Anthony Zinno joins Remko Rinkema on the Remko Report at WPT Montreal to talk about winning the Season XIII Hublot WPT Player of the Year award, life on the road, chasing the 2015 GPI POY title, and more.
Dzmitry Urbanovich opened for 50,000 from the cutoff and Steve O'Dwyer called from the button. Igor Kurganov quickly released from the small blind but Paul Newey in the big blind contemplated what to do. He eventually called and the three of them took a flop of .
Paul Newey shoved all in for 197,000 and Urbanovich folded immediately. O'Dwyer called just as quickly and Newey soon found out he was in trouble.
Paul Newey:
Steve O'Dwyer:
"Ohhh Steve!" Newey exclaimed upon seeing what he was up against. "Straight flush please. Or just a red five!"
Newey got neither. The hit the turn and the on the river was just as meaningless.
Paul Newey exited in 11th place, down to 2 tables of 5 now, 2 from the money. If one more player busts, there will be a redraw for the last table of 9. Then one more player needs to exit for the remaining 8 to make the money.
Bryn Kenney opened to 45,000 under the gun and Steve O'Dwyer in the cutoff three bet to 130,000. Action folded to Kenney who moved all in. O'Dwyer called instantly.
Bryn Kenney:
Steve O'Dwyer:
No suck out this time as O'Dwyer hit top set on the flop and had Kenney drawing dead on the turn: . "Good luck" Kenney said as he departed in 12th place. Down to 11.
Igor Kurganov opened for 45,000 from the cutoff and Paul Newey, who finished runner-up in this very event one year ago, three-bet all in for 128,000 total from the button. The blinds both folded, and Kurganov, who had chips to spare, made the call.
Newey:
Kurganov:
Newey was ahead, and he stayed there on the flop. The turn gave Kurganov a gutshot, but it didn't come in as the paired the board on the river to improve Newey to a full house.
John Juanda opened the button to 47,000 and Sam Greenwood folded his small blind. Thomas Muehloecker in the big blind tanked for a bit, studied Juanda's stack, and moved all in. Juanda thought for a few seconds before calling.
John Juanda:
Thomas Muehloecker:
What started out as a coin flip soon turned to just about a lock on the hand for Juanda: on the flop. The on the turn sealed the deal for the EPT Barcelona Main Event champion and the on the river was there just to make things official. Juanda doubled his 572,000 stack, Muehloecker down to around 40 big blinds.
Alex Bilokur moved all in for 163,000 chips and John Juanda, on his direct left, went into the tank for quite a while.
While Juanda was tanking, Bilokur got up from his seat and put his iPad in his backpack. Ole Schemion and Daniel Dvoress chuckled.
Eventually Juanda folded, and it was Anthony Zinno made the call from the button.
Bilokur:
Zinno:
The board ran out and Bilokur was knocked out in 13th place. In this tournament eight places are paid, and we are getting closer and closer to the €107,550 bubble.
Right after losing a crucial pot to Luuk Gieles, Christoph Vogelsang has been eliminated. O'Dwyer opened under the gun to 45,000 and Vogelsang pushed all in for about 270,000 right next to him. Action folded back around to O'Dwyer who was quick to call.
Steve O'Dwyer:
Christph Vogelsang:
Vogelsang ended up not hitting anything with the board reading . Down to 13 players.