August has started with a bang for high stakes poker railbirds, and much of the action centres around Jared Bleznick, who rose to fame in the early days of online poker as ‘Harrington25’.
From six-figure hero calls to $500k monster pots and chip stacks over $1 million, his recent exploits at nosebleeds PLO have sparked some of the best online poker site action we’ve seen this year, up to as high as $1000/$2000.
What’s more, they truly showcase his love for the game. After this Summer’s WSOP which he commentated on, Jared posted a heartfelt video stating:
‘Falling in love with the game of poker at 16 years old watching Chris Moneymaker win the 2003 main event, was one of the greatest moments of my life. Here we are 22 years later, and I still love the game of poker. My main focus in life has been sports cards, that will never go away, but I am so appreciative to the poker community for taking me in on my commentary. You have no idea how much it means to me, that people have told they are watching poker because I am commentating. My number one goal with that is to bring new people to play new games. Draw, Stud, Omaha Hi/Lo, PLO, whatever it may be.’
The New Yorker added that Michael Mizrachi’s performance across the 21 days of the World Series of Poker was in his opinion the ‘greatest performance in the history of poker, gambling and sports’, even comparing The Grinder to Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes.
It’s fitting then that Jared is now putting on an electrifying performance himself, at the online poker tables.
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Jared Bleznick @harrington25 is taking on PencilArms at $500/$1000 PLO right now #poker #pokernight #potlimitomaha pic.twitter.com/NMOaohuDz2
— CoinPoker (@CoinPoker_OFF) August 3, 2025
Jared has been on a tear on blockchain poker site CoinPoker, under the screenname ‘Theblez’. The games are played in a cryptocurrency – Tether (USDT) – but equivalent in value to the US Dollar, and are accessible worldwide.
With its international playerpool, the best of the best poker names are often seen battling at high stakes, and the sharks have been lining up to take on Jared Bleznick. He’s managed to hold his own though against the best Pot Limit Omaha crushers out there.
Jared is no fish – the sports card hobbyist has a WSOP bracelet, close to $10 million in live tournament earnings, and defeated Patrick Antonius three times on the televised poker show High Stakes Duel.
The best poker hand histories from his session today against PencilArms are listed in the thread above, and another for his duel with Giselle54 here. Sources close to Card Player report that Giselle54 is a new alias of one of the top ten Pot Limit Omaha players in the world, who prefers not to be named in articles.
If you’re a fan of high stakes online poker you can likely guess who it is however, given the stakes and playing style. Jared was not afraid to put it all on the line though with some very speculative hands and the relentless aggression he’s known for.
In the $500,000 pot above, Jared started the hand with $1 million (in USDT) and three bet preflop. Giselle made the call, sitting on just over $400,000. Blinds are $1000/$2000, with a $400 ante.
Giselle54: raises 4000 to 6000
Theblez: raises 12000 to 18000
Giselle54: calls 12000
*** FLOP *** [Ac Th Jc]
Theblez: bets 17325.8
Giselle54: calls 17325.8
*** TURN *** [Ac Th Jc] [5s]
Theblez: bets 71351.7
Giselle54: calls 71351.7
*** RIVER *** [Ac Th Jc 5s] [9c]
Theblez: bets 143370
Giselle54: calls 143370
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Theblez: shows [Qd 5d 3d Qc] (a pair of Queens)
Giselle54: shows [8c 9h 7c Qh] (a flush, Ace high)
Giselle54 collected 500795 from pot
The pot sized turn bet with blockers to the straight puts a lot of pressure on Giselle54, but this had been a loose and crazy game up to this point. Giselle had seen Jared barrel off on a bluff before and play some very speculative hands for stacks in three bet pots.
Several examples are in the first half of the video below posted by Card Player’s Bobby James:
At the 8:20 mark, the roles are reversed and Jared calls the three bet, then calls down the triple barrel bluff including a pot sized turn and river bet.
Bobby also covered Jared’s biggest hands against GucciNIKE, Clickr, Yodogoki, Venividi1993 and KennedyP in a video on July 30th – watch that here.
Jared’s loose image got him paid off in another pot worth over $500k though:
CoinPoker Hand #276912525: Omaha Pot Limit (1000/2000 ante 400) 2025/08/03 16:37:15 GMT
Seat 1: Theblez (391977 in chips)
Seat 2: Giselle54 (279145 in chips)
Giselle54: posts the ante 400
Theblez: posts the ante 400
Giselle54: posts small blind 1000
Theblez: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Giselle54: raises 4000 to 6000
Theblez: raises 12000 to 18000
Giselle54: calls 12000
*** FLOP *** [5c As 5h]
Theblez: bets 15894
Giselle54: calls 15894
*** TURN *** [5c As 5h] [8d]
Theblez: bets 51230.5
Giselle54: calls 51230.5
*** RIVER *** [5c As 5h 8d] [4h]
Theblez: bets 170949
Giselle54: calls 170949
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Theblez: shows [Ac 7c 2h Ah] (a full house, Aces over Fives)
Giselle54: mucks hand
Theblez collected 512847 from pot
I'll be covering more Jared Bleznick HHs on CoinPoker soon this week – truly the best online poker site for nosebleeds PLO right now. Here's a recent vid of Jared taking on @thevenividi1993, Gucci and more https://t.co/K07GjZXnB1
— BJPCoin (@BobbyJamesPoker) August 4, 2025
The TwoPlusTwo high stakes thread is also filled to the brim with Jared Bleznick CoinPoker HHs, always one of the best places to find online poker site hands. Subscribe to Bobby’s thread there if you’re on that forum.
Jared quit today’s marathon session with $1.1 million on the table, after having close to $1.5 million before this final hand, yet another pot over $500k.
PencilArms: raises 4000 to 6000
Theblez: raises 12000 to 18000
PencilArms: calls 12000
*** FLOP *** [Ts 8d As]
Theblez: bets 20000
PencilArms: calls 20000
*** TURN *** [Ts 8d As] [2c]
Theblez: bets 40000
PencilArms: raises 156700 to 196700
Theblez: raises 196700 to 393400
PencilArms: calls 36850 and is all-in
They ran it twice, and Jared lost both runouts:
