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

09-19-2024 13:57 UTC-8

Roca Takes Down Queens, Twice

Tyler Boyer

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Action was picked up with two players all in and the board showing 9♦J♥8♠.

Rey Roca: 9♠9♥ All in
Nestor Hernandez: Q♥Q♣ All in
Young Song: Q♠Q♦

Roca was able to crack both players pocket queens for now, but he would need to fade a ten which would give both players a straight. The 2♣ on the turn and 2♠ on the river were clean for Roca, as he tripled up with his full house, nines full of deuces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Young Song	48,000 18,900	18,900
Nestor Hernandez	42,000 -39,400	-39,400
Rey Roca	33,500 33,500	33,500

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Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

09-19-2024 14:12 UTC-8

Cruce Fades Hearts and Doubles Up

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Tyler Boyer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was picked up with a pot brewing between Sarah Cruce and her opponent. The board was showing 3♥9♦2♥ with 14,100 in the pot.

A player in middle position checked to Cruce on the button, and she bet out 10,000. Then her opponent raised her all in for her stack of 37,100, which she quickly called.

Sarah Cruce: Q♠Q♦ All in
Middle Position: J♥7♥

Cruce was ahead with her pocket queens, but would need to fade the flush draw of her opponent to stay in the tournament. The board ran out 6♠ on the turn and 5♣ on the river, and Cruce's pocket queens held up, to give her the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sarah Cruce	91,100 91,100	91,100

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09-19-2024 14:25 UTC-8

Roca Turns a Straight to Eliminate a Player

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Tyler Boyer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was picked up on the flop with 3,000 in the pot the board showing 5♠7♠8♦ and a player all in for 6,500, and Rey Roca calling to put him at risk.

All in Player: 10♠8♠ All in
Rey Roca: A♥6♥

The all in player was ahead with his top pair, but after the board ran out 9♥ on the turn, and 2♣ on the river, Roca improved to a straight, to eliminate his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rey Roca	73,000 39,500	39,500

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09-19-2024 14:34 UTC-8

Robbi Jade Lew Tries and Fails to Become Anonymous | PokerNews Podcast #856

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Tyler Boyer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In the 856th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by Global Poker, Chad Holloway, Kyna England and Mike Holtz are back at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to talk about Robbi Jade Lew's appearance on the new reality TV show The Anonymous on the USA Network. Not only that, Chad chatted with Lew herself, and you can check out that interview in this episode.

They then discuss Andrew Moreno's incredible call with just queen-high to win a tournament down at The Lodge, Dan Bilzerian's Las Vegas mansion hitting the market for $25 million (see pictures), and Stephen Song winning the 2024 EPT Barcelona.

Speaking of winners, the crew also highlights Angela Jordison winning her first MSPT title for a career-high score, Phil Laak taking down the Mega Millions for $380K, and Vegas Matt emerging victorious in the Celebrity Poker Tour (CPT) IV, good for $20,000. Speaking of that event, Haliey Welch, known for her viral moment as "The Hawk Tuah Girl," made her first-ever appearance in the poker world.

Finally, Chad shares some details on the upcoming charity poker event by NBA Star Russell Westbrook in partnership with the WPT Foundation.

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Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

09-19-2024 14:50 UTC-8

Chung Makes a Bigger Flush to Knockout Prager

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Tyler Boyer

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

A player from middle position raised to 2,000, and he was called by Gie Chung on the button. After the small blind folded, Joshua Prager three-bet all in for 19,800. The original raiser folded, and Chung called to put Prager at risk.

Joshua Prager: K♥5♥ All in
Gie Chung: A♥Q♥

Prager tried to squeeze from the big blind, but Chung had a big hand and called to put him at risk. Once the board ran out J♣2♦9♥4♥2♥ both players made a flush, but Chung had to nut flush to take the pot and eliminate Prager.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gie Chung	85,000
Joshua Prager	Busted

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09-19-2024 14:54 UTC-8

Bartal Spikes the River to Stay In It

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Tyler Boyer

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action was picked up with Gabriel Bartal all in for 8,000, and Sarah Cruce calling to put him at risk.

Gabriel Bartal: A♠3♦ All in
Sarah Cruce: J♣10♣

Cruce had two live cards against the ace high, and after the 2♥J♦Q♠ flop Cruce took the lead with her pair of jacks. The 6♣ on the turn was no help for Bartal, but the A♦ on the river allowed him to double up with his pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sarah Cruce	85,000 -6,100	-6,100
Gabriel Bartal	18,300 -33,100	-33,100

Tags: Sarah Cruce Gabriel Bartal

09-19-2024 15:10 UTC-8

Nguyen Flops the Joint

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Tyler Boyer

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Dylan Nguyen raised to 1,600 from the button, and the big blind Marc Spitaleri made the call.

The flop came 10♦A♠Q♣ and after Spitaleri checked to Nguyen, he bet out 2,000. Spitaleri then raised to 6,000, which Nguyen called.

The turn brought the K♠ and Spitaleri bet out 8,000, before Nguyen raised all in for the last 22,400 of Spitaleri, which got him ti muck Ax10x face up. Nguyen then showed KxJx for a flopped Broadway Straight as he took in the pot.