Main Event | 2017 888Live Easter Edition London

04-17-2017 18:02 UTC

Chop Pot Between Ciprian Paunescu and Terry Jordon

Will Shillibier

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Three players checked a flop of . Terry Jordon bets 200,000 on the turn which was the , Mark Harding folded and Ciprian Paunescu called.

The river was the , completing the flush draw and pairing the board. Jordon bet 400,000.

Paunescu went into the tank for a long while.

"Flush no good," asked Jordon, pointing out the three spades on the board.

Paunescu called. Jordon turned over the then the , while Paunescu held and the pair chopped the pot

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Jordon	3,100,000 200,000	200,000
Ciprian Paunescu	2,200,000 50,000	50,000

04-17-2017 18:17 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Jordon	3,600,000 500,000	500,000
Ciprian Paunescu	1,500,000 -700,000	-700,000
Robert Lim	1,400,000 -100,000	-100,000
Krzystof Pregowski	1,300,000 600,000	600,000
Mark Harding	650,000 -750,000	-750,000

Level: 25

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

04-17-2017 18:23 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Harding	925,000 275,000	275,000

888 Qualifier Mark Harding Eliminated in 5th Place (£6,645)

Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

On a Krzystof Pregowski checked to Terry Jordon who bet 75,000. Mark Harding then raised, Pregowski folded and Jordan called.

The turn was the and Jordon led for 200,000. Harding got to his feet as if he had a decision.

"You got a ten?" asked Jordon.

"Yeah," replied Harding, "But I'm thinking about King-Ten."

Harding then moved all in and Jordon snap-called showing . Harding nodded and showed . The river was the .

Harding, a regular qualifier on 888, qualified for this event in a $12 satellite and he has now turned it into a £6,645 payout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Jordon	4,600,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Mark Harding	Busted

04-17-2017 18:44 UTC

Robert Lim Eliminated in 4th Place (£8,855)

Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Terry Jordon raised to 110,000 from the button. Robert Lim moved all in for 1,195,000 from the small blind. Ciprian Paunescu folded his big blind.

"If you got it, you got it," said Jordon, "But I'm not folding." He called and showed . Lim held .

The board ran out and Lim was eliminated in 4th place. Terry Jordon now has 53% of the chips in play three-handed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Jordon	5,800,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Robert Lim	Busted

04-17-2017 18:46 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Jordon	5,900,000 100,000	100,000
Ciprian Paunescu	1,620,000 120,000	120,000
Krzystof Pregowski	1,550,000 250,000	250,000

Krzystof Pregowski Doubles Through Terry Jordon

Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Terry Jordon's chip stack had grown since they had started three-handed play, but here he got it in with Krzystof Pregowski.

Krzystof Pregowski:
Terry Jordon:

"Four-ball," said Jordon, but the board ran out and Pregowski doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Jordon	4,600,000 -1,300,000	-1,300,000
Krzystof Pregowski	2,650,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

04-17-2017 19:14 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Jordon	4,900,000 300,000	300,000
Ciprian Paunescu	2,200,000 580,000	580,000
Krzystof Pregowski	1,900,000 -750,000	-750,000

Deal Agreed

Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

The players went away on break and when they came back, they asked to look at the potential ICM deal figures considering the lopsidedness of the stack sizes.

The ICM numbers came out as follows, with 10% remaining up top for the winner:

Ciprian Paunescu: £15,219
Krzystof Pregowski, £15,516
Terry Jordon: £20,660

The three talked back and forth and agreed that each would get a flat amount, with the change going to the winner in addition to the 10% that has to go to the winner. The agreed chop numbers look like this:

Ciprian Paunescu: £15,000
Krzystof Pregowski: £15,000
Terry Jordon: £21,000
Winner: £6,118