Chad Himmelspach raised on the button to 500 and the big blind player stayed in for the ride. The flop arrived with a monotone flop of 9♠K♠A♠ and Himmelspach placed the continuation bet of 400 and received a call.
Both players cautiously checked the 7♦ and the big blind snuck a look at his cards. Then both players checked again on the Q♥ river.
The big blind mucked after Himmelspach turned over the J♣Q♣ allowing the pair of queens to sneak through with the win on this dynamic board.
The player under the gun raised to 600 and Sean Eum called on the button, as did the big blind. The flop arrived with J♣5♠10♠ and all the players checked.
The turn was the 9♣ Eum took a stab and bet out 1,200 and the player under the gun looked him up with a call.
Both players cautiously checked the river 2♦ and the player under the gun tabled K♣8♣. Eum showed 8♠9♠ for the win with the pair of nines.
In the 835th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is joined by poker pros Shaun Deeb and Josh Arieh, who fill in as special co-hosts at Level 9 in Las Vegas where the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is happening now!
Hear about how Fortnite helped them form Team Lucky alongside Matt Glantz and reigning WSOP Main Event champ Daniel Weinman, Arieh's Poker Stake venture, and their thoughts on the Poker Hall of Fame, including Scott Seiver's chances of getting in after he recently won his fifth gold bracelet.
They also weigh in on two hot topics from this week in poker — whether or not phones, spurred by solver software debates, and excessive masking should be allowed at poker tables.
Speaking of gold, Malcolm Trayner captured his first WSOP bracelet in Event #5: $1,000 Mystery Millions for $1,000,000, while two other players scored million-dollar bounties. Unfortunately, their reactions were a bit subdued, much to the dismay of many in the poker community.
That said, two other players had boisterous celebrations when they pulled six-figure bounties. See them all in the latest episode as well as a winner interview with Trayner.
Finally, learn about other bracelet winners such as David Prociak and Simeon Spasov, get an update on the $25K Fantasy league, and see Jack Binion walk the halls of the Horseshoe and reminisce about 55 years of the WSOP!