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Julien Martini: //
Felipe Ramos: / - folded
Julien Martini completed and was called by Felipe Ramos and Hal Rotholz.
Rotholz took the lead on fourth street and both opponents called. Ramos got out of the way of another Rotholz bet on fifth, but Martini stuck around and called. Martini called another bet on sixth.
Rotholz put out one more bet on seventh. "I know you were about to do that," Martini said as he called.
Julien Martini completed with a while Felipe Ramos raised with an and Martini called.
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Felipe Ramos: //
Ramos bet on fourth street which Martini called.
On fifth and sixth street the action checked through to the river where Martini bet and Ramos called. Martini turned over for a six-five and Ramos mucked his hand, giving Martini the pot.
The following hand, Martini completed with a up and Hal Rotholz called with a .
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Hal Rotholz: //
Martini bet every street and Rotholz called down and was shown for a seven-six and Martini added to his chip lead.
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Ron “The Carolina Express” Stanley, 70, was one of the most feared players in the game. In fact, he even went toe-to-toe with the legendary Stu Ungar at the final table of the 1997 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. It was there that Stanley donned a tuxedo while playing in the intense Las Vegas heat on Fremont Street.
Stanley, who has been playing poker for a living for “at least 50 years,” was recently spotted at the 2022 WSOP and was kind enough to chat with PokerNews.
“My dad used to play poker and he’d take me to the games when I was a kid,” he said about how he learned poker in the first place. “I was watching and it got pretty interesting. He was pretty good at it and I picked it up from him. It’s in my blood I guess.”
While he hasn’t had any major tournament scores since before the Poker Boom, Stanley is still on the grind.
“I play poker 5-6 days a week at least, mostly cash games,” he said. “In Vegas, I mostly play at South Point, but I’ve been in South Carolina for six months playing a lot of home games.”
Julien Martini completed with a up and Max Pescatori defended his bring in .
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Julien Martini: //
Pescatori bet on fourth street while Martini called.
On fifth street Martini called the all in bet of Pescatori and both players turned up their cards. Pescatori ended with a ten-seven which was no good against the perfect ten that Martini held and Pescatori ended his run in sixth place.