PokerNews Podcast: Dan Cates Wins $50K PPC, WSOP Main Event Underway & Sarah is BACK!
On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring and Chad Holloway come to you from the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP)!
The $10,000 Main Event is underway and one Doyle Brunson jumped into action. Meanwhile, Dan "jungleman" Cates shipped the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for his first bracelet. Hear from him plus other recent bracelet winners including Ben Yu, Brian Yoon, and Kevin Gerhart, who all captured the fourth bracelets of their respective careers.
Other stories include Josh Arieh winning his second bracelet of the series, the young Cole Ferraro making a name for himself, Robert McMillan and Jean-Luc Adams finding success in the Seniors events, Team Ruter taking down the Tag Team Event, and victories by Eric Zhang and Eelis Parssinen.
river with approximately 20,000 in the middle and his opponent called.
for the broadway straight and dragged the pot.
three-ways. The player in seat one bet 2,000 and Hunichen raised to 6,000.
and check-called a bet of 12,000 from Hunichen.
and the action went check-check. Seat one tabled 
for a rivered straight and Hunichen shook his head and mucked.
on the board, the small blind bet 2,600. A player in the big blind called and Eli Elezra came along from middle position.
and the blinds checked. Elezra bet 6,000 and the small blind called. The big blind got out of the way. 
for the flush and his opponent threw the losing hand in the muck.
. Hachem bet 30,000 of his remaining 36,000, Ioakimides shifted in his seat uncomfortably but called.
for the set while Iokimides was bested holding the 
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which did not slow Nunez down. He fired 8,200 resulting in all his opponents folding to scoop the pot.
and Rodney Levingston claimed the pot with the 
for the nut flush. According to Asvin Ganesh, the money had only gone in after the river and Hawkins ended up second-best with 
