Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - London

£140 Main Event - Road to PSPC
Day: 3
Event Info

Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - London

Final Results
Winner
Valdir Santos
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
£11,200
Event Info
Buy-in
£140
Entries
753
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000

Thongnonsung Doubles Through Ahmed

Level 32 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

[Removed:148] opened the button with {j-Hearts}{9-Clubs} and called a three-bet from Rungarun Thongnonsung with {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs} in the small blind.

On the {q-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} flop, Thongnonsung moved all in for 3,400,000 and Ahmed, all out of time bank cards, didn't have long to decide what to do. He made the call to see that he was a long way behind.

The {10-Diamonds} turn and {3-Spades} river held for Thongnonsung and she moves back into the chip lead, with Ahmed dropping down into third.

Player Chips Progress
Rungarun Thongnonsung gb
Rungarun Thongnonsung
9,200,000
4,800,000
4,800,000
[Removed:148] gb
[Removed:148]
7,570,000
-4,400,000
-4,400,000

Tags: Rungarun Thongnonsung

Level: 33

Blinds: 150,000/250,000

Ante: 250,000

Ahmed Three-Barrel Bluffs Thongnonsung

Level 33 : 150,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Rungarun Thongnonsung and [Removed:148] were on the flop with {8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{6-Spades} on show.

Both players had the low straight draw, Ahmed with {k-Clubs}{5-Spades} and Thongnonsung with {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} but she also had bottom pair to go with it.

Ahmed bet the flop, then the {a-Hearts} turn and finally set Thongnonsung all in on the {j-Spades} river. With only bottom pair, Thongnonsung let it go and it changes everything in the chip counts.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:148] gb
[Removed:148]
10,170,000
2,600,000
2,600,000
Rungarun Thongnonsung gb
Rungarun Thongnonsung
7,450,000
-1,750,000
-1,750,000

Tags: Rungarun Thongnonsung

Rungarun Thongnonsung Eliminated in 3rd Place (£7,240)

Level 33 : 150,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Rungarun Thongnonsung
Rungarun Thongnonsung

Heads up has been decided and it all came down to a pot worth more than 80% of the chips in play.

It began after [Removed:148] opened to 750,000 in the small blind and Rungarun Thongnonsung defended her big blind.

[Removed:148]: {k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Rungarun Thongnonsung: {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}

Both players flopped a straight draw on the {j-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} board. Ahmed had the open-ended and king-high, whilst Thongnonsung had a gutshot with ten-high.

Ahmed continued for 1,100,000 and Thongnonsung moved all in for 8,500,000 million. Once again Ahmed was in a tournament-defining spot with no time-bank cards available. He didn't let that dissuade him from making the huge call though.

The turn was a {2-Hearts} and the river the {4-Spades}, giving Ahmed the winning hand with king-high and signalling the end for Thongnonsung.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:148] gb
[Removed:148]
20,145,000
9,975,000
9,975,000
Rungarun Thongnonsung gb
Rungarun Thongnonsung
Busted

Tags: Rungarun Thongnonsung

Break

Level 33 : 150,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

There will be a short break ahead of the heads up match. With [Removed:148] starting with a huge 5:1 chip lead.

Final Table Overview

SeatNameChipsBig Blinds
1Valdir Santos4,235,00080
2[Removed:148]20,140,00016

Tags: Valdir Santos

Santos Doubles

Level 33 : 150,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

First hand back after the break and Valdir Santos has managed to double against [Removed:148].

Ahmed had raise-called Santos' all in with {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and was only slightly behind the all in player's {a-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}.

There was an ace on the {a-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} flop and by the {3-Spades} turn, there was no coming back for Ahmed. That hand massively narrows the chip gap between the two players.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:148] gb
[Removed:148]
16,155,000
-3,985,000
-3,985,000
Valdir Cordeiro dos Santos br
Valdir Cordeiro dos Santos
8,220,000
3,985,000
3,985,000

Tags: Valdir Santos

Level: 34

Blinds: 150,000/300,000

Ante: 300,000

Four-Bet Bluff From Ahmed

Level 34 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Valdir Santos had continued to benefit from small pot victories and had increased his lead to around 13 million to [Removed:148]'s 11 million. That was until Ahmed unleashed a four-bet bluff against him just now.

Ahmed raised to 850,000 with {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and Santos three-bet to 2,300,000 with {7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}. Back on Ahmed and he bet all of it - a total of 10,955,000 chips.

There was nothing for Santos to do but give it up.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:148] gb
[Removed:148]
13,560,000
1,400,000
1,400,000
Valdir Cordeiro dos Santos br
Valdir Cordeiro dos Santos
10,820,000
-1,400,000
-1,400,000

Tags: Valdir Santos