Adams Withstands Pressure from New Chip Leader

Newly minted chip leader Adrian Mateos wasted little time putting maximum pressure on big blind Timothy Adams when it folded to him in the small.  He simply moved all in (715,000 effective) with [9s7c] and waited for Adams to sweat through to a decision with [5d5c].  He made the call,

Adams Set Up vs. Vogelsang

On a three-way flop of [Qs8dJs], action checked to button (and preflop opener) Timothy Adams, who'd flopped middle set with [Jdjc].  Small blind Christoph Vogelsang had flopped top pair with [KhQd] and made the call; big blind Ben Heath passed his [Ac6c]. Turn: [3d].  Vogelsang check-called a second bet of 190,000

Next Three Hands Go to Three-Bets, Too

After Christoph Vogelsang opened to 60,000 with [As7s], then folded to a three-bet of 270,000 from Ben Heath (who held [AhKk], Timothy Adams raised to 70,000 under the gun with [AcJd]  Heath called with [KhQs] and then big blind Stephen Chidwick moved all in (with [KsJs] for 400,000 total, uncalled. The

Ivan Leow Jams First Hand

Bubble or no bubble, Ivan Leow is not here to fold waiting for the only shorter stack (Stephen Chidwick) to make a move before him.  The very first hand of the seven-handed final saw Leow move all in for 720,000 with [AdJs] over the top of a Timothy Adams open

Double on the Bubble for Adams

Preflop, Christoph Vogelsang raised to 45,000 with [Jh8h] and ran into escalating pairs: [7d7s] for Ben Heath, [TsTh] for Stephen Chidwick and [AdAs] for big blind Timothy Adams.  Adams three-bet to 200,000, called by Chidwick alone.  On the [9d8c5d] flop, Chidwick checked, Adams bet 150,000 and Chidwick started feeding timebank

Big Hands Not Getting Paid

Adrian Mateos raised preflop to 45,000 with [As8s].  Christoph Vogelsang in the big blind looked down at [AhAd] and three-bet to 250,000, but Mateos came no further. A short while later Timothy Adams made it 45,000 to go preflop with [JdTc], called by big blind Mikita Badziakouski with the same hand,