Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
2022 Grosvenor Goliath X
Goliath X Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2022 Grosvenor Goliath X
Buy-in
£150
Prize Pool
£1,219,270
Entries
10,584
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Entries
1,075
Players Left
42
Thomas Forces Fold from Yoon
Level 26
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
On a heads-up turn of 
, early positioned Jak Thomas checked to his opponent in middle position, Young Seo Yoon, who then bet into the pot of around 600,000.
Thomas then check-raised Yoon to 1,000,000, sending him into the tank.
After a good while of deliberation, Yoon eventually tapped the table and tossed his cards into the muck. The pot was pushed to Thomas to boost his count to 2,500,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,200,000 | 957,000 |
Recent Eliminations
Level 26
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
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McNicholas Finds Thin Value
Level 26
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
On a flop of 
, under-the-gun Euan McNicholas checked to his heads-up opponent in the hijack, Neil Marshall, who also decided to check.
The turn came the 
and this time McNicholas decided to lead out for 125,000 and was quickly called by Marshall.
The on the river saw another bet from McNicholas, this time for 150,000, and again Marshall called. McNicholas then tabled 
for two pair, nines and sixes, and Marshall tapped the table and mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,900,000 | 2,330,000 |
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2,600,000 | 2,109,000 |
Spectacular Flop Felts Phelps
Level 26
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Sharon Phelps was all in for 560,000 with 
and was up against the 
of James Hill.
The flop 
gave Phelps trips but Hill a full house and there was no miracle one-outer on the 
runout and she was eliminated.
"It was going all in on the flop anyway," remarked Hill as Phelps headed to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,400,000 | 3,111,000 |
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Level: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Break Time
Level 25
: 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
The remaining players are now on a 20-minute break and will return shortly.
Hughes Holds Against Monster Draw
Level 25
: 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
In a heavily-raised pot preflop, Francis Jr. Calvert and Tayla Hughes saw a flop of 
and Calvert checked dark. Hughes then moved all in for around 525,000 which sent Calvert into the tank.
"I've got a good one here," Hughes warned Calvert.
Calvert seemed to believe him, but replied with, "Ok, I'll just gift you some chips then." He then the last of his chips in, putting himself at risk.
Hughes flipped over 
and much to everyone's surprise, Calvert turned over 
for a lowly pair of deuces.
"A spade to make things interesting," someone at the table said, but the turn left Calvert with only eight or two outs. The board completed with the 
and Calvert was eliminated as Hughes raked in the pot for a full double up.
"Watch out boys I've got playing chips now!" Hughes told the table as his count was up close to the two million mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,850,000 | 650,000 |
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Level 25
: 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
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Davey Dodges to Eliminate Sollinger
Level 25
: 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Brad Davey opened to 110,000 and was quickly met with an "alright let's do it," from Barry Sollinger who then moved all in for not much more. Davey nodded and made the call and the cards were tabled.
Barry Sollinger: 
Brad Davey: 
The board on the turn was 
which gave Sollinger extra hope with a flush draw, but the on the river gave the win to Davey and sent Sollinger packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,500,000 | 1,252,000 |
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