Nick Hicks raised in the small blind with and Jakub Michalak decided just to call in the big blind with , perhaps fearing a 4-bet from the tighter Hicks.
The flop came .
Hicks checked and Michalk bet 320,000. Hicks thought for a moment and called.
The turn was and both players checked.
The river was a . Hicks checked his cards. He knew he had a red ace but couldn’t recall which one it was. It was the wrong one so he checked. Michalak had the right red ace and his bet of 1,070,000 made Hicks fold.
Xavier El Fassy has won back-to-back hands and looks to have grown in confidence. The first saw El Fassy open with and Jakub Michalak call with . The flop came down and El Fassy took the pot down with a continuation bet.
The following hand, Pete Linton opened under the gun with and El Fassy got tricky and flat called in the big blind with . El Fassy then check-called a 450,000 bet from Linton on a flop. He then check-called a 775,000 bet on the turn. The turn saw El Fassy move all in, but as soon as his hand touched his chips Linton had mucked.
Wow, what a hand; the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
Pete Linton opened on the button with and Jakub Michalak three-bet to 1,200,000. Linton then clicked it back and min-four-bet and then instantly called when Michalak shoved all in for 17,000,000! Michalak turned over .
Michalak flew into the lead when the flop came into view and went further so when the landed on the turn. Linton needed to spike a ten and only a ten on the river to stay alive in the tournament, but it was the sending Linton to the rail and leaving Michalak with the welcome problem of having to stack up 28,000,000 chips!
While looking for information about our final three players we came across this gem by Amy Trodd (who finished 28th here).
Xavier did a really cool thing on Day 3... he was next to the disabled gentleman who was in a wheelchair, after the break the disabled guy turned up to find all his chips had disappeared... 30k ish apparently... Xavier counted his chips and noticed he had 30k more than he thought. Turned out when the dealers were racing off the 500 chips, they had mistakenly given all the chips to Xavier as there was no chair for the other player. Bet alot of players wouldn't even bother counting their chips, never mind admitting they think they had more than they thought... Karma.
Can the French barman go all the way here in the ISPT Main Event? Maybe the Poker Gods will repay his honesty with €1,000,000?
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and Jakub Michalak decided just to call in the big blind with 
, perhaps fearing a 4-bet from the tighter Hicks.
.
and both players checked.
. Hicks checked his cards. He knew he had a red ace but couldn’t recall which one it was. It was the wrong one so he checked. Michalak had the right red ace and his bet of 1,070,000 made Hicks fold.
and Jakub Michalak call with 
. The flop came down 
and El Fassy took the pot down with a continuation bet.
and El Fassy got tricky and flat called in the big blind with 
turn saw El Fassy move all in, but as soon as his hand touched his chips Linton had mucked.
and Xavier El Fassey called with 
. The flop was 
. Both players checked.
on the turn gave El Fassey a chance to semi-bluff and he took it with a bet of 500,000. Michaklak folded.
. Michalak checked his middle pair to the raiser and Linton bet 425,000. Michalak called and we saw a turn of 
and Jakub Michalak three-bet to 1,200,000. Linton then clicked it back and min-four-bet and then instantly called when Michalak shoved all in for 17,000,000! Michalak turned over 
.
landed on the turn. Linton needed to spike a ten and only a ten on the river to stay alive in the tournament, but it was the