first look on Season 13 of Excessive Stakes Poker Monday evening, and he made positive his presence was shortly felt.
The polarizing poker participant battled in a $431,000 pot in opposition to Stanley Tang’s pocket aces, whereas Andrew Robl continued to get owned by Sameh Elamawy, a monetary trade government who has introduced a lot of the motion in the course of the present season. The above gamers have been joined in Episode 6 by Jennifer Tilly, Brandon Steven, Humboldt Mike, and Justin Gavri. Beginning stacks when the cameras started rolling have been as follows.
*Tang joined the sport late.
Humboldt Mike Humbly Takes Down Pot
Poker followers may recall the identify Humboldt Mike from a latest look on PokerGO’s No Gamble, No Future. The poker participant launched himself to the poker world by memorably tilting Phil Hellmuth to the purpose the place the “Poker Brat” tossed his mic on the desk in anger and give up the sport.
He launched himself to the Excessive Stakes Poker viewers throughout Episode 6 proper off the bat in a pot in opposition to a monetary trade CEO we’ve coated at-length in latest HSP recaps.
The primary hand of the session started with Elamawy, the founding father of Scratch, elevating to $3,000 with J♥9♣. Mike raised to $10,500 on the button with 10♠10♦, receiving a name solely from the preliminary raiser.
The flop got here out 9♦2♠6♣, and motion checked to the button who guess $12,000 with an over pair. A name was made, and the ten♣ on the flip gave Mike a set to finish any potential for Mike sucking out.
Motion once more went examine, adopted by a guess — $28,000 – and a name. The 8♠ introduced 4 to a straight, however that didn’t deter Mike from jamming all in for $142,000. Elamawy couldn’t name with simply second pair on that board, and the primary hand went to the Excessive Stakes Poker beginner.
Gavri Welcomes Airball to the Sport
Nik Airball returned to Excessive Stakes Poker for the primary time in Season 13. And it didn’t take him lengthy to become involved in a monster pot.
Tilly started with an early place elevate to $3,000 with 8♥2♥ earlier than Airball made it $9,000 with J♦9♦. Gavri, on the button with A♥Okay♣, went for a four-bet $26,000, sufficient to get everybody to fold besides Airball.
The flop confirmed 9♠4♣7♦, giving Airball prime pair. He checked, after which referred to as a $14,000 continuation guess. However the Okay♠ on the flip gave Large Slick prime pair, and Gavri would this time guess $48,000, and once more earned a name.
Airball wanted to hit a jack or 9 on the river to suck out, however the ultimate card was the uneventful 3♦. Gavri went for worth, betting $78,000, however his opponent properly made the fold, stopping full catastrophe within the hand.
Robl Will get Owned Once more By Beginner
Robl, probably the greatest high-stakes money recreation gamers ever, has had a tricky time coping with the leisure participant, Elamawy, all season. And it acquired even worse for the poker legend in one of the vital attention-grabbing arms in latest Excessive Stakes Poker reminiscence.
Nik Airball began the motion with a elevate to $3,000 with Okay♠10♥. Robl opted to simply name within the small blind with A♠Okay♥, as did Elamawy within the massive blind with 7♠6♦. The flop ran out 8♣Okay♦5♥.
Motion checked to Airball, and he went for a $5,000 guess with prime pair. Robl then check-raised prime pair with a greater kicker to $15,000. However Elamawy, subsequent to behave with an open-ended straight draw, selected a large-sized elevate to $55,000. The semi-bluff would, maybe surprisingly, get by, because the CEO as soon as once more took the money recreation crusher to high school.
Airball and Elamawy would play an enormous pot moments later, getting all of it in preflop for $109,000 every. Each gamers agreed to run the board twice, Airball holding A♣Okay♣ and Elamawy sitting on J♥9♥. Every runout would go the way in which of Large Slick, and the previous Hustler On line casino Stay common took down a $233,000 pot.
Nik Airball Versus Pocket Aces
The hand of the day, as is sort of at all times the case, befell on the finish of Episode 6. And it was fairly a doozy.
Motion began with Airball elevating to $3,000 with Q♣J♣, after which Steven made an attention-grabbing name with 6♥4♦. Tang, who co-founded the Door Sprint meals supply app, bumped it as much as $15,000 on the button with A♦A♣, solely seeing a name from the preliminary raiser.
The flop got here out Okay♣4♣3♣, giving Airball a flush and Tang the nut flush draw. Airball would check-call a $10,000 guess, after which see the J♥ on the flip. He once more checked, and once more referred to as a guess, this time for $35,000.
Tang wouldn’t hit his nut flush on the 9♥ river. However he would, going through a 3rd examine, wager $78,000, searching for worth from pocket aces. The one drawback for the entrepreneur is Airball got here again with an all in jam.
Tang had $153,000 whole, so it was solely $75,000 extra to name, and there was $353,500 within the pot. He couldn’t move up these odds and made the decision solely to seek out out pocket aces have been crushed. Airball took down a $431,500 pot to shut out the sixth episode of Season 13.
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