| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,200,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
|
2,250,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
2,200,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
1,200,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
1,140,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
|
800,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
|
800,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
520,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
325,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Newcastle
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Ali Ahmed opened to 115,000 under the gun, called buy hijack Paul Herbertson alone. Ahmed fired 110,000 on the ![]()
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flop, again called by Herbertson. On the
turn, Ahmed started to speculate: "Ace-high no good then." Despite declaring this, he bet out 400,000.
Herbertson went into the tank, self counting (he had just under 800,000 left) while Ahmed talked at him.
"What you got, queen-jack?"
"I got a lot better than that," answered Herbertson.
"I'm going to hit it on the river," warned Ahmed.
"That means I'm ahead," concluded Herbertson, at which point the conversation became one-sided and ended with Ahmed asking, "Have you grown your balls yet?" which cracked up the table even as someone called the clock.
Herbertson passed, showing the ![]()
and Ahmed showed the
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
Ali Ahmed immediately polished off his recent opponent Paul Herbertson, who jammed under the gun for 875,000 with ![]()
. Ahmed made the call with what turned out to be a dominating ![]()
and held over the ![]()
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run-out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,400,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Ryan Kilbey, who'd been pretty active at the start of the final table, had nevertheless not managed to build too much of a stack, and jammed in the hijack for 410,000 when he found an open spot with ![]()
. Button Daniel Stancer gave him a spin with ![]()
and it worked out for him: the board came down ![]()
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,900,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Short stacked for all of this level, Chun Lu finally moved his last 300,000 in preflop with ![]()
. Chip monster Ali Ahmed made the call with ![]()
and the ![]()
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board brought no help for the shorter player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Less than two minutes later, Ali Ahmed claimed yet another scalp, polishing off the last of Thomas Peggs' stack. Peggs had jammed ![]()
in the hijack for 665,000 and Ahmed called in the cutoff with ![]()
. Peggs leapt in front on the ![]()
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flop, but leapt behind again with the ![]()
turn and river as his two pair was counterfeited and Ahmed's queen played.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,610,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
Busted |
After that whirlwind level, the remaining players are sure to appreciate the brief respite afforded by the current break.
Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
First to act, first hand back after the break, Daniel Stancer shoved for 995,000 with ![]()
. Over to small blind Jed Turnbull, who re-shoved, as one might expect - he held ![]()
. An ace came straight away on the flop: ![]()
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and the turn and river were the irrelevant ![]()
.
"Unlucky," admitted Stancer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
1,900,000
300,000
|
300,000 |