Fresh off the European Poker Tour Cyprus stop where he had over $300,000 in cashes, Robert ‘Bobby’ James took to the high stakes pot-limit Omaha cash tables on CoinPoker this Sunday.
Bobby James announced on his Instagram that he’d be ‘gambling his EPT winnings’ in a promotion for the site, versus VeniVidi1993and ‘other superstars’, giving away 5% of any winnings from the $100-$200 PLO session.
‘Kakitee’, Tony G, Spillehagen streamer ‘dogecoin4life’, ‘MoniViking’ and ‘samjazzykins’ also joined the game, with some livestreaming the action as part of the site’s frequent high stakes VIP matches with ambassadors or celebrities.
Recent exhibition-style games in October included former champion boxers Audley Harrison and Carl Froch, but this CoinPoker nosebleeds game was all online poker pros.
Find ‘Veni Vidi’s’ stream here, also including high stakes Pot-Limit Omaha action on GGPoker where he plays under his real name Dirk Gerritse.
Taking A Shot At High Stakes PLO
At EPT Cyprus Bobby James took down $11,200 for a win in the eight-game mix event, $271,400 for his fifth place main event finish, and just over $38k for two other deep no-limit hold’em cashes.
That gave him sixteen buy-ins to take a shot at two tables of the ‘biggest PLO game’ of his life.
I’m gambling away those EPT winnings and there’s a chance for you to win 5% of all my profits. $20,000 sit down, two tables. It’s the biggest PLO game of my life and I want some @thevenividi1993 dollars. Check out the stream Sunday 5pm UK time.https://t.co/pPKFaQcnD9 pic.twitter.com/rUx0iK8PQK
— BobbyJamesPoker (@BobbyJamesPoker) October 26, 2024
The British pro later upped the ante and announced an additional 5% would be given away if he managed to win more than five buy-ins.
Dutch pro Veni Vidi (‘Bitcoinboi’ on CoinPoker) ranks among the best high stakes PLO regs, known for his heads up matches with Phil Galfond and completing a $1 million bankroll challenge in October across 200,000 hands.
Taking down over $100k with him at each table would be no easy feat.
Bobby James mainly plays NLHE MTTs, but is no slouch when it comes to Omaha – with that eight-game title this month and also finishing runner up in the EPT Barcelona pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better event last month.
Bobby James picks off a big river bluff against @Moni_Viking – join his Twitch chat to qualify for the giveaway if he grinds out a win in his $100/$200 #omaha session https://t.co/lYp4kfd8tw pic.twitter.com/r8ZLpVjO12
— CoinPoker (@CoinPoker_OFF) October 27, 2024
Bobby James Barrels Veni Vidi
At the 38 minute timestamp in Veni Vidi’s stream, Bobby James (‘BJPCoin’) opened to $1500 – the game also had a $400 straddle and $75 ante.
‘Veni Vidi’ called in the small blind with A-Q-J-6 double suited, and ‘MoniViking’ defended his straddle. Bobby c-bet half pot for $2.4k on a Jack high board, and both players called.
Turn Ace for a rainbow board, and Bobby again bet into two players, just over 33% pot for $4.7k.
Now with top two pair, Veni Vidi states, “Small bet, not really a need to raise here, but I’m definitely calling.” Moni Viking folded. The pot was $21.8k going to the river.
On a river King, ‘Veni Vidi’ again checked – “crazy runout” – and faced a pot sized bet, effectively putting him all-in for his remaining $16.5k.
After a long dip into his timebank, ‘Veni Vidi’ said, “In general people don’t have enough bluffs here, we’re blocking the A-J, Q-10, obviously he has a lot of A-K, A-A, K-K, but would he bet if for value on the river.”
‘Veni Vidi’ folded, and remarked ‘brutal, nice bluff’ as Bobby James flipped over K-T-7-8.
EPT Cyprus final tablist Bobby James showing he can hold his own at high stakes PLO, bluffing the river for pot vs @thevenividi1993 #pokerpro pic.twitter.com/510LROU4fs
— CoinPoker (@CoinPoker_OFF) October 27, 2024
Bobby built up a loose image, making no-limit hold’em style bluffs in big pots – ‘KakiTee’ called down an almost identical one to the above down with middle set, commenting “He’s a no-limit hold’em player, I’m calling based on how he’s played so far.”
That time Bobby also showed the bluff, again repping the broadway straight.
Bobby James also shoved Q-Q-X-X into ‘Veni Vidi’s’ A-A-X-X on a dry paired board to lose a large pot, and at one point was down several buy-ins.
Bobby Grinds Back To Win 7 Buy-Ins
With that image Bobby then managed to get paid off though against ‘Veni Vidi’ in the 244bb pot below with A-A-J-8 double suited. The money went in on the turn, players ran it once, and Veni Vidi couldn’t river the boat against Bobby’s flush.
Bobby managed to grind back to breakeven, and then went on a hot streak towards the end of an almost four hour session.
He eventually took down $144k when the games broke, despite running a set into a straight against loose-aggressive, unknown whale samjazzykins for a $91,000 pot and not managing to pair the board.
Even after this cooler on one of the final hands, Bobby James finishes up +$144k and is giving away $14k, currently picking out 40 lucky winners live across our X stream, Twitch, Instagram and Discord. #poker https://t.co/lYp4kfd8tw pic.twitter.com/VWrNjRCLa2
— CoinPoker (@CoinPoker_OFF) October 27, 2024
Another big winner was ‘dogecoin4life’ who flopped a set against ‘samjazzykins’ for a $81,000 pot.
Bobby James then picked out 40 winners across X, his Twitch, Instagram and the CoinPoker Discord for $350 each, a total of $14,000.
EPT Cyprus photo credit: Rational Intellectual Holdings Ltd. / Manuel Kovsca.
