Ben Wilinofsky opened yet again, flat called by Max Heinzelmann. Over to small blind Martin Jacobson, who raised - the first time he's been involved like this preflop in a while. Big blind Vadzim Kursevich then moved all-in and it went instafold-instafold-instafold all round. Tidy pot, no showdown.
Ben Wilinofsky raised to 240,000 on the button and Max Heinzelmann reraised to 590,000 from the small blind. No dwelling from the Canadian, "You win..." he simply stated.
A couple of hands later and Heinzelmann raised to 240,000 from UTG/CO before Martin Jacobson reraised all-in on the button. Everyone passed though Wilinofsky said, "You make me so sad Martin. I had a ten and a jack of the same suit, I hate having to throw away that hand..."
Max Heinzelmann raised from the button but Martin Jacobson reraised from the small blind. Heinzelmann announced all in to cover Jacobson, who quickly called all in for 2,975,000.
A gigantic coinflip for Jacobson's tournament life.
Jacobson:
Heinzelmann:
Board:
Jacobson is going to have to wait a little longer for that elusive win. He takes fourth place at his unprecedented third EPT final in a single season, his fourth EPT final overall. Heinzelmann is up to 7.48 million.
A full double up for the short stack three-handed brings the last players closer together than they have been all day, as the 60k/120k level draws to a close.
Vadzim Kursevich simply shoved first to act on the button for 2,545,000. Small blind Ben Wilinofsky used up his timebank for the first time today, taking off his sunglasses and doing some blinking and thinking. He came down on the side of 'yes' and re-raised to get it heads up with Kursevich. Both Wilinofsky and Heinzelmann stood up in anticipation of a potentially huge pot.
Kursevich
Wilinofsky
The board ran out doubling Kursevich back into the game with 5,000,000.
Ben Wilinofsky occasionally gets a dent in his stack, such as that which represents Kursevich's double through. But each time he seems to come back, and build ever higher. Just now he received a call for his 320,000 raise from small blind Max Heinzelmann, who checked the flop. Wilinofsky checked behind, calling when Heinzelmann had a go betting 255,000 on the turn. Both players checked the river and Wilinofsky's won him the pot (Heinzelmann showing ).