Chip Counts Five Handed

Suarez Monster Stacked After Rivered Flush v. Flush

The two chip leaders went at it in a pot that ended up propelling Anton Suarez into a big chip lead. Christian Rudolph in the cutoff with [9s8s] picked up caller Suarez on the button with [ksjs] preflop. He spiked a nine on the [9d4s2h] and check-called through the turned

Weijie Zheng Eliminated in 6th Place ($170,000)

It folded round to small blind Weijie Zheng, who opted to pull the trigger, all in for 38,400,000 with [7s5d]. Big blind Christoph Rudolph picked up [ah8d]; given the size of the shove he used a couple of timebank cards but did make the call in the end. By the

Jack Hardcastle Eliminated in 7th Place ($130,000)

An explosive flop was seen between under the gun opener Jack Hardcastle with [kdtd] and cutoff three-bettor Christian Rudolph with [qcqh]. That flop: [9h3djd]. With 27 million already in the pot, Hardcastle check-raised Rudolph's 9,000,000 bet all in for 43,000,000 total. Rudolph called swiftly and Hardcastle's tournament life rested on

Chip Counts Seven-Handed

Rudolph First to Top 100 Million Chips

Christian Rudolph called Weijie Zheng's button raise (with [7c7s] in the big blind with [ahjx], seeing a flop of [th5h5d]. Both players checked, and the [as] fell on the turn. Rudolph checked his pair of aces and Zheng fired 3,000,000, which he called. The river double paired the board with

Final Table Starting Chip Counts

Alex Lindop (10th for $60,000) and Jamie O’Connor (9th for $80,000) Bust in Same Hand

A monster three-way all in has busted two players in the same hand on the live stream, forming the final table with a bang. Button Jamie O'Connor picked up [acts] and after a wee think, bet 10,000,000 (just over half his remaining chiops). Small blind Christian Rudolph (42 million chips) and

Rudolph Teaches Table (and Geilich) a Lesson

Ludovic Geilich raised in the cutoff to 2,400,000 with [jcth], and Christian Rudolph defended his big blind with [7s4h]. They both caught a piece of the [jd7s8d] flop. Rudolph check-called Geilich's 1,200,000 bet on the flop, which brought him another seven, albeit the [7d]. Now Rudolph led for 2,800,000. Geilich

Rudolph Busy Early

A few raise-and-take it pots for German pro Christian Rudolph have boosted his stack early doors. It hasn't all been plain sailing, however: he opened in the cutoff with [kd9d] to 2,500,000 and found resistance lurking in the big blind in the form of Ludovic Geilich. Geilich had [tcjc] and