Wookuk Lee raised to 320,000 in the hijack and Abdelhakim Zoufri called in the big blind.
The flop came 10?8?2? and Lee bet 300,000. Zoufri called and the 10? fell on the turn.
Zoufri then led out for 525,000 and Lee slid forward all of his time bank cards. He eventually emerged with an all-in shove and Zoufri, with around 2,000,000 remaining, quickly folded.
Arthur Conan opened the hijack to 325,000 and Phil Hellmuth called on the button.
The 9?8?2? flop checked through to the Q? turn which saw Conan lead for 550,000. Hellmuth immediately stood up from his seat in frustration and ended up using a time bank before electing to fold.
"I had ace-jack. I should have moved in before the flop," bemoaned Hellmuth.
In the 869th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway hosts from down in The Bahamas at the 2024 World Series of Poker Paradise, while Kyna England is back at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas. Mike Holtz is out with a broken ankle, so Nikki Limo was kind enough to once again fill in as a special co-host.
Together, they discuss happening at the WSOP Paradise, the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at the Wynn Las Vegas, and the European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague. That includes Phil Hellmuth making an appearance, the new stage at WSOP, and the Triton Million, which was won by Argentinean rapper Alejandro Lococo for $12 million.
Chad also had the honor of bringing the Women in Poker Hall of Fame trophy down with him to present to Kristen Foxen. In this episode, you can check out her acceptance speech, which PokerNews helped film. Speaking of the WiPHoF, Jeanne David was another inductee and she had a spot of luck drawing a Golden Passport into the ClubWPT Gold $5,000,000 Freeroll, which kicks off today!
At the EPT Prague, Thomas Santerne has already won two side event titles, while the 2022 WSOP Main Event champ, Espen Jorstad, took down the €25K Super High Roller Warm-Up for his first EPT title.
Oh, and we'll also let you know what Phil Ivey is up to as he's been seen double dipping at both the WSOP Paradise and WPT World Championship, including a planned holiday meet-up game (MUG) at the latter.
Marc Rivera jammed the small blind for 820,000 and Fabian Niederreiter called in the big blind.
Marc Rivera: J?4?
Fabian Niederreiter: K?2?
Niederreiter was ahead with king-high and it stayed that way as the board ran out Q?10?8?10?Q? as Rivera could not improve on his way to the rail in 9th place as the first casualty of the final table.
