High Stakes Poker Season 14’s opener featured a barrage of coolers and a gross river card that value Jared Bleznick a $450,000 pot.
The sports card hobbyist and poker star was amongst seven gamers within the $200/$400 no-limit maintain’em money recreation, which aired Monday evening on PokerGO. Issues began off splendidly for Bleznick, who earned an early double with pocket aces, but it surely ended with a brutal unhealthy beat.
Seth Gottlieb, Brandon Steven, Andrew Robl, Justin Gavri, Marc Kulick, and Markus Gonsalves have been additionally within the recreation, and each participant on the desk made their presence felt not directly throughout Episode 1. Stack sizes in the beginning of play have been as follows:
| Participant | Chip Stack |
|---|---|
| Seth Gottlieb | $250,000 |
| Andrew Robl | $150,000 |
| Brandon Steven | $150,000 |
| Jared Bleznick | $150,000 |
| Marc Kulick | $125,000 |
| Markus Gonsalves | $100,000 |
| Justin Gavri | $100,000 |
The Blez Will get Aces
The brand new season started with Steven, a high-stakes common and automobile dealership proprietor from Kansas, three-betting preflop with ace-king after which persevering with on the flop and switch with out hitting a pair. Robl, who flopped a double-gutter folded seven-high on the flip and let his opponent take down the primary pot of the sport.
Bleznick, a 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, would then increase a straddled pot to $4,000 from the button with A♥A♦. Robl, from the straddle, picked the fallacious time to jam all in with A♠Q♣ for $139,000 as a result of the unique raiser had the absolute best preflop hand in no-limit maintain’em. It took “Blez” no time to name it off with the pocket rockets.
“Good hand, Jared,” Robl mentioned as he turned over his inferior playing cards.
Robl would get a little bit of assistance on the Q♦5♥10♥ flop. However the J♣ on the flip and 8♣ on the river have been of no assist, which meant Bleznick scooped the whole $279,200 pot early within the session.
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Kulick Will get Robl
Robl’s timing was off a number of instances throughout Episode 1. The mistimed shove in opposition to Bleznick wasn’t the one time he discovered himself in a troublesome scenario. He’d face a cooler shortly after in opposition to Kulick.
The hand started with Kulick elevating from an early place to $2,000 with Q♣J♥. Robl got here alongside for the trip within the straddle with the 8♥7♥ suited connector. Each gamers discovered some curiosity within the 8♣10♣2♠ flop.
Robl checked after which known as a guess of $3,500 with the very best hand. However the 9♦ on the flip gave his opponent the nuts. Kulick, following one other test, guess $6,500 and once more acquired a name. The 8♠ on the river was a little bit of a cooler for Robl, who checked one final time after which confronted a $16,500 wager. He could not get away from journeys however discovered he was up in opposition to a straight after Kulick turned over his successful playing cards.
Bleznick would then win one other moderate-sized pot with pocket queens after flopping a set. He would test the flop and switch to set the lure, which Kulick would oblige on the flip with a $22,000 guess chasing a two-way straight draw. The straight did not come by on the river and Bleznick could not trick his opponent with a test into making one final guess, nonetheless.
Robl would get his chips again from Kulick, an actual property investor, in a $248,000 pot with journey queens in opposition to two pair, and it was the most important pot of the day the excessive curler legend would win.
Two Coolers to Shut it Out
Gottlieb discovered a sneaky strategy to play A♥A♣ in one of many largest pots of the evening. He raised to $2,200 and acquired a name from Kulick and his 7♠6♠. Steven, holding A♠Okay♠, then went for a three-bet to $10,700 and Gottlieb simply known as with the pocket aces, as did Kulick.
The flop got here out Okay♣5♥7♦, one thing for everybody. Steven, who had no motive to imagine his high pair and high kicker wasn’t good, guess out $14,000. However he’d face a increase to $32,000 from the under-repped Gottlieb. That pressured Kulick out of the way in which, however Steven got here again excessive to $77,000 solely to listen to his opponent declare “all in.”
Steven needed to name off one other $61,400 given the pot odds. He’d get no assist from the flip or river in both of the 2 runouts and misplaced a $349,900 pot, the second largest of the episode.
The largest pot of the season opener was the ultimate hand, and it began with Kulick elevating from late place to $2,200 with A♦Q♠. Bleznick, on the button, three-bet to $6,000 with Okay♣Q♣, and the unique raiser made the decision.
Kulick introduced a $2,500 guess in the dead of night earlier than any group playing cards have been revealed. The flop would then come out and it confirmed 10♦9♣J♥, giving Bleznick the nuts. He’d increase to $10,000 and get snap-called from an open-ended straight draw.
The 7♦ on the flip made four-to-a-straight on the board however did not change both participant’s hand. Kulick, nonetheless chasing a straight, checked after which known as a $25,000 guess. He’d hit his straight when the Okay♠ appeared on the river, and his straight was superior to that of Bleznick’s.
Kulick determined to slowplay the nuts with a test, hoping to set the lure. Bleznick would come by for him, betting $50,000 with the weaker straight. That gave Kulick a chance to maneuver all in for $183,000 complete.
Bleznick did not snap-call and appeared to sense his hand was beat, however he could not discover a fold and known as it off. Kulick ended Episode 1 by taking down a $450,400 pot on a foul beat.
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