Alessandro Pichierri raised from late position and Bartosz Dziewierzynski moved all in for 24,000 from the next seat across. Pichierri made the pot odds call and players turned their cards.
Ryan Bascombe raised from early position and Paul Leckey moved all in from the big blind for 33,000. Bascombe called and had Leckey covered as players revealed their cards.
Paul Leckey: K♦K♣
Ryan Bascombe A♣J♠
The board ran out 5♣K♠Q♣2♠A♠. Leckey made a set of kings on the flop and held to double up his stack.
"I probably shouldn't have done that," said Bascombe, who lost more than a third of his stack. The very next hand, however, he got the chance for redemption.
Bascombe raised from middle position and Gregory Neal moved all in for around 40,000 from the button. Bascombe quickly called and had slightly more chips in the all in confrontation.
Gregory Neal: A♣10♠
Ryan Bascome: Q♥Q♦
The board ran out 5♣K♣7♥2♦2♠. Bascombe held with his pocket queens to double up his stack, more than making up for the hand he'd previously lost.
Action folded around to Sebastien Jung, who pushed all in from the button for 23,500. Kestutis Jungevicius called with a very short stack in the small blind, and Vitalie Grecul called in the big blind to put both other players at risk.
The board ran out A♠A♣K♣J♠Q♥. Jungevicius hit trip aces to win the side pot and triple up. Jung won the main pot with his pocket eights, taking a chunk out of Grecul's stack.
Cedric Schwaederle raised from the button, Kallum Bascombe three-bet from the small blind, then Cedric Schwaederle moved all in for 65,000. Bascombe called with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.
Cedric Schwaederle: Q♦Q♣
Kallum Bascombe: J♠J♣
The board ran out 8♣K♠3♠3♥4♣. Schwaederle held with his pocket queens to win the pot and double his stack.
In the 851st episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by PokerStars, Chad Holloway and Kyna England are joined by "Loose Cannon" Lily Newhouse at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to talk about GGPoker purchasing the World Series of Poker (WSOP) brand for $500 million. What will it mean for the future of poker? It's too early to tell, but that doesn't stop the crew from offering their thoughts.
From there, Newhouse talked about her experience as the Loose Cannon on the PokerStars Big Game, which included playing a big pot early against Sam Grafton and battling against Dave Krosky, who proved to be a different sort of loose cannon! Oh, and did we mention the PokerStars Big Game is confirmed to return this Fall during the NAPT for a second season? Well, it is and you can get all the details here.
Kyna then talks about attending the grand opening of the brand-new Venetian Poker Room, now the largest room on the Strip, and you get to hear from other attendees including Joey Ingram, Maria Konnikova, and 2017 WSOP Main Event champ Scott Blumstein. Plus, rapper Nelly was in the house to play the room's first hand, but you'll have to watch to see how he did.
Nikolay Ponomarev open shoved all in from middle position with a short stack of 15,500. Alessandro Pichierri looked him up in the big blind and had Ponomarev covered as players flipped their cards.
Nikolay Ponomarev: K♣J♥
Alessandro Pichierri: A♠8♣
The board ran out Q♦5♦10♣6♥9♣. Ponomarev picked up a straight draw on the turn and completed it when the nine fell on the river. He won the pot and doubled up his stack.
Frederik Thiemer raised to 3,000 from middle position, Artus Gimenez three-bet to 6,500 and Thiemer called.
The flop came 9♠4♠6♠ and Thiemer checked. Gimenez continued for 3,500 and Thiemer called. The turn was the J♣ and Gimenez bet again, which Thiemer called.
The river came the 9♥ and Thiemer moved all in with a short stack. Gimenez insta-called and showed A♥9♣ for trip nines. Thiemer had K♣Q♠ for a missed flush draw that he'd turned into a bluff. Gimenez won the pot and Thiemer was eliminated.
Frederik Thiemer raised to 3,000 from under the gun and picked up a call before Dan Sfarlea moved all in from the small blind for 35,000. Thiemer made the call with the bigger stack and the two players turned their cards.
Dan Sfarlea: Q♣J♣
Frederik Thiemer: 9♣9♦
The board ran out 4♥J♦2♣8♥K♥. Sfarlea paired his jack on the flop and held to beat Thiemer's pocket nines. Sfarlea doubled up and left Thiemer short.
