Katie Swift recently had to rebuy and was straight back into the action.
Swift raised to 3,500 from under the gun and "Solvedit" called from the small blind.
The action went check-check on both the 
flop, and the 
turn, before "Solvedit" bet 2,500 on the 
river.
Swift called but mucked after "Solvedit" revealed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000
17,700
|
17,700 |
|
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Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
"shanee88" raised to 1,600 and David "TheHayemaker" Haye called in the big blind.
Haye checked on the 
flop and "shanee88" bet 1,600.
Haye raised to 8,900, with another 9,000 behind, and "shanee88" folded after 20 seconds of time bank usage.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Team Grosvenor's Jamie Nixon and Andy Hills are both playing shoving stacks, and have done exactly that is recent hands.
Nixon three-bet all in for 17,000 from the big blind after an open from the cutoff, and took down the pot, before it was time for Hills to make his move.
The action folded to the button who min-raised, and after the small blind folded, Hills moved all in for 11,000 and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000
5,100
|
5,100 |
|
|
||
|
15,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
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Andy Hills believes every Goliath entrant has a chance of walking away with the title because the structure rewards patience, skill, and adaptability.
“Don’t count anyone out. I can’t stress enough that everyone has a chance in the Goliath.”
One of the features that stands out when you look at the Goliath Main Event in any details is its superb structure, especially when you consider the tournament only costs £125 to enter.
Both Joe Beevers and Rick Trigg believe the event has “an amazing structure for a £100 buy-in” with Trigg unable to contain his excitement about jumping in and getting involved. Katie Swiftcalls the structure “an absolute luxury."
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 80
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
194,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
|
191,000 | |
|
|
151,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
146,000 | |
|
|
145,000 | |
|
|
139,000 | |
|
|
135,000 | |
|
|
133,000 | |
|
|
132,000 |
Katie Swift opened the action with a raise to 1,200 from the cutoff and "devsel1974" called from the big blind.
Both players checked on the 
flop, before "devsel1974" bet 1,200 on the turn.
Swift called and "devsel1974" fired for 5,580 on the 
river, which was enough to see Swift lay her hand down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
92,000 | |
|
|
37,700
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
|
||
We have a new chip leader and the first player to cross 200k!
"HotMagician" is clearly running hot in the first seven levels and currently leads the Goliath race.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000 |
Rick Trigg raised to 1,500 with 
and saw "Gambred" three-bet to 6,100.
Trigg raised all in for 27,200 and "Gambred" called for their last 16,000 before they revealed 
.
There was no miracle board for Trigg, and he was left with 9,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
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