Small pots have gone to each of the heads up trophy contenders, the net result: they're still almost even in chips. No spots where tournament life has been on the line - except one: Timothy Adams limped his button (as has been the norm recently) with [2h2c]. Vogelsang, with [3h3s]
Tag: Christoph Vogelsang
Vogelsang Steps Slightly Out of Line, Loses Chip Lead
Timothy Adams limped his button with [Ah7d], calling when Christoph Vogelsang upped it to 700,000 with [5c3h]. He flopped top pair: [AdKc6x] and called when Vogelsang continued for 550,000. That was the end of it for the German; the [Ks] flop checked through and Vogelsang folded to Adams' 1,300,000 bet
Action First Hand Heads Up
Christoph Vogelsang raised to 235,000 with [AdJs] when Timothy Adams called preflop with [6c5c]; call. On the flop of [4h5s4s], Adams check-raised Vogelsang's 190,000 continue to 560,000. The slight chip leader made the call. Both players checked the [8h] turn, Vogelsang folding to Adams' lead for 1,100,000 on the [4d]
Mikita Badziakouski Gets His Sweat but Still Eliminated in 3rd ($1,600,000)
Three-handed play is over almost before it got going. Down to just 10 big blinds, Mikita Badziakouski picked up [AcQh] in the big blind. Timothy Adams folded, and small blind (chip leader) Christoph Vogelsang paused, still and silent, for around 20 seconds, before setting his opponent all in with [Jh3s].
Badziakouski Now the Short Stack
Having lost a pot of over a million chips to Timothy Adams (calling pre and on a [4sad7s] flop with [kh7h] before giving up on a [6c] turn when Adams bet 600,000 (with [As9d], as it happened)), Mikita Badziakouski has dropped in chips to 13 big blinds.
Vogelsang in Driver’s Seat
Ben Heath jammed for 1,200,000 first to act, first hand of the new level with [9h9s], with no interest from his trio of competitors. Next hand saw Christoph Vogelsang three-bet the button to 630,000 with [Kc6c] over a cutoff open from Timothy Adams; no call. Vogelsang, in a series of smaller
Final Table *Still* Four-Handed, Little Between the Stacks
The final four players are oscillating between being bunched tightly in chips and having one player stretch a slim lead; they're evenly matched in experience, skill and, so far, help from the deck. With the blinds creeping up, however, it would only take one big match-up to end the dreams
Vogelsang Check-Calls His Way to a Big Pot
First to act, Christoph Vogelsang raised to 175,000 with [Ahkd]. Button Mikita Badziakouski flatted with [Jd9d]. Heads up to a [KcTh4d] flop, though it was Vogelsang who'd hit top pair, it was Badziakouski who took over betting. Vogelsang called his 175,000 flop bet, and his 525,000 bet on the [7s] turn,
Adams and Vogelsang Trade Pots
A raise to 165,000 on the button from Christoph Vogelsang with [KsJh] brought small blind Timothy Adams along to a flop of [2h2s5s] with [Qs8s]. Adams check-raised Vogelsang's 90,000 flop bet to 300,000 and got a call, but not when he continued betting (525,000) on the [4d] turn. Adams limped his
Adams Not Settling Contentedly in Fourth Place Chipwise
Small blind Timothy Adams raised to 250,000 when it folded to him on the small blind with [qd2d] and big blind Christoph Vogelsang called with [Ks8c], flopping top pair: [Kc9sAs]. Adams led for 145,000 and was called fairly swiftly. On the [2c] turn, Adams checked and Vogelsang not-so-swiftly checked behind.