Greater than 27,000 folks have been tuned in Tuesday evening to observe Tom Dwan run right into a seven-figure unhealthy beat throughout the first evening of the Hustler On line casino Reside Million Greenback Sport.
Seven gamers confirmed up at Hustler On line casino in Los Angeles with $1 million in money to play some no-limit Texas maintain’em at $500/$1,000 ($2,000 large bind ante) stakes.
It took precisely one hand for the primary juicy hand to transpire. On a board of Okayβ₯8β£10β Aβ¦Aβ£, Motion Dan guess $33,000 with Qβ£Jβ₯ for the nut straight. However he’d fold after a elevate to $105,000 and it was a sensible resolution as a result of Hook rivered a full home with Aβ₯10β¦. Whereas that hand was entertaining, the next hand involving a former Full Tilt Poker professional has been the largest and sickest on Day 1 of the Million Greenback Sport.
Dwan Put in a Brutal Spot
Dwan started the session gradual and was down round $400,000 earlier than mounting a little bit of a comeback. He pulled off a few bluffs to win respectable sized pots, bringing his deficit nearer to $200,000, and he was clearly heading in the right direction again to his $1 million beginning stack. Properly, he was till he bumped into an unlucky flip card.
The hand started with Peter, the under-the-gun participant with 10β 10β₯, elevating to $4,000. Steve, within the cutoff with Aβ¦Jβ¦, known as, and so did Dwan, who was on the button with 9β₯4β₯. Hook then got here alongside for the trip within the large blind with 7β¦5β to see a flop of 4β¦4β 6β¦, and all 4 gamers had a bit.
After Hook checked his open-ended straight draw, Peter guess $8,000 with an over pair. Steve wasn’t going wherever with the nut flush draw, however Dwan made an enormous elevate to $36,000 with journeys. That satisfied Hook to fold, however the two different gamers needed to see the flip, which was the 10β£, an particularly merciless card for Dwan because it gave Peter a full home.
Motion, nevertheless, checked to Dwan, who had no cause at that time to imagine journeys was no good. So, he guess out $76,000. Peter opted to play his second nuts hand gradual and simply name, whereas the participant with the nut flush draw mucked his playing cards. The 2β₯ on the river wasn’t a scare card, and Peter checked his full home to “durrrr,” who guess $167,000.
A transparent resolution to check-raise was in retailer for Peter. The one query was how a lot of a elevate. Dwan had $465,000 behind, however Peter opted to lift the guess to $425,000, a smaller dimension than most watching anticipated. After tanking for fairly a while, Dwan could not discover a fold and known as off the $258,000 solely to search out out the unhealthy information that he’d suffered a nasty beat in a $1,129,000 pot.
The unhealthy beat differs enormously from Dwan’s look within the Million Greenback Sport final yr the place he gained a $3.1 million hand towards “Wes Aspect” Wesley Fei, the most important pot in livestream poker historical past.
On the time of publishing, Dwan was down about $800,000. The stream, which started at 3 p.m. PT, will proceed for a minimum of just a few extra hours. Hustler On line casino Reside will host three further days of $1 million buy-in money video games Could 29-31.
