Sam Soverel Eliminated in 2nd Place for £78,000
Sam Soverel came so close to winning Event #2, but having dropped well below George Wolff in chips and, perhaps crucially, below 10 big blinds, it’s all over.
Soverel held [AcJh9c5s] and he was up against George Wolff’s [9d8d7s4c], and with 840,000 going into the middle pre-flop, there was a big chance the money was going in on the flop.
That flop came [7cAh6d] and it saw Sam Soverel move all-in bar one chip. Wolff raised all-in as a matter of course, and saw that he had 12 outs to win the title.
One of those outs arrived as the turn card was the [4s] and Wolff took the lead. Soverel now needed either an ace, jack nine or six to double back into the reckoning, but the river was a useless [Qc].
George Wolff won his maiden live tournament event in that moment, triumphing over Sam Soverel heads-up to leave Soverel to claim the runner-up prize of £78,000 and George Wolff to take home the £120,000 top prize.
We’ll be right back with a full round-up of the day’s drama, along with some words from our latest British Poker Open champion George Wolff, very soon.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| George Wolff | 3,750,000 |
950,000  |
| Sam Soverel | Busted |
-995,000  |
