It’s been a sizzling 2024 for Jared Bleznick, and he’s exhibiting no indicators of slowing down after a vicious high-stakes victory in opposition to ‘PencilArms’ at $300-$600 PLO over on CoinPoker.
The poker professional and sports activities playing cards fanatic was in prime type as he received main pot after main pot, in the end ending up with a stack of over $725,000 in entrance of him.
Playing as ‘Theblez,’ it was a rocky begin for the New York-born professional, who jammed all in on the river on a 3
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board holding 109103 – simply center pair and a busted straight draw. PencilArms wasn’t a believer, trying him up with OkAJOk for 2 pair and a juicy $140k+ pot.
Within the hour, nevertheless, Bleznick had clawed it again after which some. He turned prime set and led out as PencilArms raised all in with two pair and skinny hopes of hitting a gutshot straight draw. Instead, the river gave Theblez a ship, together with $158k.
Multiple Six-Figure Pots
The two continued to commerce blows, every touchdown heavy photographs. Theblez bought a river name from his opponent whereas holding the nut straight on a 53A4Ok board to lock up $137k, however then misplaced an enormous $125k pot when his two pair with pocket aces was second greatest to a turned-and-rivered flush. Ouch.
That ache didn’t final lengthy, although, as he’d quickly scoop greater than 1 / 4 of 1,000,000 in a single hand. Holding 68A7, he linked pretty effectively with the 824 flop and check-called $32,600.
The flip was the 5, finishing the nut straight. He moved all in and PencilArms was drawing lifeless when he referred to as with simply pocket aces. Shortly after, Theblez picked up one other $44k pot after which actually began to show the screw.
Bleznick flopped a set and rivered a full home in opposition to two pair so as to add one other $132k, then virtually instantly misplaced greater than half of that when his tens and nines misplaced out to aces and tens. Undeterred, he scooped slightly below $150k after flopping the nut flush then braving his means by way of flip and river bets on the double-paired board.
PencilArms reraised the flop and went all in on the flip, then mucked in a $159k pot. Theblez had rivered his flush, holding 8977 on the 4648A runout, and it’s secure to imagine PencilArms would’ve been good on a bunch of different rivers.
The six-figure pots simply saved on coming, and virtually all of them had been now going Bleznick’s means. He flopped set over set holding aces in opposition to kings in a dream setup for $152k, then managed to crack aces himself by turning a straight.
It was a top-class efficiency from Theblez, however you need to really feel for PencilArms with among the spots he discovered himself in.
Impressive Year For Bleznick
This was simply the most recent in an extended line of 2024 successes for Bleznick, who as soon as made headlines for hiring Phil Hellmuth as his foremost occasion coach. You might also keep in mind him inflicting a little bit of a stir in the primary occasion for unwrapping field after field of baseball playing cards on the characteristic desk, even when concerned in a hand.
It was this summer season that he secured his first WSOP bracelet and greater than $2 million after he received a $50,000 excessive curler.
In October, he practically defended his Super High Roller Bowl PLO title with a fourth-place end for $450,000 and just lately, he took third within the $100,000 PLO excessive curler at WSOP Paradise for $1,170,360. He is now second on the PLO all-time cash checklist behind solely Eelis Parssinen.
He additionally turned the High Stakes Duel 5 champion on PokerGO after beating Poker Hall of Famer Patrik Antonius in three back-to-back heads-up matches. That victory earned him $350,000, the championship belt, and one more reason to have a good time a hell of a yr by the point New Year’s Eve rolls round.
*Photo by PokerGO – Antonio Abrego
