Viewers of High Stakes Poker this season have turn into accustomed to businessman Sameh Elamawy getting concerned in some huge pots, and that when once more continued on PokerGO this week towards one other fellow billionaire businessman.
The hand noticed Elamawy face off towards Stanley Tang in one other six-figure showdown. With blinds of $200-$400 with a $400 large blind ante and a straddle to $4,000, Tang made it $25,000 with 10
10
and $355,000 in entrance of him. Elamawy appeared down at 8 8 and known as with $821,000 on the desk.
Everyone else folded and the flop fell 10
9 7
. Tang landed high set and Elamawy picked up an open-ended straight draw. Tang was a 75% favourite to win the hand, however Tang nonetheless had a 25% shot together with his eight outs to take the chips.
Tang led out with a wager of $35,000 and Elamawy raised to $175,000. That introduced a direct all in from Tang, and an excellent faster name from Elamawy. The motion occurred so quick that it took the opposite gamers a second to understand what had occurred, however when the mud settled, Elamawy want a six, jack, or working eights to win the hand.
The flip introduced an insignificant 2 with the three approaching the river, giving Tang the winner.
The two had agreed to run it twice, nevertheless, and the second runout introduced the J on the flip, giving Elamawy a straight.
“It’s not over yet,” he stated.
He was proper to not depend his chickens, as a result of the 9 hit the river, giving Tang a full home.
Watch the whole hand from PokerGO under.
This was simply the most recent High Stakes Poker battle amongst well-heeled businessmen. Tang is a billionaire tech entrepreneur initially from Hong Kong, and is the co-founder and chief product officer of the DoorDash meals supply service.
Tang was additionally lately concerned in one other big pot with Elamawy wherein he hit fortunate playing cards on the river twic for a pot of $297,500.
Elamawy is an Egyptian enterprise proprietor and CEO of the Scratch Services mortgage servicing firm. He has now been concerned in a number of big fingers on the present, together with cracking Andrew Robl’s kings twice for $1 million.
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