Hands #172-177: Final Two Players

Mar 26, 2025

HAND #172: Patrick Yazbeck limps in and then calls a raise to 1,400,000 by Joshua McSwiney. On the Heart 10Spade 5Heart 2 flop, McSwiney bets 1,600,000 and wins the pot.


HAND #173: McSwiney limps in, Yazbeck raises to 1,400,000 and McSwiney folds.


HAND #174: Yazbeck limp-calls for 1,400,000 and they head to the Heart JHeart 7Heart 4 flop. McSwiney bets 800,000 and takes down another pot.


HAND #175: McSwiney limps in and Yazbeck checks to the Heart 8Heart 3Spade 3 flop. Yazbeck check-calls for 400,000 and they check the Spade A turn to the [pc6Ts[/pc] river. Yazbeck’s bet of 1,600,000 is paid off and he wins the pot with the Club ADiamond 4.


HAND #176: Yazbeck limps, McSwiney raises to 1,400,000. Yazbeck then limp-raises to 3,800,000 and calls all-in with a brief “let’s go” when McSwiney moves all-in over the top.

Patrick Yazbeck: Club AClub J.
Joshua McSwiney: Heart ASpade J.

There is no upset on the Heart QClub 3Diamond 2Heart 4Diamond 10 board and they chop.


HAND #177: McSwiney limps and Yazbeck checks. They check to the Club KDiamond 9Spade 3Spade JDiamond J river on which Yazbeck check-folds to a bet of 500,000.


Upon completion of the hand, the final two players are heading on a 45-minute dinner break but may restart earlier at their own decision.

Joshua McSwiney – 29,050,000 (73 bb)
Patrick Yazbeck – 15,225,000 (38 bb)

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