It happens every year. The World Series of Poker Main Event breaks countless hearts over the course of its four Day 1 starting flights – and this year was no different.
For Jared Bleznick, heartbreak struck on poker's biggest stage – for the second time this summer. While playing on the feature table of PokerGO's Main Event Day 1D coverage, Bleznick was well on his way to bagging up more than double the starting stack.
Then, it all went wrong.
'It was a lot of fun'
With the blinds at 300/500 (500), PokerGO's coverage picked up the action pre-flop with four bets in the middle already. Romain Locquet kicked off the action with a raise to 1.1K, holding 
off a stack of 161.4K. Shawn Cunix clicked it to 2.6K with 
off the short stack before the action folded around to Bleznick in the big blind.
After looking down at 
, Bleznick four-bet to 5.2K, entering the hand as the covered stack with 132.4K. Locquet took about forty seconds to consider his decision and ultimately landed on a five-bet to 16.6K. As Locquet's raise hit the felt, Cunix grabbed him around the shoulder and thanked him for putting more chips in the middle.
With Cunix out of the way, it was Bleznick's turn to tank before tossing raising chips across the betting line – making it 38K to go. Locquet made the call and the two players watched on as the dealer spread the 
flop – a disaster for Bleznick as his opponent connected with a very disguised top set.
Bleznick likely didn't have pocket nines in his opponent's range and fired 30K into the 79.4K in the middle. Locquet made the call and the turn improved him to quads – leaving Bleznick drawing dead. With 139.4K in the middle and only 63.9K remaining in his stack, Bleznick sent the rest of his chips into the middle, and Locquet quickly called.
"Good game," Bleznick said as he saw his opponent's cards. "That's insane."
In an immediate post-elimination interview with PokerGO's Jeff Platt, Bleznick lamented the loss while remaining, all things considered, quite positive.
"That was just... probably the sickest beat I've taken all summer. I enjoyed the table, it was a lot of fun. I'd rather have that happen today than four days in."
Locquet has used the chips well — he's currently near the top of the Day 2D leaderboard with 611,300 chips.
