While the event motion in Las Vegas rages on, followers of livestreamed money have been handled to a high-stakes recreation in Los Angeles Saturday evening that includes numerous stars from the sports activities world.
Among them was the Miami Heat’s Jimmy Butler, making his first public poker look. The six-time NBA All-Star took his seat in the beginning of the eight-hour Hustler Casino Live stream, however determined to take a seat out for greater than an hour earlier than seeing a hand, ready on the arrival of Brazilian soccer legend Neymar Jr.
Neymar, who as one of many highest paid athletes on the earth additionally has a cope with PokerStars, nearly instantly received concerned in a number of massive pots, however not with Butler.
Butler had cracked boxer Ryan Garcia’s aces with journey nines to double up, and saved slowly including to his stack when his eventual confrontation with Neymar lastly went down.
The motion began with a limp for $200 from boxer Chris Eubank, adopted by Neymar. High-stakes common Alan Keating then raised it to $2,000 on the button, however was known as by Pedro Velasco within the small blind, Butler within the massive blind, Dan Bilzerian within the straddle, and each Eubank and Neymar.
The flop got here down 5
4
4
and Butler wager $3,000. It folded to Neymar within the cutoff, who was the one caller. The flip was the 9, and Butler wager $5,000.
Neymar responded with a min-raise to $10,000, and Butler rapidly reraised to $30,000.
“Come get you some,” Butler mentioned.
Neymar obliged and moved all-in, and Butler made the fast name for the remainder of his stack, bringing the pot to $174,000.
Watch the hand under.
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Neymar felt good about his journeys with Okay 4, however Butler had him drawing slim with pocket fives for a flopped full home. Butler insisted on operating it solely as soon as, and the river was the A
to present him a full double up.
Butler would experience that momentum to a giant win of $122,850, regardless of having the bottom VPIP of the evening with 41 % and a preflop increase price of simply 2 %.
Keating, who performed a whopping 90 % of his arms, was the most important loser of the session, dropping $478,850. Most of that went to Neymar, who completed up $306,000 on the evening. Those two performed a wild hand the place Keating ended up shedding greater than what was initially within the pot.
It started with a increase to $1,000 by Eubank in early place, who was known as by YouTube streamer Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins and Neymar, earlier than Keating three-bet to $5,000. Everyone known as, and the flop got here down Q 9 2.
It checked to Keating on the button, who wager $10,000. Blevins and Neymar known as, bringing the 6 on the flip.
Once once more, it checked to Keating, who determined to maneuver all in.
“I’ve had enough,” mentioned Keating, who was overbetting the pot.
Blevins folded his Okay 10 for a gutshot straight draw, however Neymar rapidly known as for his whole stack of $74,400, bringing the pot to $198,950.
Keating held A 4 for the nut flush draw, and Neymar confirmed 9 5 for second pair.
“Oh my god,” mentioned somebody on the desk, reacting to Neymar’s bluff catcher.
The two agreed to run it twice, with Keating profitable the primary half of the pot with the three, and Neymar taking the opposite half with the 5.
But Keating wasn’t happy with a cut up pot. In reality, he wished to run the river once more, this time for $50,000.
Watch the hand under.
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The Q was no assist to Keating, in order that they ran it once more for one more $50,000. The J hit, with Neymar exploding in celebration. Keating wished one other $50,000. It purchased him the J.
They then stepped it as much as $75,000, which resulted within the 2.
“My stack has been eviscerated by my own hubris,” mentioned Keating.
They put one other $60,000 within the center, and the 8 saved issues in Neymar’s favor. Finally, they put in Keating’s final $75,000, and he peeled the ten to see him felted.
Neymar had began the hand with solely about $89,000, however one way or the other received all of Keating’s $362,000.
Keating most likely shook off the loss simply, contemplating he gained a $2.2 million pot on the stream final month.
