The under-the-gun player limped in for 8,000 and Kristen Foxen opened to 30,000 next to act. Johnny Woolen made the call in the next position and the rest of the table folded.
The flop came and Foxen continued for 25,000. Without much thought, Woolen raised to 60,000 and it was enough to fold out Foxen and take down the pot.
John Ripnick opened in the hijack to 18,000 and Terry Fleischer decided to three-bet to 51,000. It was called by Alex Tarango on the button, with only a few chips left and Ripnick.
The three players checked throughout the board and fell on the river. Ripnick checked and Fleischer announced all in. Tarango called with his last chips and Ripnick let it go.
Tarango tabled while Fleischer held and took down the pot to triple up his stack.
Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce owes a poker home game host $180,000, according to a lawsuit filed, but is allegedly refusing to pay it back.
Stephen Carmona, per TMZ Sports, claims he hosted a private game at his house on January 27 and invited the NBA Hall of Famer, who is an avid but recreational poker player. He apparently gave Pierce a $150,000 loan to enter the high-stakes game with the promise of paying it back within seven days.
The lawsuit states that the retired basketball star only returned $10,000 of that money and then borrowed another $40,000 from Carmona to compete in a different game, but allegedly hasn't paid back any of that either. Pierce reportedly made around $200 million in salary and endorsement deals during his 17-year NBA career.
The action started when Jason Wheeler opened the cutoff to 22,000. It folded to Julien Sitbon in the small blind who moved all in for roughly 155,000 and Wheeler made the call.
Julien Sitbon:
Jason Wheeler:
The flop came and Wheeler pulled ahead with his pair of tens. Sitbon needed a seven and seven only. When the turn hit Sitbon's hope was dwindling, until the river hit and he was able to sit back down and collect the full double up.
A few hands prior to him making a set on the river, Sitbon was all in with against of Wheeler and he managed to river the to stay alive.
The board already showed with a pot containing more than 200,000 when Daniel Custodio checked to Maria Ho who sent a bet worth 200,000 in the middle, with 20,000 chips left behind. Custodio responded by moving all in, putting Ho into a big decision.
After some time, Ho eventually folded and Custodio tabled for the full house.
In a pot of roughly 150,000, Joao Vieira bet 180,000 on the river from the big blind on a board showing . Jack Corrigan took some time before moving all in for 366,000 total.
Vieira looked sick as he contemplated what to do. After several minutes in the tank Vieira made the call and was shown the cooler when Corrigan rolled over for rivered nines-full. Vieira turned over for a lower full-house and the huge pot was awarded to Corrigan.
It folded to Tony Dunst in the small blind who shoved, putting Rui Bouquet at risk for a remaining stack around 90,000. The latter ended up calling and they revealed their cards:
Rui Bouquet:
Tony Dunst:
Dunst found a board , giving him a straight to eliminate Bouquet from the event.