2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 15th episode, Connor speaks with statistician Nate Silver about his new book On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything, election forecasting, founding and leaving FiveThirtyEight, his bad beats at feature tables, and co-hosting the Risky Business podcast with Maria Konnikova.
Silver also discusses the upcoming US presidential election, sports analytics, Limit Hold'em, his Silver Bulletin newsletter and why no one should be a nit in life.
This interview was filmed on June 8.
Players in the Main Event are heading for a 20-minute break.
Level 11 Highlights
Paul Di Meglio raised to 3,000 under the gun before Massimo Mosele three-bet to 11,000 in middle position. Bo Jin four-bet to 20,000 on the button, Di Meglio folded, while Mosele called to see the A♣10♦J♦ flop.
Both players checked to the J♥ turn, where Mosele moved all in for 59,500. Jin tanked for several minutes into the break before calling. Mosele showed A♠K♠ for two pair and was ahead as Jin turned over Q♥Q♣.
The K♥ fell on the river to give Mosele a higher two pair, but Jin spiked a straight as Mosele stormed out of his seat and began muttering to himself as the big pot was pushed over to Jin.
"He's putting a spell on you," tablemate Steven Jones joked with Jin.
Ghassan Bitar raised to 3,000 from under the gun with 7♦7♣ and Simon Wiciak three-bet to 9,000 from the next seat across with A♦3♦. Bitar moved all in for 45,000 and Wiciak folded to concede the pot.
Harry Lodge opened the button to 3,000 and Max Burney defended from the big blind.
Both players checked the K♦9♥Q♠ flop for the 5♥ to come on the turn. Burney's bet of 3,500 was met with a raise to 13,000 by Lodge. Burney called.
On the 7♣ river, Burney check-called Lodge's bet of 27,000. Lodge turned over Q♣5♣ for a turned two pair and took down the pot.
Ren Lin raised to 3,500 from the cutoff and Jakub Piwowarski called from the big blind.
Piwowarski check-called a bet of 4,000 from Lin on the 10♦A♦7♥ flop.
The 4♦ turn saw Piwowarski check-call another bet from Lin, this time for 13,000.
Both players checked the 6♠ river and Piwowarski took down the pot with 7♦6♥ for a rivered two pair, sevens and sixes. Lin flashed the 2♦ as the pot was pushed over to Piwowarski.
Approximately 35,000 was already in the middle by a completed board of A♦9♥6♣2♦5♠ as PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot flicked out a bet of 3,000 from the big blind into Maksim Shornikau on the button.
Shornikau made a sigh-call and tabled K♦K♥ which fell to Talbot's A♣10♥.
With around 50,000 in the pot on a board of 8♣4♠9♥4♦, Thierry van den Berg moved all in for 35,000 in the small blind. Kian Kiani was in early position and tanked for a moment before calling.
Van den Berg showed K♥K♦, while Kiani had A♠J♠ for ace-high. "Don't do this to me," Van den Berg pleaded with the dealer heading to the river, which came the A♦ to give Kiani the pot.
"Oh my God. This is not normal. This is not real," Van den Berg yelled out as he stormed out of his seat.
"Sorry," Kiani said to him as he raked in the pot.