As the WSOP turns
So do the chip stacks
So do the chip stacks
Pius Heinz had the button. The table folded through him to the blinds, and Ben Lamb raised to 1.55 million from the small. In the big, Martin Staszko announced a reraise, and he made it a total of 3.2 million to go. Lamb gave it a look, but he eventually surrendered and let the chip leader have it.
Staszko is closing in on the 50-million chip mark; he's got 48.45 million now.
Ben Lamb started the hand with the button.
Phil Collins limped in from middle position. Pius Heinz raised to 2.1 million from middle position. Action folded back to Collins and he took some time to think things over. He then reraised to 4.5 million. Heinz moved all in and Collins snap-folded his hand.
Martin Staszko had the button, and the table folded around to the blinds. Matt Giannetti completed from the small, Bob Bounahra checked from the big, and it was heads up in a friendly pot.
The flop came , and Giannetti led out with 750,000. Bounahra thought it over for a bit, but he eventually surrendered.
Matt Giannetti had the button.
Ben Lamb raised to 1.35 million. Everyone folded and Lamb won the pot.
Bob Bounahra had the button. Pius Heinz raised to 1.3 million, and Ben Lamb flatted next door. The action came around to Eoghan O'Dea, and he figured a squeeze was in order. From the small blind, he reraised to 4.1 million, and that brought the decision back to Heinz. After a minute, he just flatted, and Lamb folded out of the way to let the other two go at it.
There was already more than 10 million in the pot when the dealer spread out a flop, and O'Dea reached for chips. Heinz had just over 20 million chips left in his stack, and he was faced with a follow-up bet of 4.6 million. Once again, he just flatted, and the landed on fourth street.
Now there was 19.975 million piled in the middle of the table, by far the largest pot we've seen today. O'Dea wasn't slowing down now, and he fired a second bullet worth 8.2 million. That was more than half of what Heinz had left, so he was essentially considering the decision for his tournament life. His whole Main Event.
Heinz spent several long minutes starting across the felt at O'Dea, who was sitting like a statue with his eyes facing front.
Even staring at the back of his hoodie, we could feel the pain in Heinz's decision. It had to be at least five full minutes before he acted, and he did so by raising all in for 16 million flat. Wow.
O'Dea took only about 15 seconds before folding, and the stadium erupted in cheers.
O'Dea has been relieved of most of his chips, dropping all the way down to the second-shortest stack of 11.5 million. On the flip side of things, Heinz is now all the way up into second place with 41.175 million!
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Martin Staszko |
47,850,000
1,550,000
|
1,550,000 |
Pius Heinz |
44,175,000
19,250,000
|
19,250,000 |
|
||
Matt Giannetti |
26,675,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Ben Lamb |
21,075,000
-1,650,000
|
-1,650,000 |
|
||
Phil Collins |
16,975,000
-825,000
|
-825,000 |
Bob Bounahra |
15,750,000
-1,275,000
|
-1,275,000 |
Anton Makiievskyi |
12,825,000
-375,000
|
-375,000 |
Eoghan O'Dea |
11,500,000
-17,875,000
|
-17,875,000 |
Sam Holden |
9,100,000
-375,000
|
-375,000 |
The button was on Eoghan O'Dea to begin this hand.
Pius Heinz raised to 1.3 million and won the pot.
Phil Collins had the button.
Martin Staszko raised to 1.3 million from middle position. Sam Holden reraised all in for 8.95 million from the big blind. Staszko took a good amount of time, but then folded.
Anton Makiievskyi had the button, and Phil Collins raised to 1.3 million from the cutoff. Sam Holden tanked and folded his big blind, and Pius Heinz craned his neck to eyeball Collins' stack. Satisfied by what he saw, he also folded, and Collins' fans broke into song once again.