Justin Gavri’s prolonged run of unhealthy luck on Excessive Stakes Poker is now formally over after the excessive curler crushed it once more throughout Monday’s eleventh episode of Season 14 on PokerGO.
Gavri, who had changed Daniel Negreanu because the unluckiest participant in Excessive Stakes Poker historical past, has been on a tear in current weeks. He was joined within the $500/$1,000 recreation by the identical solid of characters that appeared on final week’s present. Alan Keating and Rick Salomon each started play with effectively over $1 million. Vinny Lingham, Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot, Gavri and Peter Wang went to battle with six-figure stacks.
Elevating with Junk
Final week’s episode featured the biggest pot in Excessive Stakes Poker historical past, with Keating taking it down for over $1.4 million. There can be no pot throughout Episode 11 that will even come near matching that pot measurement. However there have been a variety of juicy palms, one in every of which occurred proper off the bat.
The primary pot of the day concerned some mediocre palms enjoying aggressively. Lingham limped for $1,000 with A♦9♦ earlier than Gavri, on the button with 9♥6♣, raised to $4,000. Peter had 8♦5♦ within the massive blind and three-bet to $20,000, solely receiving a name from Lingham.
The flop got here out 9â™ J♦Q♦, giving each gamers a flush draw, however it left Peter drawing skinny. Peter’s $30,000 wager earned a name earlier than the threeâ™ fell on the flip, no assist to both participant. Peter went for a large guess of $125,000, sufficient to persuade the very best hand to fold.
Peter would decide up pocket aces on the following hand and face a four-bet to $65,000 from Nik Airball, who was holding ace-queen. An all in guess would ensue, sufficient to power Airball to eliminate his playing cards with out seeing a flop.
Salomon Needs Peter’s Chips
Peter’s scorching begin stalled in a $311,500 pot in opposition to Keating, who had 6♦6♣ on a board of two♣2♦7â™ 9♣10♦. That was a stronger hand than ace-high, and each gamers checked the river, and the small pair took down the 300 massive blind pot.
Salomon, who was in for a $4,000 straddle with 9♦9♣, then determined it was his time to get some cash from Peter’s stack. Gavri was the preliminary raiser to $12,000 with A♣J♦, however Peter three-bet to $35,000 with A♥Qâ™ . All that did was encourage Salomon to maneuver all in, which compelled Gavri’s hand into the muck.
Peter, nonetheless, does not prefer to fold, particularly with a robust hand resembling ace-queen. He known as off for $218,000 whole, making a pot of $451,000. Two boards have been to return, and the primary confirmed 6♥8♠Okay♦J♥8♥, clear for the pocket nines. The second board went Okay♥4♠9♠4♣4♦, which granted Salomon the rights to the complete pot. Peter, who misplaced the biggest pot ever on Excessive Stakes Poker final week, purchased again into the sport hoping for his luck to show round.
Gavri’s Time to Shine
Halfway by way of the episode, Gavri lastly picked up a giant hand — Okay♥Okay♣ — within the first of two straddle positions. Lingham limped on the button with Q♥J♦. Salomon then raised his A♠Q♦ to $25,000 from the small blind.
Gavri made it $85,000 to go, solely getting known as by Salomon. The flop got here out 2♣J♥10â™ . Salomon, on a gutshot straight draw, check-called a $100,000 wager earlier than the 6♥ appeared on the flip. There can be no check-call this time as Gavri’s $275,000 induced a fold.
Gavri would give some chips again with 10-high when Keating known as off a $65,000 guess on the river with ace-high. However Gavri would quickly make up for that loss, after which some.
He limped from the small blind with 10♣9♥ earlier than Peter raised to $11,000 from the large blind with A♥A♦. Nik Airball, the straddler, known as with 6♥6♣.
The flop confirmed 9♦J♦5♦, near perfection for Peter, who had an over pair and the nut flush draw in addition. He guess $15,000 and earned a name solely from Gavri, who flopped center pair, a hand that will drastically enhance on the 9♠flip. He check-called a guess of $45,000 with journeys, and would keep away from the flush on the 4♥ river. Gavri would check-call a $90,000 guess to take down a $334,000 pot on a nasty beat.
The episode concluded with Gavri holding A♦10♦ and dodging Lingham’s nut flush draw and Peter’s open-ended straight draw on a board of 10â™ 3♦2â™ 7♣2♦ to win a $518,000 pot.
“Lovely technique to shut. He had an enormous night time,” Excessive Stakes Poker commentator Nick Schulman stated of Gavri.
Gavri’s stack had surpassed $1.1 million when the episode wrapped. Episode 12 airs subsequent Monday at 5 p.m. CT on PokerGO with principally the identical gamers in motion.
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