$1,200 Main Event Day 1b | 2024 The Commerce Casino Hold'Em Series

09-18-2024 12:22 UTC-8

Fiorentino Takes It Down

Tyler Boyer

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 0 ante

Sungmi Cho opened the action with a raise to 800 from early position, and was called by the hijack, the player on the button, the small blind, and the big blind Marc Fiorentino.

After the 3♦7♥4♦ flop, the blinds checked to Cho who bet out 2,000. The hijack called, and it folded to Fiorentino, who raised to 7,000. Cho made the call, and the hijack folded to leave the players heads up.

After the 7♦ on the turn, Fiorentino bet out 10,000, which got Cho to fold and give the pot to Fiorentino.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Fiorentino	68,800 25,800	25,800
Sungmi Cho	34,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Marc Fiorentino

09-18-2024 12:29 UTC-8

Fiorentino Keeps His Foot on the Gas

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Tyler Boyer

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 0 ante

A player raised from under the gun to 800, and was called by a player in middle position. Then Marc Fiorentino in the hijack three-bet to 3,200. The under the gun player called, and the hijack folded.

After the 10♦5♦2♦ flop, the under the gun player check-called a bet of 1,200 from Fiorentino.

Both players checked to the river after the 6♣ on the turn, which brought the A♠. The under the gun player checked, before Fiorentino bet out 4,500, which got a quick fold to give him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Fiorentino	76,800 8,000	8,000

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Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

09-18-2024 12:47 UTC-8

Fiorentino Keeps The Steamroll Going

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Tyler Boyer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was picked up with with players in the hand and the board showing A♣10♥10♦9♦ and roughly 36,000 in the pot.

Marc Fiorentino checked to his opponent who bet all in for 18,300, which was snap called by Fiorentino.

All in Player: K♦Q♥ All in
Marc Fiorentino: A♠Q♣

Fiorentino had the best of it with his pair of aces, but would need to fade a jack and the gut shot straight draw of his opponent. After the river was the 7♣ the pair of aces were still best, and Fiorentino took the pot and eliminated his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Fiorentino	115,800 39,000	39,000

Tags: Marc Fiorentino

09-18-2024 12:55 UTC-8

Spitaleri Plays Big Slick Passive

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Tyler Boyer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

A player under the gun raised to 1,000, before Sohale Khalili three-bet to 3,200 from middle position. Then Marc Spitaleri cold called the three-bet from the cutoff, and after it folded back to the under the gun player, he folded as well.

Both players checked to showdown after the board ran out Q♠4♦2♥2♠7♦.

Khalili announced "ace high" when Spitaleri tabled A♦K♦ which was good to take the pot as Khalili mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Spitaleri	44,000 27,200	27,200
Sohale Khalili	28,900 -9,300	-9,300

Tags: Marc Spitaleri Sohale Khalili

09-18-2024 13:08 UTC-8

Life Outside Poker: Why HCL Boss Ryan Feldman Was Kicked Out of the WSOP Main Event

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Tyler Boyer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Ryan Feldman, co-owner of Hustler Casino Live, revealed on PokerNews' Life Outside Poker podcast that he was kicked out of the 2016 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event over a conflict of interest stemming from his employment at ESPN.

In the 16th episode of the podcast, host Connor Richards speaks with the producer/founder of the most popular livestream in poker history about why he was booted from poker's biggest tournament, along with numerous other topics such as sports journalism, interviewing star athletes, leaving ESPN to start a poker stream, founding HCL and putting together some of the most entertaining lineups in poker history.

This interview was filmed in July at the 2024 WSOP inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Ryan Feldman by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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09-18-2024 13:16 UTC-8

Break Time

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Tyler Boyer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players have been sent on their first 15-minute break.

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

09-18-2024 13:42 UTC-8

Carmon Gets There on the River

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Tyler Boyer

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Action folded to Ronald Carmon on the button, and he raised to 1,300, and was called by the small blind Beth Hall.

The flop came 10♣6♣8♠ and Hall checked to Carmon, who bet out 3,200. Hall then raised all in for 11,300, and Carmon made the call to put her at risk.

Beth Hall: 7♣6♦ All in
Ronald Carmon: Q♠9♥

Hall was in front with her pair of sixes, but would need to fade the straight draw and queen of Carmon. The K♦ on the turn was safe for Hall, but the J♦ on the river gave Carmon the straight, to take the pot and eliminate Hall.