Bicknell, Luc Greenwood Bust
Three of the four Canadian’s remaining in today’s British Poker Open event returned from break as short stacks and after Mike Watson busted midway through Level 13, the other two followed him to the rail.
Kristen Bicknell was eliminated by Sam Greenwood after [AsKh] couldn’t beat [TdTh] to get the partypoker pro back near 20 big blinds. Luc Greenwood then busted to Stephen Chidwick, after he got his final ten big blinds with [KdJd]. Chidwick held [AcJs] and hit top pair on the flop to confirm the knockout.
While Chidwick was also short, Sam Greenwood is above the chip average and still alive to become the second Greenwood to win BPO gold so far this week.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Greenwood | 640,000 |
-55,000  |
| Stephen Chidwick | 260,000 |
100,000  |
| Kristen Bicknell | Busted |
-188,000 |
| Luc Greenwood | Busted |
-97,000 |
Soverel Busts Watson, Aldemir Doubles Through Chidwick
Mike Watson shoved his final 130,000 from late position and Sam Soverel called in the big blind with [3d3c].
The chip leader was flipping against Watson’s [KdQh] and the small pair held on the [10c8h7c4d4d] runout.
Watson was eliminated in 13th place and a moment later, Koray Aldemir doubled in a blind vs. blind battle on the other table.
The cards were on their back, with Aldemir holding [Js9s] to Stephen Chidwick’s [AcQc].
The board ran out [9h4s2hJhKc] and Chidwick sent the double to his left.
After that hand, Cary Katz was moved to Table 1 to balance the lineups.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Soverel | 1,160,000 |
422,000 |
| Koray Aldemir | 380,000 |
48,000 |
| Stephen Chidwick | 160,000 |
-119,000 |
| Mike Watson | Busted |
-155,000 |
Full Chip Counts at the Break
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Soverel | 738,000 |
-12,000 |
| Sam Greenwood | 695,000 |
85,000 |
| Elio Fox | 530,000 |
250,000 |
| Cary Katz | 417,000 |
252,000 |
| Mikita Badziakouski | 348,000 |
18,000 |
| Koray Aldemir | 332,000 |
-108,000 |
| Xiao Yang Luo | 330,000 |
-105,000 |
| Stephen Chidwick | 279,000 |
39,000 |
| Keith Lehr | 244,000 |
-171,000 |
| Paul Newey | 244,000 |
164,000 |
| Kristen Bicknell | 188,000 |
-97,000 |
| Mike Watson | 155,000 |
-250,000 |
| Luc Greenwood | 97,000 |
-15,000 |
Chip Counts and Seat Order on Break
| Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Mike Watson | Canada | 155,000 |
| 2 | Kristen Bicknell | Canada | 188,000 |
| 3 | Cary Katz | United States | 417,000 |
| 4 | Elio Fox | United States | 530,000 |
| 5 | Sam Soverel | United States | 738,000 |
| 6 | Keith Lehr | United States | 244,000 |
| 1 | Paul Newey | United Kingdom | 244,000 |
| 2 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 279,000 |
| 3 | Koray Aldemir | Germany | 332,000 |
| 4 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 348,000 |
| 5 | Luc Greenwood | Canada | 97,000 |
| 6 | Xiao Yang Luo | China | 33,000 |
| 7 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 695,000 |
Recently Eliminated
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| David Peters | Busted |
-280,000 |
| Anson Tsang | Busted |
-30,000 |
| Robert Flink | Busted |
-45,000 |
Behbehani, Vieira Bust, Aldemir Ascends
Fast and furious action continued on all three tables towards the midway point of Level 12.
First, Salman Behbehani busted to Mikita Badziakouski after he shoved his final 130,000 into the Belarusian’s big blind. Badziakouski called and was flipping with [4h4s] against [AcQd].
That flip was pretty much over after the [7h4d2d] flop and after Behbehani didn’t pick up a diamond on the turn his elimination was confirmed.
While that board ran out on Table 3, Koray Aldemir and Xiao Yang Luo were playing a big one on Table 2.
Aldemir, who was in the big blind, checked the [Qc6s3sJd] flop and called after Luo bet 62,000.
The [As] completed the board and Aldemir checked again. Luo used a time extension before he bet 68,000 and Aldemir used a time extension of his own before he moved all-in. Luo got a count, but did not call the 172,000 chip shove.
As those stacks settled, with Aldemir playing over 400,000 and Luo hovering near 250,000, Sam Soverel and Joao Vieira flipped for a pile on Table 1.
Soverel held [9h9s] and the pair held against Vieira’s [AcQc] on the [Js8c3h3c2s] runout.
Play is now down to the final two tables and the remaining players are a few minutes from their next break.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Soverel | 750,000 |
650,000 |
| Koray Aldemir | 440,000 |
169,000 |
| Mikita Badziakouski | 330,000 |
-10,000 |
| Joao Vieira | Busted |
-170,000 |
| Salman Behbehani | Busted |
-110,000 |
Green and Geilich Ousted
We were just informed that Ludovic Geilich and Brian Green were eliminated on the same hand. Apparently, Gelich was all in for just three big blinds holding seven-five suited after which Koray Aldemir moved all in from the button with queens. Brian Green, who had roughly six big blinds left, called all in from the small blind with king-queen.
Aldemir’s queens held up and two players were sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Koray Aldemir | 271,000 |
81,000 |
| Brian Green | Busted |
-145,000 |
| Ludovic Geilich | Busted |
-25,000 |
Badziakouski Pushes Greenwood Off His Hand
Picking up the action on the flop in a blind battle between Luc Greenwood and Mikita Badziakouski we just saw the following hand play out.
On a [7d3s9c] flop, Greenwood check-called 15,000.
On the turn, the [Ah] hit and Greenwood check-called another 30,000.
The river completed the board with the [Qc] and Greenwood check-folded after some deliberation when Badziakouski moved all in to put Greenwood at risk.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Mikita Badziakouski | 340,000 |
235,000 |
| Luc Greenwood | 112,000 |
-233,000 |
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