PokerStars revealed two new brand ambassadors at Resorts World Las Vegas last month, both with impeccable reputations within the poker community — Caitlin Comeskey and Jason Koon.
The newest Team Pro members for the most prominent brand in online poker history come from different backgrounds and have different roles within the industry. Koon is a high-stakes legend, arguably the top tournament player in the world. Comeskey is a low-stakes player known for her comedic light-hearted poker player parody videos. She captured the Best Short-Form Content Creator award at the 2023 Global Poker Awards.
Vojtech Ruzicka opened to 170,000 from the button. Artsiom Lasouski moved all in from the big blind and Ruzicka snap-called.
Vojtech Ruzicka: A♥10♥
Artsiom Lasouski: A♠7♦
After Ruzicka tabled his hand, Lasouski was reluctant to show his. He felt better about the situation come the 4♠7♣3♦ flop. The 2♦ turn brought in chop outs, with Ruzicka asking for a five. However the 6♣ river confirmed his elimination from the tournament.
Nichan Khorchidian opened to 160,000 from the button. Patrik Jaros defended the big blind.
He check-called a bet of 125,000 on the flop of 4♣K♣2♣. The J♣ turn was checked around before Jaros led for 150,000 on the 5♦ river. Khorchidian then raised to around 500,000. Jaros showed Khorchidian his hand before folding.
Patrik Jaros called in the small blind. Nichan Khorchidian checked his option in the big blind.
Jaros check-called a bet of 80,000 on the flop of A♣9♦5♥. He checked again on the 7♦ turn. Khorchidian then bet 350,000. Jaros used most of his 30 seconds before moving all in. Khorchidian folded.
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 21st episode, Connor speaks with Survivor legend Boston Rob, aka Rob Mariano, about growing up near Fenway Park, learning poker at the age of 6, studying psychology at Boston University, applying for Survivor and winning Season 22, his recent appearance on Deal or No Deal Island and filming an upcoming season of The Traitors.
Boston Rob also revealed a story about Costa Rican authorities raiding a mansion known to host high-stakes poker games during a 2006 filming that included Daniel Negreanu, Josh Arieh, David Williams, Michael Mizrachi and actress Cheryl Hines.
"(Gambling mogul) Calvin (Ayre) had a big party at the house, and they came in guns drawn," he said. "And we were fine, but we all had to stay at the party until they checked our passports and everything. I think it was a little bit of a shakedown. But we had a good weekend."
