Jared ‘Theblez’ Bleznick has returned to the high-stakes pot-limit Omaha tables at CoinPoker, and rival ‘Giselle54’ dealt him a loss of approximately $400,000. The two played a session at $500-$1,000 with a $200 ante just before the calendar turned to December, and Giselle54 continued their winning ways in the match. They had last played an extended session in October, when Giselle54 won about $500K.
Bleznick had a historic heater in August, putting together a $2.5 million win in a single session.
Giselle54 Slow Plays the Nuts
The players were deep-stacked, with 177 big blinds effective, when Bleznick three-bet to $9,000 after Giselle54 opened to $3,000. Giselle54 called.
On the 8♣6♥5♠ flop, Bleznick continued for $12,000, and Giselle54 called. The turn was the 3♦, and Bleznick bet $26,000. Giselle54 called again. On the A♥ river, Bleznick checked. Giselle54 bet pot, $94,340.
Bleznick called, and Giselle54 had A♠9♠7♥4♦ for the nuts. Bleznick showed 9♦8♦6♣4♠ and watched the $283,080 pot pushed the other way.
Theblez and Giselle54 play a $283k pot at $500-$1,000 PLO. pic.twitter.com/79eNJRGFb3
— CoinPokerAction (@CoinPokerAction) December 4, 2025
Hand Analysis
Bleznick three-bets too wide preflop here, though that’s pretty standard for both of these players in their matches. The double-suited version of this hand is fine to three-bet, but the 4 being pretty disconnected from the top two cards hurts its playability.
Bleznick finds a pretty favorable flop and bets big with top two and a straight blocker, but he’s already getting himself into dangerous territory. For one thing, range-wise, this board isn’t great for the three-bettor. Perhaps more importantly, unless Bleznick connects with a 9 or 8 to make a full house, it’s not good enough to go for three streets of value. Something like 10-9-8-6, which has two pair and a gutshot to the nuts, has more potential to play a big pot successfully.
He might be better served by check-calling this one, inducing some bluffs and some worse hands to possibly bet for value.
Giselle54 opts to slow play the nuts, an interesting decision. Unblocking pairs means raising has a decent chance of extracting value, although blocking the lower straight hurts a bit since the chances of coolering Bleznick are lowered.
In any case, they go to a turn that doesn’t really change anything, and Bleznick bets big again. It’s a play that will get some value from worse hands, but Bleznick will usually have to check the river.
Giselle54 decides to continue the slow play. The rainbow boards give straights a better opportunity to remain the nuts on the river, and they’re important to mix in so that players can keep their ranges uncapped in these situations.
Bleznick does finally check the river, and he faces the dreaded pot-sized bet. His hand makes for a good bluff-catching candidate, as the 4 is a pretty crucial blocker. Giselle54’s line mostly represents 7-4, as that combo should usually play this way. Giselle54’s slow play works to perfection to win a massive pot.
Giselle54 Four-Bets With Kings
Only 70 big blinds deep, Giselle54 raised to $3,000, and Bleznick reraised to $9,000. Giselle54 came back with a four-bet to $27,000, and Bleznick called.
The flop came 8♥5♦2♥, and Bleznick came out jamming for $42,875. Giselle54 called.
Bleznick showed A♥J♥9♣4♠ for a combo draw including the nut flush. His A was live as well since Giselle54 had K♥K♦8♠6♠. However, the board ran 8♦, 4♦, so Giselle54 won another $140,151 pot with trips.
Over $54k in the middle…. preflop. pic.twitter.com/iJe7Zrctuc
— CoinPokerAction (@CoinPokerAction) December 4, 2025
Hand Analysis
Once again, Bleznick three-bets with a hand that’s better off calling here. The hand is disconnected and single-suited, so it doesn’t play well against a four-betting range that’s heavy on aces and dominating ace-high double-suited hands.
Giselle54 decides to four-bet for value here. Kings are generally pretty bad to four-bet and get in, since the opponent getting stacks in often has a hand that either crushes them (aces) or has fine equity (double-suited rundowns).
However, it’s important to remember both how wide Bleznick is three-betting and how much shallower the stacks are here. Because Bleznick has a wide range and only 70 blinds, getting in weak-ish kings starts to have a lot more appeal. Reducing the stack-to-pot ratio is ideal for a hand that won’t play well across multiple streets but has decent equity just running out a board. And the shorter stacks get, the less of a disaster getting in kings against aces becomes.
Bleznick decides to peel the four-bet, and once he does, he obviously has to stick his stack in once he flops the combo draw. Though chances are slim, if he ever gets some hands like A-K-Q-J without a flush draw to fold, that’s a big win. He’ll have acceptable equity against everything in Giselle54’s range.
Once again, though it doesn’t work out, and Giselle54’s equity comes home in what amounts to a coin flip.
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