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05-27-2024 20:48 UTC

WATCH: Loose Cannon Nikki Limo Talks PokerStars Big Game | PokerNews Podcast #831

Chris Bean

Level 31 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

In the 831st episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by PokerStars, Chad Holloway and Kyna England are joined by Nikki Limo, who is filling in for Mike Holtz, at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to talk about her time as the Loose Cannon on the PokerStars Big Game. The first two episodes recently dropped featuring Limo squaring off against Phil Hellmuth, Alex Keating, Arden Cho, Lex Veldhuis, and Jennifer Tilly.

Limo discusses how she got cast for the show, what happened when she played "Two Truths and a Bluff," and then Kyna & Chad surprise her by offering up some bluffs of their own. Limo also delves into a big hand that she played against the "Poker Brat" that went poker viral.

The crew then talked about the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) being less than a week away, and take a look at some of the "Best Without a Bracelet" including Maria Ho, Seth Davies, and Bin Weng, just to name a few. Plus, will Phil Ivey be at the 2024 WSOP? Find out what the hosts think in this episode.

From there, they take a look at Jessica Vierling winning the WSOP Commerce $1,700 Main Event for $328,273, plus all the big winners from the Triton Montenegro including Mike Watson, Igor Yaroshevskyy, Adrian Mateos, and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau, who all won seven-figure scores!

Finally, Kyna and Nikki play a game of #PokerThrift in which they have to guess whether or not Chad bought some random poker items he found in secondhand stores in Las Vegas. Oh, and there's a preview of Raminder Singh's appearance on PokerNews' Life Outside Poker show hosted by Connor Richards.

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05-27-2024 20:28 UTC

Ayub Retakes Lead

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Chris Bean

Level 31 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Ali Ayub bet 2,600,000 from the button with 10♣6♣ and was called by Ionut Dumitrana in the big blind with K♥7♥.

Both players checked the 8♣4♣2♠ flop. Ayub bet 2,100,000 on the K♣ turn which gave him a flush and Dumitrana top pair who called.

The 3♥ completed the runout and Ayub bet big for 9,400,000 and was snap-called by Dumitrana. Ayub dragged in a huge pot and retook the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Ayub	68,900,000 12,300,000	12,300,000
Ionut Dumitrana	54,700,000 -17,100,000	-17,100,000
Jason Riley	47,900,000 4,800,000	4,800,000

Tags: Ali Ayub Ionut Dumitrana

05-27-2024 20:19 UTC

Riley Moving Through the Gears

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Chris Bean

Level 31 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Ali Ayub bet 3,500,000 with K♥5♥ from the button and was called by Jason Riley, whose cards were not picked up by the RFID reader, in the small blind.

Ayub continued on the K♠4♠2♣ flop for 4,000,000 which was quickly called by Riley.

Both players checked the 9♦ turn and Riley jammed the J♦ river for 25,700,000. Ayub stood up in shock while Riley was posturing to his rail. Ayub opted to fold and turned over his king. Riley mucked his hand without revealing what he was holding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ionut Dumitrana	71,800,000 -12,100,000	-12,100,000
Ali Ayub	56,600,000 -10,500,000	-10,500,000
Jason Riley	43,100,000 22,600,000	22,600,000

Tags: Jason Riley Ali Ayub

05-27-2024 19:54 UTC

The Final Three Chip Counts

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Level 31 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ionut Dumitrana	83,900,000 -300,000	-300,000
Ali Ayub	67,100,000
Jason Riley	20,500,000 -3,900,000	-3,900,000

05-27-2024 19:52 UTC

Yanwen Li Eliminated in 4th Place (£23,250)

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Level 31 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

On the first hand after the break, Ali Ayub bet 3,000,000 from the small blind and was called by Yanwen Li in the big blind.

Ayub continued for 3,500,000 on a flop of J♦10♥5♥. Li responded with a shove for 28,000,000. Ayub stood up and removed his sunglasses and made the call.

Yanwen Li: 9♠8♣ All in
Ali Ayub: A♥A♣

Li was behind Ayub's pocket rockets, but had an up-and-down straight draw. The 9♥ on the turn gave Li a pair and she had nine outs to hit on the river.

But Li hit a fake out with the Q♥ giving her a straight, but gave Ayub the nut flush to the delight of his strong rail. Li bowed out gracefully in fourth place for her biggest-ever recorded cash.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Ayub	67,100,000 35,500,000	35,500,000
Yanwen Li	Busted

Tags: Ali Ayub Yanwen Li

Level: 31

Blinds: 600,000/1,200,000

Ante: 1,200,000

05-27-2024 19:26 UTC

Break Time

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Level 30 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

The final four have gone on a 15-minute break.

05-27-2024 19:24 UTC

David Langsdale Eliminated in 5th Place (£16,500)

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Level 30 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

David Langsdale moved all in from under the gun for 17,000,000 and was called by Ionut Dumitrana in the small blind.

Ali Ayub stood up in disbelief with his hands on his head in the big blind. Ayub took off his sunglasses and surveyed the situation but opted to fold A♠Q♠.

David Langsdale: K♠K♣ All in
Ionut Dumitrana: 9♥9♠

Langsdale had Dumitrana crushed, but was virtually flopped dead after his opponent made a boat after the runout of 9♦2♣2♥6♦3♥. Langsdale was sent to the rail who took the bad beat in good spirits.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ionut Dumitrana	84,200,000 15,200,000	15,200,000
Ali Ayub	31,600,000 15,000,000	15,000,000
David Langsdale	Busted

Tags: Ali Ayub David Langsdale Ionut Dumitrana

05-27-2024 19:12 UTC

Langsdale Takes Advantage of Dumitrana's Misclick

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Level 30 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Ionut Dumitrana bet 4,500,000 from the button with 5♣4♣. David Langsdale looked puzzled by the 4.5x sizing by his opponent. Langsdale used a time bank card and moved all in for 13,700,000 with A♣Q♣.

Dumitrana looked frustrated with himself and asked for a count. He opted to fold and revealed to Langsdale he had miscounted his chips. An untimely error for Dumitrana, but still holds a commanding chip lead.