Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 21st episode, Connor speaks with Survivor legend Boston Rob, aka Rob Mariano, about growing up near Fenway Park, learning poker at the age of 6, studying psychology at Boston University, applying for Survivor and winning Season 22, his recent appearance on Deal or No Deal Island and filming an upcoming season of The Traitors.
Boston Rob also revealed a story about Costa Rican authorities raiding a mansion known to host high-stakes poker games during a 2006 filming that included Daniel Negreanu, Josh Arieh, David Williams, Michael Mizrachi and actress Cheryl Hines.
"(Gambling mogul) Calvin (Ayre) had a big party at the house, and they came in guns drawn," he said. "And we were fine, but we all had to stay at the party until they checked our passports and everything. I think it was a little bit of a shakedown. But we had a good weekend."
The third and final day of the $215 Mystery Bounty Main Event at the PokerNews Online Championship is set to resume at 2:00 p.m. ET on 888poker. Only eight players are returning for the final table from a field that started with 1,410 entries. The remaining competitors all have their eyes set on the $23,220 top prize out of the $300,000 prize pool, along with the mystery bounties left in play.
The chip leader heading into Day 3 is “muchbetter07” of Brazil. They enter the final table with 3,752,108, which equates to just over 60 big blinds. Right behind them is Finland’s “gifu15” (3,618,624) in second place and Mexico’s “Ogame22” (1,960,647) completes the top three in the standings.
Final Table Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
"muchbetter07"
Brazil
3,752,108
63
2
"gifu15"
Finland
3,618,624
60
3
"Ogame22"
Mexico
1,960,647
33
4
"haha_mUCK_IT"
Ukraine
1,721,703
29
5
"lperenoei13"
Montenegro
918,680
15
6
"Streusalz"
Germany
890,824
15
7
"arquandel1"
Romania
770,271
13
8
"ingeruRO14"
Romania
467,143
8
Stacks of Cash
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$23,220
2
$16,935
3
$12,450
4
$9,225
5
$6,825
6
$5,100
7
$3,840
8
$2,910
Remaining Bounties
Number of Bounties
Bounty Prize
1
$3,000
1
$1,500
2
$600
4
$152
Action will begin on Day 3 in Level 38 with blinds at 30,000/60,000 with a 7,500 ante. Blinds will be 12-minutes in length and the tournament will play down to completion, where a winner will be crowned.
PokerNews will be reporting on a one-hour delay to line up with the 888poker Twitch stream, which begins at 3 p.m. ET.
Be sure to follow PokerNews throughout the final day of coverage as the $215 Mystery Bounty Main Event wraps up.