Ponakovs Forces Out Padilha
Level 25
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Aleksejs Ponakovs 6♦5♦ raised to 500,000 from the button and Pedro Padilha 8♦7♦ called from the small blind.
The big stacks checked the action through to the river where the board read 3♣Q♠9♠A♠8♥. Padilha had the checkmark with a pair of eights, but he folded the better hand when Ponakovs fired 2,150,000 into a pot of 1,500,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
||
|
9,100,000
475,000
|
475,000 |