The primary-ever $100,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl Blended Video games kicked off on Thursday at PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. The event, which adopted the conclusion of the PokerGO Tour Blended Video games Collection during which Chino Rheem completed atop the leaderboard for the second time in three years, attracted 25 entrants on Day 1 with late registration open till the beginning of Day 2.
After eight ranges of play, 17 gamers bagged with Mike “Texas Mike” Moncek and his stack of 1,438,000 main the best way. That may be a good bit forward of Daniel Negreanu, who sits in second with 819,000, whereas Matthew Ashton (781,000), Benny Glaser (780,000), and John Racener (554,000) spherical out the highest 5.
Negreanu bought a late-night enhance when he doubled via Yuri Dzivielevski in a spherical of pot-limit Omaha. With a board studying Q♠10♣5♣4♣ and round 160,000 within the center, Dzivielevski checked and Negreanu guess 60,000 from the under-the-gun place. Dzivielevski awakened with an all-in check-raise and Negreanu known as off for 137,000 with the Ok♣6♣Ok♠4♠flush. It was good as Dzivielevski had been representing the ace-high flush with the A♣A♥5♦2♦.
Finish-of-Day 1 Chip Counts
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Amongst these to fall on Day 1 have been Nick Schulman, Albert Daher, Dzivielevski, Samuel Sternfield, and John Hennigan, who lately wrote an op-ed for PokerNews advocating for Ted Forrest to be inducted into the Poker Corridor of Fame. All of these gamers can reenter in the event that they so select, as a trio of Day 1 bustouts opted to do in Philip Sternheimer, Talal Shakerchi, and Johannes Becker.
Talking of Shakerchi, his elimination earlier than reentering was additionally a decisive hand for Texas Mike. In accordance with reside updates from the event, it befell in a spherical of pot-limit Omaha when Daher raised to fifteen,000 below the gun solely to have Moncek three-bet to 52,500 from the cutoff.
Shakerchi known as from the small blind, Daher put within the extra chips, and the flop got here down 4♦Q♥10♦. Shakerchi guess 167,500 – the dimensions of the pot – and Daher repotted earlier than Moncek reraised to place himself all in for 571,500. Shakerchi known as off for 234,500 and Daher, who had the most important stack, known as to place his two opponents in danger.
Talal Shakerchi: Ok♣Ok♥Q♦8♦Albert Daher: Ok♦Q♣9♣5♦Mike Moncek: J♣9♦8♣6â™
Everybody had a bit of the flop, with Moncek holding a wrap. The 8♥ flip gave him the straight and the 7♠river was a brick to offer Moncek a pot of over 1.5 million. In the meantime, Daher was left with 173,000 whereas Shakerchi headed to the cage to reenter.
Late registration open till the beginning of Day 2 at 1 p.m. PT on Friday, March 7. PokerGO can be livestreaming the motion all day lengthy. The prize pool at the moment sits at $2.5 million however is certain to develop a bit.
*Photographs courtesy of PokerGO Tour.
Chad Holloway
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