Winter Wins Massive Pot
Level 15
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Sean Winter and Fedor Holz were battling heads up on the 
flop, with Holz betting 30,000 on the button before calling a raise from Winter to 80,000.
Winter used a time bank card after the 
turn before sliding out a bet of 70,000. Holz called to see the 
river, where both players used time banks before reaching a decision.
Winter announced a bet of 149,000 after using an extra 30 seconds, while Holz made use of three time banks before making the call. Winter revealed 
for trip eights, enough to take over the chip lead with Holz nodding as he mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
715,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
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|
145,000
-325,000
|
-325,000 |
|
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and Ponakovs continued for 25,000. Pardo called and Heath folded. Ponakovs sized up to 65,000 on the 
river completed the board and Ponakovs used a time bank before betting 109,000 with just one 1,000 chip behind. Pardo gave it some thought and called.
for a stone bluff with jack-high and Pardo showed 
to win the pot with second pair.
and Ponakovs stayed ahead with queen-high to 14x his stack after picking up the ante. 
for a pair of queens, which was enough to beat the pair of jacks of the fellow Brit with 
and river 
were both bricks. "Too many," said Beresford, as Haxton wished his opponents luck on his way to the rail leaving the tournament one from the bubble.
runout. Winter was left with just 25,000 chips, which Heath took on the very next hand to felt Winter on the stone bubble.
