Nick Wright Gets Trappy, Phil Hellmuth Folds Over Pair on Poker After Dark
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Episode 1 of "Everything in its Wright Place" during Season 13 of "Poker After Dark" on PokerGO had a bit of everything. Ema Zajmovic performed at a high level, amateur Nick Wright showed he's no slouch, and Phil Hellmuth made an interesting fold on a dry board with an over pair.
Seven players entered the $50/$100 high-stakes cash game at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. The other four players competing were Alan Richardson, Eli Elezra, Melissa Schubert, and Landon Tice.
Wright beat Hellmuth heads-up to win last week's episode
Nick Wright Sends Melissa Schubert Home
Wright, host of FS1's "First Things First" sports debate show, has become a regular on PokerGO. He's proving to be a competent poker player, especially for an amateur who earns a living in sports media. Midway through the episode, he flopped a monster in a multi-way pot.
Schubert raised to $300 with A?10? and received a call from Zajmovic's K?8?, Wright's 4?4?, and Richardson's Q?4?. The flop of 5?A?4? hit everyone except Zajmovic, who bowed out of the pot when Schubert bet out $800. With bottom pair and a flush draw, Richardson raised it up to $2,000 and Wright decided to just make the call.
Schubert, with $3,050 total, decided to just ship it all in. Neither of the remaining players could reopen action as the raise wasn't big enough. With $10,500 in the pot, both players checked the 7? on the turn.
The river was the 10?, giving Schubert some false hope. Wright, who had slow played up to that point, bet out $2,550 and his opponent, who missed his flush draw, quickly folded. Schubert saw the bad news that she lost to a set and didn't rebuy.
Phil Hellmuth Can't Always Be Right
Richardson couldn't spike a flush on the river against Wright, but he made up for it in a hand against the "Poker Brat." Hellmuth called the $200 straddle with 10?10? and Richardson bumped it up to $1,200 with A?J?. His opponent made the call and off they went to the flop, which was 2?7?4?. Richardson continued his aggression, betting out $1,500, and got a call.
The turn was the 2? and the preflop and flop aggressor bet $5,500. Hellmuth, with around $7,000 behind, tanked for a couple of minutes before deciding to fold the best hand. Richardson refused to show him the bluff.
Cooler Hand of the Day
Hellmuth again found himself in a tough spot with pocket tens against Richardson, except this time he didn't have the best hand. In fact, he didn't even have the second best hand.
Richardson raised to $300 with A?A? and then Hellmuth made the call with 10?10?. When Elezra three-bet to $1,450 with K?K?, the "Poker Brat" smacked the table and frustratingly screamed, "what the f**k?" The player with pocket rockets then four-bet it to $6,450 and an irritated Hellmuth folded.
Elezra then quickly shoved all-in for about $16,000 total (both remaining players had near identical stacks). They agreed to run it twice. The first board ran out 8?2?4?6?K?, a bad board for Elezra given the wasted king on the river (Richardson won with a flush).
On the second board, Elezra received more pain when it came out 2?J?3?10?9?. Richardson scooped the entire $32,800 pot.
Zajmovic Picks Up Wright's Untimely Bluff
Wright showed in his heads-up match that he lost to Hellmuth this past summer that he isn't afraid to fire out a risky bluff at any time. But sometimes he runs into a monster hand, such as one pot he played on "Poker After Dark" against Ema Zajmovic.
Wright straddled ($200) and Zajmovic raised to $900 with A?J?. The sports TV personality made the call with 8?6?, as did Elezra with A?9?. All three players saw a flop of 5?2?J? and Zajmovic bet $1,000 on the button. Elezra got out of the way and Wright made the call. The turn was the J?, and the button again bet, this time $2,000. Wright went for a surprising check-raise to $5,800 and his opponent called.
The river was the 10?, which didn't complete Wright's flush draw. Still, he continued his aggression and bluffed off $8,000, which didn't get through as Zajmovic called to claim the pot..
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