Wolff Bears His Teeth
George Wolff, looking for his first ever live tournament victory, raised it up to 100,000 with [QsJhTh9d]. Soverel, holding [AcKhJd2h] made the call, and the flop of [5c3h9s] saw Sam Soverel with 60% equity, and on the turn [Jc] he bet 110,000. Wolff, however, made it 610,000 to go, a huge bet, and Soverel simply couldn’t pay to see a river.
In the next hand, Wolff went over 60% of the chips in play – and over 55 big blinds – as he called Sam Soverel’s raise to 125,000 pre-flop. So too did Stephen Chidwick and we went three to a flop.
Soverel: [AhQdJd5h]
Wolff: [Td9d7h6h]
Chidwick: [AsQc7s3c]
The flop came [8s3hKd] which prompted checks around the table to the turn of [7c]. That did get the action going, however, and Wolff, with the wrap, bet 220,000. Chidwick, holding bottom two pair, was “completely handcuffed” in the words of Brent Hanks, who is on commentary in the booth with Jeff Platt for this PokerGO final table.
Chidwick folded and so too did Soverel to see Wolff nudge himself – and himself alone – back over the two million chip mark, in his hunt for his maiden poker tournament title.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| George Wolff | 2,130,000 |
400,000  |
| Sam Soverel | 1,000,000 |
-200,000  |
| Stephen Chidwick | 624,982 |
-200,018 |
