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

Timothy Adams Eliminated in 2nd Place for £154,000

We might have had a three-hour bubble, but there was to be no such lengthy heads-up battle. It took just one hand to find a winner, with Timothy Adams all-in move for 250,000 with [KdQc] snap-called by Sergi Reixach with [AdKh]. The flop of [5c2sJc] kept Reixach ahead and when the

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

Ali Imsirovic Eliminated After Three-Hour Bubble

After almost three and a half hours of bubble play, Imsirovic made it 200,000 from his 345,000 stack with [KhJh] and Sergi Reixach moved all-in with [9s9c]. Imsirovic made the call. The flop came [6cTc2c], an awful flop for Imsirovic. It would need to be a king or jack that wasn't

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

Adams Hits a Million to Lead

Adams made it 60,000 with [KsTc] and Reixach called in the big blind with [8c4c]. The flop of [Qd3h8h] saw Reixach check and Adams continue for 100,000, trying to put pressure on Reixach, but the Spanish player called. The [jh] on the turn saw Adams pick up an open-ended straight draw. Reixach

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]