Romero Gets Paid on the River by Suarez

Back to Anton Suarez's button, which he raised to 5,500,000 with [7d5d]. This time big blind James Romero held [ad9d] and elected to call.  He flopped two pair with an [ahjc9c] flop, and checked it.  Suarez checked behind.  Romero checked again on the [js] turn, again without a bet from

Romero Aware of What Suarez Is Up To

With such a huge stack, Anton Suarez looked to ramp up his preflop aggression, to the point where any two would do on the button.  He raised [tc2d] (to 5,500,000) just now, as a case in point.  Big blind James Romero was clearly aware of this, as after a short

Double for Romero

Weijie Zheng raised preflop from the hijack with [ksqh]. It folded round to big blind James Romero, with [asjd]. He moved all in for 35,000,000 total (around 18 big blinds) and Zheng called with barely a blink. The board ran out [acqd4d8d8c], boosting Romero's stack back to about its start-of-day level.

Clarke Chipping Up

James Clarke is up over 50 million in chips after James Romero looked him up on the river with ace high, Clarke's [4h6h] big blind defend having come good.  Romero, the preflop raiser with [acqh], had missed a flop and turn on a [2d4cjh8d] board (18 million in the pot

Clarke Doubles in Battle of the James’

Small blind James Clarke shoved for 20,900,000. Big blind James Romero asked for a count and eventually called. James Clarke: [TcTd] James Romero: [KhJd] The board ran out [Qs2c7d] [2s] [7c] and Clarke doubled up.

Final Day Players: Seating and Chips

Day 3 is a wrap! Tomorrow's final day will see these dozen players, led (just) by James Romero, return to play to the final table and beyond from noon (live stream and updates commencing at 1pm). One of them will become the 2020 MILLIONS UK $10,300 Main Event champion, winning $1,000,000