Aleksandrs Golubevs jammed the small blind for the final 705,000 and Egidijus Alsauskas called from the big blind after plenty of consideration.
Aleksandrs Golubevs:
Egidijus Alsauskas:
Golubevs was somewhat surprised and Alsauskas immediately apologized and said: "we are both short stacks."
The flop left Golubves in desperate shape and it was all over on the turn which made the river a formality. Golubevs takes home £24,920 for his 5th place finish.
Leon Louis limped in with the and Adrian Constantin raised the big blind to 350,000 with the . Louis opted for the call and they checked the flop. The turn gave Constantin two pair and Louis now bet 500,000, which Constantin called.
The river completed the board and Louis checked, Constantin let his shot clock run down to 10 seconds and his bet of 450,000 forced a fold from his opponent
Leon Louis raised to 200,000 with the in the cutoff and Egidijus Alsauskas called out of the big blind with the . On the flop, both players checked and Alsauskas bet the turn for 325,000, Louis called with his top pair.
After the river, both players checked and Louis claimed the pot to pull into a comfortable second place.
[Removed:593] raised to 200,000 with the Q♣J♣ in the cutoff and Aleksandrs Golubevs defended the 10♦7♦. The flop of 9♦8♠7♥ brought no betting action and the 2♠ followed on the turn. Golubevs bet 150,000 and picked up a call.
The K♣ followed on the river and Golubevs opted to check with 12 big blinds behind. [Removed:593], announced a bet of 350,000 and Golubevs folded after letting his shot clock run down to nearly zero.
Leon Louis raised to 160,000 with the 10♦8♦ in the cutoff and Adrian Constantin called the button with the 3♥3♣. Louis bet the J♥5♥4♦ flop for 225,000 to pick up a call by Constantin. The 8♥ turn was checked by Louis and Constantin bet 400,000 to win the pot uncontested.
Egidijus Alsauskas limped in with the A♦9♣ and [Removed:593] raised to 280,000 with the K♣Q♦ in the big blind. Alsauskas jammed for 2.4 million and [Removed:593], asked for a count before making the fold.
"You show if I show?" [Removed:593], asked and Alsauskas replied, "you will see anyways." They still agree to show the cards once [Removed:593], folded and flop em over.
[Removed:593], then limped the J♣6♦ and Louis checked the 9♣5♦. They checked the 7♠6♣5♠ flop, [Removed:593], check-called a bet of 150,000 on the 5♥ turn. The 7♣ came on the river and [Removed:593], checked once more.
Louis now bet 325,000 and was paid off to take a chunk out of the chip leader's stack.
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Adrian Constantin three-bet an open raise by Leon Louis with pocket eights to half a million and forced a fold. Up next, [Removed:593] raised to 160,000 with the J♦9♦ and Constantin three-bet to 450,000 with the K♥5♥ to win another pot.
Aleksandrs Golubevs then raised the A♠9♥ to 160,000 on the button, [Removed:593], called with the Q♥J♠.
There was no betting action on the K♦8♣5♥2♠6♠ board and Golubevs won the pot.
Egidijus Alsauskas raised the button to 160,000 with the and Leon Louis defended the in the big blind. On a flop, Louis check-folded to a bet.
Up next, Aleksndrs Golubevs made it 180,000 to go with the and Louis called in the small blind with . The flop brought and Louis check-called a first barrel for 150,000. A second flush draw emerged on the turn and Louis checked, Golubevs fired a second bet after giving some consideration and Louis gave up the pot.
Egidijus Alsauskas opened to 160,000 with the and Leon Louis called with the in the small blind. Adrian Constantin in the big blind three-bet to 560,000 with the and won the pot without resistance.
Louis then opened to 160,000 with and Constantin three-bet to 450,000 with the .
"I never bluff, it's my favorite hand," Constantin said when raking in the pot.