Cooler Has Ponakovs On the Ropes; Mateos Delivers the Knockout
Level 5
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Vinny Lingham and Aleksejs Ponakovs were locked in battle, with a full board showing Q♣9♦J♦3x4x and over 300,000 in the middle.
Ponakovs had moved the rest of his stack into the middle, save for one 1,000 chip and action was on Lingham. He didn't take long to call, turning over 10♥8♠ for the flopped straight.
Ponakovs turned over Q♠Q♥ to show that he had flopped top set in what was a nasty cooler.
The very next hand Ponakovs was all in for his remaining 1,000 versus Adrian Mateos.
Aleksejs Ponakovs: 9♦7♣ 
Adrian Mateos: K♥Q♠
The board ran out queen-high, sending Ponakovs to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,000,000
310,000
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310,000 |
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470,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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Busted | |
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