Johnnie Vibes Cracks Aces
Nov 18, '22
A player raised from under-the-gun to 5,000 and was called by Johnnie Moreno next to act and also Jacky Wong in the big blind.
The flop came down 10
6
4
and Wong checked. The original raiser bet 6,000 and both his opponents called.
The turn was the 2 and Wong checked again. This time the UTG player checked, and Moreno bet 10,000.
Wong called, and the UTG player moved all in. Moreno called, and Wong folded.
The UTG player showed AA
, and Moreno turned over 1010 for a flopped set.
The river was the 2, and Moreno scored yet another knockout to bring his stack to 275,000.
Player Tags: Johnnie Moreno
Another Day, Another Moreno
Nov 18, '22
Johnnie Moreno, aka poker vlogger JohnnieVibes, raised to 4,500 from the cutoff and was called by Jim Collopy in the small blind.
Collopy checked the flop of Q109 and Moreno checked behind.
The turn was the 3 and this time Collopy bet 9,500. Moreno called, and the river was the A.
Collopy slowed down with a check, and Moreno moved all in. Collopy had 45,000 behind, and went into the tank for about 90 seconds before deciding to muck and preserve his stack.
Moreno is one of the chip leaders with 205,000, but still has some work to do to catch his brother Andrew, who bagged up the second biggest stack of day 1A with 747,000 in chips.
Player Tags: Johnnie Moreno
Johnnie Moreno Doubles Up Over 2.1 Million
Nov 20, '22
Jayakrishnan Nair raised to 85,000 on the button and Johnnie Moreno thee-bet shoved for 1,035,000 from the big blind. Nair called with AK.
Moreno revealed the 66.
Theboard came down 744J5 and Moreno’s pocket pair held to see him double up to over 2.1 million.
Nair now sits with 1,060,000.
Player Tags: Johnnie Moreno
Moreno Brothers Back Together
Nov 20, '22
Brothers Johnnie Moreno and Andrew Moreno were sat together at the start of day 2, but their table broke after not too long and they have remained separated up until recently, when the final two tables grew a little short-handed.
Johnnie Moreno was brought over from table 15 to balance table 16, ending up in the four seat. Andrew was already sitting in the seven seat.
Player Tags: Andrew Moreno, Johnnie Moreno
Johnnie Moreno Doubles Again
Nov 20, '22
Jayakrishnan Nair raised to 50,000 from the hijack and Johnnie Moreno moved all-in for 305,000 from the big blind with QQ.
Nair called with pocket threes and the board ran out J6448 to see Moreno double to 730,000.
Player Tags: Johnnie Moreno
Johnnie Moreno Doubles Up
Nov 20, '22
Johnnie Moreno was all-in preflop for 210,000 with KJ. He was at risk and dominated by the AJ of Seth Krasne.
The flop brought the 1064 to keep Krasne well ahead.
The Q on the turn gave Moreno an open-ended straight draw, though. The A on the end completed that draw to earn Moreno the double up to over 440,000.
Player Tags: Johnnie Moreno
Moreno Brothers Draw Same Table
Nov 20, '22
2021 Wynn Millions main event winner Andrew Moreno and 2022 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian main event runner-up finisher Johnnie ‘Vibes’ Moreno both made day 2 of this event with top seven stacks, with Andrew in second (747,000) and Johnnie in seventh (451,000).
The brothers also happened to draw the same starting table for day 2, with the elder brother in seat 7 and the younger seat 9 at table 21. They are joined by bracelet winners Anthony Spinella and David Jackson, as well as Stanley Lee. Their table is slated to be the third to break today.
Player Tags: Andrew Moreno, Johnnie Moreno
Johnnie Moreno Eliminated In 3rd Place ($84,416)
Nov 21, '22
John Riordan raised to 360,00 from the small blind. Johnnie Moreno moved all-in from the big blind for 1.9 million. Riordan called with 77.
Moreno showed KJ. The board came down J85K7 and Riordan rivered a set to win the pot and eliminate Moreno in third place ($84,416).
This was the second-largest score of his tournament career behind the $124,675 he earned as the runner-up finisher in a Mid-States Poker Tour main event at Venetian earlier this year.
Player Tags: Johnnie Moreno
Moreno Check-Raises River
Nov 21, '22
Johnnie Moreno limped in from the small blind and Carl Oman checked his option from the big blind.
The flop came down 985 and both players checked.
The 9 saw Moreno bet 120,000 and Oman called. The A on the river prompted a check from Moreno. Oman bet 275,000. Moreno check-raised to 700,000 and Oman folded.
Oman – 3.6 million
Moreno – 6.3 million
Player Tags: Johnnie Moreno, Carl Oman
Full House vs. Flush
Nov 21, '22
Johnnie Moreno limped in for 120,000 from the small blind. Carl Oman raised to 270,000 from the big blind and Moreno called.
The flop came down A104 Moreno checked and Oman bet 125,000. Moreno called and the 10 hit the turn. Both players checked and the 9 completed the board.
Moreno bet 400,000. Oman raised to 875,000 and Moreno called with K8 for a flush. Oman revealed the A10 for tens full of aces to win the pot, chipping up to 6,850,000.
Moreno slid to 2,370,000 after the hand.
Player Tags: Johnnie Moreno, Carl Oman
