Sergi Reixach Wins British Poker Open Event #6 for £253,000

After one of the most bizarre, topsy-turvy final days of the 2019 British Poker Open or indeed any event, Spanish player Sergi Reixach took full advantage of the swings to become Event #6 champion and put himself in the running for the overall leaderboard winner a week from today. A THREE

Elio Fox (3rd for £88,000) and Michael Zhang (4th for £55,000) Both Eliminated by Sergi Reixach

While Timothy Adams mooched away to - quite literally - buy a bowl of rice, Michael Zhang moved all-in for 500,000 exactly from the button position with [QsTc]. Elio Fox called in the small blind with [Ad7d] and Sergi Reixach re-shoved all-in from the big blind with [9d9c]. Fox made the call

Fox Doubles Through Adams

Elio Fox moved all-in for 450,000 with [Ah5h] and Timothy Adams used his time bank extension, eventually calling with [KsJc]. It was a 60/40 fight, and Fox smiled before the five community cards, telling the table he felt good and on the flop of [3h7hAc] he still did. The [8c] and

Fox Doubles Back Through Reixach

Elio Fox moved all-in with [QcJd] for 205,000 and Sergi Reixach found the call from his big blind with [Qd5d] for the 450,000-chip pot. The flop of [7dKc2h] saw Fox hold onto the lead and despite his "Jack, no sweat" call, his luck held through the turn of [6h], which meant

Imsirovic Doubles Through Reixach

Imsirovic made it 150,000 to go with [KdJs] and was just called by Sergi Reixcah with [8c8h]. The flop of [3c6dJc] saw Imsirovic put the rest of his stack in (75,000). Reixach was getting good odds but was a 13% dog in the hand. He made the call! The [2s] turn helped

Fox Doubles Reixach

In the next hand, Elio Fox moved all-in for 655,000 with [8h6d] and was called for his stack of 370,000 by Sergi Reixach with [Ah9d]. The board of [AsJsQc8c7s] flirted with the most dramatic of runner-runner reverses, but pre-flop favorite Reixach survive. Both Ali Imsirovic and Elio Fox and now under 10

Three-Way Sees Everyone Survive

Michael Zhang was all-in pre-flop for 190,000 chips with [9c9h] and he was called by a re-shove for 310,000 by Ali Imsirovic with [KdJc] and then Timothy Adams, the chip leader with 1.1 million and holding just [6d2c] Flop of [6hQcKh] put Zhang in massive trouble, but the [9s] turn gave Zhang

Fox Retakes Chip Lead

Elio Fox has gone from chip leader at the start of play to short stack an hour ago. Now he's regained his start-of-day stack to become chip leader again. Sergi Reixach called with [AdQs] and so too did Imsirovic with [Jd5c] and Fox with [Kc4h] in the blinds. The flop of [2dKd8d]

Imsirovic Doubles Through Reixach

Ali Imsirovic moved all-in for 265,000 with [Ah5c] and when he was called by Sergi Reixach with [KhTh], he decided to go on a alk around the table, shaking hands and wishing everyone luck. It's the high roller equivalent of patting those pockets for your wallet and keys, don't you

Imsirovic Shortest Stacked

Ali Imsirovic has gone from chip leader to shortest stack in the room, and while Michael Zhang has been down there at the bottom of the chipcounts for much of the last two hours, Imsirovic hasn't. How will that affect the dynamics of play?