Level: 18
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level: 18
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Action folded to Stephen Chidwick in the small blind who pushed forward a tower of chips to put Jesse Lonis all in from the big blind. Lonis snap-called for 457,000.
Jesse Lonis: A♣Q♦
Stephen Chidwick: A♥6♥
Lonis had Chidwick dominated and pulled further ahead on the Q♣5♣10♦ flop with top pair. The board ran out 3♥Q♥ and Lonis ended up with trips to double up.
Lonis gave back some of his newfound chips the next hand after Sam Greenwood raised to 48,000 in the cutoff. Lonis three-bet to 160,000, Greenwood moved all in for around 520,000, and Lonis quickly folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sam Greenwood |
800,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
Stephen Chidwick |
780,000
-380,000
|
-380,000 |
Jesse Lonis |
760,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
The action folded to Aleksejs Ponakovs in the small blind. He open-jammed, covering the 448,000 chips big blind Adrian Mateos had in his possession. Mateos immediately called and the two showed down.
Aleksejs Ponakovs: Q♥5♥
Adrian Mateos: A♠J♦
Mateos avoided disaster as the board ran out cleanly; 2♣K♥3♣8♠K♣ hit the felt. He raked in a big double up and left Ponakovs with just over 20 big blinds to play with on the bubble.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adrian Mateos |
916,000
466,000
|
466,000 |
|
||
Aleksejs Ponakovs |
428,000
-447,000
|
-447,000 |
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Jean-Noel Thorel was under the gun but accidentally had the A♦ exposed and discarded. He ended up limping in again as the table folded to Alex Kulev who moved all in for 231,000 in middle position. Thorel snap-called.
Alex Kulev: K♣Q♠
Jean-Noel Thorel: A♠K♠
Thorel had woken up with another big hand and had Kulev dominated. The board ran out 5♣10♦4♦8♠4♥ and Kulev was eliminated as Thorel said he would've have two aces if he kept the discarded one.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jean-Noel Thorel |
630,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
Alex Kulev | Busted |
Jean-Noel Thorel imped in from early position and Adrian Mateos came along in middle position. Sam Greenwood then moved all in for 264,000 in the cutoff and Thorel folded, but Mateos snap-called.
Sam Greenwood: A♠K♥
Adrian Mateos: 10♦10♠
Greenwood caught the K♠ on the flop, but it was followed by J♣10♣ as Mateos made a set. The 8♥ turn left Greenwood a card away from elimination, but he spiked the Q♥ on the river to make a straight and double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sam Greenwood |
550,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
||
Adrian Mateos |
450,000
-275,000
|
-275,000 |
|
||
Jean-Noel Thorel |
390,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Daniel Dvoress raised to 40,000 from middle position, after which Aleksejs Ponakovs stuck in a three-bet to 110,000 from the cutoff.
Adrian Mateos was on the button and reraised to 190,000, forcing a quick fold from Dvoress. Ponakovs took a bit longer but eventually followed suit, and the dealer shipped to pot to Mateos without contest.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aleksejs Ponakovs |
875,000
-275,000
|
-275,000 |
Adrian Mateos |
725,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
||
Daniel Dvoress |
251,000
-129,000
|
-129,000 |
|
Level: 17
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Stephen Chidwick raised to 30,000 in the hijack before Mike Watson three-bet to 85,000 on the button. Chidwick quickly gave up his hand.
Chidwick again raised to 30,000 the next hand and Jean-Noel Thorel called in the small blind. Both players checked to the river on a board of A♦10♦K♠Q♠5♠.
Chidwick then bet 140,000 and Thorel confirmed the amount before folding.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stephen Chidwick |
1,160,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Mike Watson |
510,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
Jean-Noel Thorel |
400,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Latvia | 1,150,000 | 77 |
2 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 580,000 | 39 |
3 | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | 330,000 | 22 |
4 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 240,000 | 16 |
5 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 1,120,000 | 75 |
6 | Jesse Lonis | United States | 460,000 | 31 |
7 | Mike Watson | Canada | 500,000 | 33 |
8 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 380,000 | 25 |
9 | Jean-Noel Thorel | France | 440,000 | 29 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aleksejs Ponakovs |
1,150,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Stephen Chidwick | 1,120,000 | |
Adrian Mateos |
580,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
||
Mike Watson |
500,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Jesse Lonis |
460,000
-112,000
|
-112,000 |
Jean-Noel Thorel | 440,000 | |
Daniel Dvoress |
380,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
||
Alex Kulev |
330,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Sam Greenwood |
240,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|