The action folded around to Katie Swift in the small blind. She raised it up to 5.7 million and Maria Lampropoulos made the call. Swift continued for 8 million on the , and bet 14.5 million on the turn after Lampropoulos called. The Argentinian again slid in chips for a call, leaving herself just about a pot-sized bet.
The river prompted two checks, and Swift turned over for King-high. That was good enough for a massive pot, as Lampropoulos' held .
Over on the feature table, Neel Murthy raised top 4.5m and Jeremy Pantin defended the big blind in one of the last hands of the previous level. The duo checked the flop and Pantin bet the turn for 5.2m, which Murthy called.
After the river, Pantin bet 12.5M and Murthy eventually called. Pantin briefly showed his cards, but Murthy had the winning hand with to rake in a nice pot.
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.
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.
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.
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.