Over on the feature table, Antti Halme raised to 4.5M on the button and Neel Murthy moved all in from the big blind. Halme called and was at risk for around 21 big blinds.
Antti Halme:
Neel Murthy:
The flop came and Halme flopped the world, but the turn and river ensured a split pot.
On one of the two outer tables, Moritz Dietrich faced the open raise to 4m by Jacob Mulhern and the call by Katie Swift on the button. Dietrich then three-bet to 27.5m with some 6M behind out of the small blind and Mulhern moved all in. Swift quickly folded, but Dietrich needed more time.
It was as much time that Stephen Chidwick called the clock on him, and the one minute of consideration ran down to just six seconds before the Austrian called all in.
Moritz Dietrich:
Jacob Mulhern:
The board ran out and Dietrich was drawing dead on the turn already. Dietrich, eliminated in 17th place, earns £25,000 and the remaining 16 players have a minimum of £30,000 locked up.
Mateusz Rypulak on the button made it 4.5 million to go and Mark Gardner made a shove for around 25 million out of the small blind. Rypulak made the call with , and the Pole was in great shape against the of Gardner.
The gave Gardner a flush draw, but it was not to be for the Brit, as the board was completed by the and the .
Gardner is out in 16th but still takes home £30,000.
Mark Kelsall raised to 4.5M and Christoffer Stahle moved all in from the big blind. Kelsall called all in for 36M and had a flip for his tournament life.
Mark Kelsall:
Christoffer Stahle:
The flop saw Kelsall sigh, as Stahle had improved to a pair of kings. However, a bright smirk came along with the turn that improved Kelsall to a set, and his double up was already confirmed. A meaningless on the river completed the board.
Hand 2
Antti Halme open-shoved from the button and Stahle called all in from the small blind for his last 22.575M.
Christoffer Stahle:
Antti Halme:
After a board of , the kicker played and Stahle traded the short stack with Halme.
Katie Swift raised to 4.5 million from the hijack, Tom Hall called on the button, and Jonathan Spinks moved all-in for 54.8 million in the big blind. Spinks thought half a minute before folding, but Tom Hall was not letting go that easily. He instantly went into calculation mode, trying to decipher the move of his opponent.
At one point Hall looked physically unwell as he breathed heavily with closed eyes, but not even that helped him closer to a decision. A few minutes in Spinks himself called the clock on Hall, and while Hall frantically shifted chips and cards around, the 60 seconds quickly dwindled. Eventually, Hall got rid of the hand.
"God, I wish we were on stream," Hall told Spinks afterward, openly curious about whether he had made the right or wrong decision, but as he and his tablemates are currently on the outer table, he won't have the luxury of peace of mind.
Jake Cody has been eliminated from the MILLIONS Main Event
Jake Cody moved all-in for 51,000,000 over-the-top of Stephen Chidwick's opening bet to 4,000,000. Chidwick himself was the only caller, and was way ahead of his fellow Brit.
Jake Cody:
Stephen Chidwick:
The flop of didn't give any immediate hope to Cody, but the youngest-ever Triple Crown winner had those hopes raised by the turn. Any seven or nine would now do for the Rochdale-born legend, but Chidwick faded six outs on the river and in doing so sits behind one of the biggest stacks in the room.