Did Poker Player Angle Shoot at 2025 WSOP High Roller Final Table?

PokerGO commentator Brent Hanks questioned if an angle shoot occurred on Saturday in a high-stakes match on the 2025 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP). However we’ll allow you to determine if the announcer is onto one thing, or if you happen to suppose he is overreacting.

The hand in query befell with 4 gamers remaining in Occasion #22: $25,000 Excessive Curler 6-Handed, with $1,734,717 up high.

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Chris Moorman raised from the button to 480,000 with 9♠4♠, earlier than Jared Bleznick three-bet to 1,500,000 with Q♦J♦ from the small blind. That’s the place issues received attention-grabbing, as Blaz Zerjav awoke within the huge blind with Ok♠Ok♣, and took his time earlier than grabbing 3,300,000 in chips, making ready to four-bet — however verbally introduced “1,300,000.”

Tablemate Landon Tice rapidly knowledgeable Zerjav that Bleznick had made it 1,500,000, and the supplier dominated that Zerjav’s declared quantity would stand as a name.

Moorman folded to the three-bet, saying, “I don’t know, I’m scared.” Hanks famous the unusual interplay, commenting earlier than the flop, “I don’t know if that’s slightly angly.”

Whatever the preflop mix-up, the hand continued between Bleznick and Zerjav. The flop got here Ok♥3♣J♣, giving Zerjav high set. Hanks continued on commentary: “Bleznick must be cautious right here,” including, “We do not know if this was intentional or an accident.”

Bleznick, nevertheless, nonetheless determined to guide out for 1,200,000, and Zerjav referred to as. The flip introduced the ten♠, and the “Blez” slowed down a bit. Bleznick check-called a guess of 1,500,000 from Zerjav.

The river was the three♠. After Bleznick checked once more, Zerjav moved all in, placing Bleznick in danger for his remaining 5,700,000. Bleznick thought it over earlier than finally mucking his hand, delivery the pot to Zerjav.

After the hand, Zerjav apologized to Bleznick, saying, “Sorry man, I meant to make it 3.3 million.” Bleznick, clearly confused, replied, “That was the weirdest factor I’ve ever seen.”

This is not the one latest alleged angle shoot that has occurred in a significant poker match. Aleksandr Shevliakov discovered himself being accused of an identical act throughout the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo Foremost Occasion remaining desk final month. In each cases — the EPT and WSOP fingers — the participant accused of angle taking pictures held a premium hand.

Zerjav, on the time of publishing, had moved into an enormous chip lead in heads-up play towards Moorman. Bleznick busted in third place, good for $752,737.

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