Nível: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Nível: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Zach Gruneberg, a poker player from Pennsylvania with more than $2.2 million in lifetime tournament earnings, recently lost one of his cats, who escaped from his home while he was out in Las Vegas. What ensued was a frantic search-and-rescue effort that spanned a month and a half.
More specifically, it was a 43-day affair “through hell and back” according to Gruneberg, a five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit ring winner, including back-to-back wins in the WSOP PA Online Series at the end of July.
Gruneberg, who is nine years clean and sober, is on Twitter as @HustlerGrune where it states he is both an anime addict and cat dad. One of those cats is a sleek gray feline named “Nook.”
“Nook is the only cat I've had since he was a kitten,” Gruneberg told PokerNews. “He is a super friendly high energy guy that loves to jump up into high places and play more so than any of my other cats.”
So, what’s the story behind Nook’s disappearance?
Players are heading for a 25-minute break. There are now 1,293 entries and 883 players remaining.
Action folded around to Mike Gao, who raised to 9,200 from middle position. Alexandre Amiel called on the button and all other players folded. Players flipped their cards, with Gao at risk.
Mike Gao: 7♦7♠
Alexandre Amiel: K♣K♠
The board ran out 2♠8♣5♠2♣8♥. Amiel held with his pocket kings to take all of Gao's chips shortly before break.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Alexandre Amiel |
74,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
Mike Gao | Eliminado |
The pot stood at 10,500 with two players looking at a board delt J♣5♦K♦2♦.
Yiannis Liperis, in the big blind, checked and Jose Jaraiz Lopez, who was under the gun, checked back.
The river fell the 9♠ and Liperis took the lead for 2,600. Lopez didn't take too long before making the call, only to be delivered the bad news as Liperis tabled A♣K♠ prompting Lopez to muck.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Yiannis Liperis |
83,500
83,500
|
83,500 |
Jose Jaraiz Lopez |
30,300
30,300
|
30,300 |
Viorel Gabriel Gavrila open raised to 1,700 from late position and Diogo Franco reraised to 5,500. Aylar Lie called on the button and Gavrilla also called.
Four players went to the flop, which came Q♠6♥Q♥. Action checked to Lie, who made it 4,200 to go. Only Franco called. The turn was the A♣ and both players checked.
The river was the 10♥. Franco checked and Lie flicked out four blue chips to make it 20,000. Franco made the call. He showed K♥7♥ for a rivered flush to win the pot and leave Lie short.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Diogo Franco |
68,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
Aylar Lie |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Ruoqin Cai raised from the cutoff to 1,800, finding one caller in Giovanni Petroni, in the big blind.
Petroni check-called a bet of 1,800 from Cai on a flop of 5♠A♣3♣.
The K♦ saw Petroni check again. Cai bet once more, this time for 3,000, forcing the fold from Petroni.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Giovanni Petroni |
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
Ruoqin Cai |
23,400
23,400
|
23,400 |
With the pot standing at 5,200, two players reached a flop of 9♥10♠7♦.
Cezar Costa Neto, in the hijack, bet out for 2,000. Soojo Kim, on the button, made the call.
The Q♥ turned and Neto chose to check-call a bet of 3,500 from Kim.
The Q♠ paired the board and Neto checked again. Kim checked back and Neto was obliged to show first; he tabled K♦Q♣ for trips. Kim had correctly checked back and conceded the pot to Neto.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Cezar Costa Neto
|
39,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
Soojo Kim
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Massimo Mosele raised from late position and was called by Mario Adinolfi on the button. Christophe Devaux then moved all in for around 20,000 from the small blind. Mosele folded and Adonolfi called with less chips. The cards were turned on their backs.
Mario Adinolfi: 3♠2♣
Christophe Devaux: 10♥10♠
Devaux was well ahead with pocket tens. The board ran out 8♥Q♥10♣2♦A♥ and Devaux further improved to a set of tens. He won the pot and Adinolfi was busted from the tournament, although players still have the possibility to rebuy until the end of late registration.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Christophe Devaux |
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
Mario Adinolfi | Eliminado |
Nível: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800