Hands #19-21: Pollak Takes From Hesp
Hand #19: Action folded to Scott Blumstein in the cutoff and he raised to 1.8 million. Everyone folded and the chip leader added to his stack.
Hand #20: Dan Ott raised to 1.7 million from early position and raked in the blinds and antes after the rest of the players folded.
Hand #21: John Hesp raised it up to 2 million from early position and Benjamin Pollak called from the cutoff, as did Bryan Piccioli from the big blind. The flop came ![]()
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and Piccioli checked. Hesp bet 4 million, Pollak called and Piccioli folded. The turn was the
and Hesp opted to check this time, as did Pollak. The river was the
and both players checked. Hesp showed ![]()
for two pair with a king kicker, but Pollak tabled ![]()
for the winner with ace high.
Here's a look at the chip trends from the first 90 minutes of play:
