The Large Sport On Tour noticed the wheel of fortune spin nearly off its axis with the leaderboard getting an intensive shuffle in Episode 3 which aired on Fox Sports activities 1.
The Large Sport On Tour is a $100/$200 ($200 massive blind ante) no-limit maintain’em sport with a twist. In every six-player lineup, there’s one “Wild Card.” The Wild Card is on a freeroll, with a $50,000 stake from PokerStars. If the Wild Card can survive 150 palms they will money out for no matter revenue they make.
Within the first flight, the wild card is poker content material creator Nikki Limo, who began Episode 3 with a revenue of $21,100 after sixty palms.
Angling to get their mitts on Limo’s revenue have been a mixture of poker professionals and celebrities. The most important winners initially of Episode 3 have been Lex Veldhuis (up $83,200), Phil Hellmuth (up $49,800), and Jennifer Tilly (up $46,900). Alan Keating (down $96,300) and Arden Cho (down $100,000) have been the massive losers at that time.
However all that was about to alter.
Tilly Joins “Actual Housewives,” Needles Hellmuth
The primary hand of PokerStars’s The Large Sport On Tour Episode 3 noticed Phil Hellmuth decide up A♦Ok♦. He raised to $600 from UTG+1 solely to have Jennifer Tilly re-raise him to $2,000 with simply 4♦3♦.
Tilly gave the impression to be training for her new position as one among The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills and has been stirring up drama with Hellmuth. The pair had been verbally sparring for 2 episodes and now they have been sparring on the felt. Hellmuth known as.
He then checked the flop of 7♠A♣6♣. Tilly guess $2,000 into this flop. Hellmuth known as once more and the flip was the 2♥. Each gamers checked and the seller rolled over the 3♠ on the river. Hellmuth guess $7,000.
Tilly had a small pair, good for catching a bluff, however little else. Earlier than she folded Tilly took the possibility to needle Hellmuth once more, saying he had regarded disillusioned when she checked the flip. Hellmuth raked within the pot, however was a sore winner, irritated by the concept he might need been so readable.
Keating Wins It Again
After dominating the storyline for episode two, Hellmuth receded again into the shadows after the primary hand. As a substitute, Episode 3 was all about Lex Veldhuis and his Pleistocene run of playing cards.
Veldhuis’s bother began when Keating picked up pocket sevens and raised to $900. Hellmuth known as with ace-king and Veldhuis adopted his lead.
Hellmuth acquired out quick when the flop got here down 2♣7♥3♦ and Keating guess out. Veldhuis however raised Keating with simply Ok♦4♦ to $9,000. Keating known as with high set.
The flip was the Ok♥, giving Veldhuis the proper bluff-catcher with which to check-call Keating’s $19,000 guess. Sadly, there was no bluff to catch and when the river got here down the J♠, Keating pushed all-in overlaying Veldhuis’s stack of $103,900.
“I mentioned I used to be going to both win the most important pot of my life towards you… or lose most likely,” Veldhuis mentioned, earlier than calling and doing the latter. Keating raked in a $266,700 pot, wiping out Veldhuis’s revenue in a single go and placing himself briefly again within the black.
Veldhuis And Keating Tangle Once more
Veldhuis’s unhealthy luck continued just a few palms later with Mega Python v. Gatoroid star Arden Cho getting a giant bluff previous him. So, when Alan Keating raised to $900 with out his playing cards and Veldhuis picked up pocket kings he went in arduous with a elevate to $3,200.
To Veldhuis’s delight, Tilly 4-bet from the massive blind to $11,000 with A♥10♦ forcing Keating to verify his playing cards. He had a really playable A♦Q♦ and so known as. Veldhuis went forward and raised once more to $44,300 whole. Tilly folded, however Keating got here again once more for the remainder of Veldhuis’s stack.
Veldhuis known as and, with $122,700 within the center, they determined to run it twice. Lex hit a set on the primary one reserving not less than half of the large pot, however he ended up splitting the pot after Keating gained the second runout.
Arden Bluffs Once more
One orbit later, Keating put in a $400 straddle, getting calls from Tilly within the small blind and Cho within the massive. Keating checked his hand to see A♠10♦ and determined to make it $1,800 to play. Tilly folded and Cho known as with A♣3♣.
The flop was A♦4♥5♣ giving each gamers a pair of aces. Keating guess his pair and Cho known as with hers.
The flip was the Q♣ including a flush draw to Cho’s inside wheel draw. Keating guess $10,000 right into a pot of $12,200 and Cho raised him to $30,000. Keating known as and the seller put down the 6♠ on the river.
At this level, Cho turned her pair of aces right into a bluff, overbetting all in for $71,400.
Keating gave it some thought and jokingly requested if he may see one among Cho’s playing cards. Surprisingly, Arden agreed and Keating picked the 3♣. Keating already appeared suspicious that Cho had flopped a wheel, and after one other fast dip within the tank, Keating folded. As she raked within the huge pot, Cho confirmed the bluff. One final insult to spherical out the damage.
The Last Hand
Over the subsequent few palms, Limo misplaced again the final of her revenue, Lex earned again some a small fraction of his losses, and earlier than the gamers knew it, the ultimate hand crept up on them.
As soon as once more, Veldhuis picked up kings. This time issues went a lot worse for him.
Lex raised his kings to $800 from UTG+1 and Tilly re-raised to $2,000 from the button. Keating known as with 10♦9♠ within the massive blind triggering a squeeze from Lex to $8,700 whole that each Tilly and Keating known as.
The flop was Q♣6♦4♠, giving Veldhuis an overpair. Keating checked and Lex guess $15,000 into the $26,400 pot. Tilly known as and Keating sensibly bailed on the hand.
The flip was the 5♣. Lex shoved and Tilly beat him into the pot together with her name, turning over the 6♠6♣ for a flopped set. The river was a ineffective J♣ and Tilly raked in one other wayward stack of Veldhuis’s chips.
Having began the episode with an enormous revenue, Veldhuis ended the episode on the backside of a $130,000 gap. Tilly went from being up slightly below a buy-in to being up nearly three buyins. Hellmuth grew his revenue slightly to $62,800 and Limo gave up all of hers.
Arden Cho had an enormous flip round too, going from being down a pleasant spherical $100,000 to being down $7,400 whereas Alan Keating shaved about $30k off his losses for the session.
The complete standings with 88 palms performed and two episodes remaining are as follows:
| Rank | Participant | Revenue/Loss | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer Tilly | +$145,500 | $295,500 |
| 2 | Phil Hellmuth | +$62,800 | $112,800 |
| 3 | Nikki Limo | +$300 | $49,700 |
| 4 | Arden Cho | -$7,400 | $142,600 |
| 5 | Alan Keating | -$65,600 | $329,400 |
| 6 | Lex Veldhuis | -$130,000 | $75,000 |
