Pons Short Once Again
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Fernando Pons paid off a bet of 175,000 by Derek Lawless on the river of a board 
and was shown the 
for a set by Lawless to drop back to around 20 big blinds.
The stack sizes on table one have swapped slightly and Aleem Kanji chipped up without showdown, as did Craig Sweden with one showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,425,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
2,400,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
2,100,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
1,750,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
1,750,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
900,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
560,000
-340,000
|
-340,000 |
|
||
flop against [Removed:208] for the last 285,000 and forced a fold.
turn into a bet of 105,000 by Lam Van Trinh in the big blind. Trinh gave it some consideration and folded 
face up.![[Removed:208]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
and Labat check-shoved into the continuation bet of Le, who called it off for what appeared to be 515,000 in total.
on the turn improved the Frenchman and now it was Le that had to hope for a spade to remain in contention. The 
river was a blank and Le was eliminated in 14th place for £8,000.
and Kyriacou doubled, keeping his hopes of another final table appearance during the festival alive after finishing 7th in the High Roller.
and claimed a bigger pot off Hak-Hyun Lee to take over the lead.
turn and 
for a full house.
turn and 
river were checked and Souki showed 
and won the pot.
