Suarez Monster Stacked After Rivered Flush v. Flush
The two chip leaders went at it in a pot that ended up propelling Anton Suarez into a big chip lead. Christian Rudolph in the cutoff with [9s8s] picked up caller Suarez on the button with [ksjs] preflop. He spiked a nine on the [9d4s2h] and check-called through the turned [6s] (24,000,000).
The river was a tournament-changer: the [qs]. Rudolph checked. Suarez put out a bet of 45,000,000 (that’s 45 players’ worth of starting stacks in this event). Rudolph just called, was shown the bad news, but survived to play on.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Anton Suarez | 242,000,000 |
117,300,000  |
| Christian Rudolph | 95,300,000 |
-19,100,000  |
Set Over Set Doubles Clarke; His Rail Goes Wild
Local favourite James “Raggy” Clarke has doubled up playing anything but rags. He opened preflop with [acas] and picked up only one caller, Fredrik Andersson with [9d9h]. The Swede spiked a set on the [6s9sjd] flop and looked to eliminate Clarke, simply calling his 8,500,000 flop lead.
The turn: [Ah]. Clarke led for 10,000,000 and, understandably still hoping to get the chips in, Andersson took almost a minute before raising all in. He was, of course, snap-called. The river was the [qd] and the rail that’s built up around Clarke roared their approval.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| James Clarke | 95,000,000 |
39,400,000 |
| Fredrik Andersson | 36,000,000 |
-34,300,000 |
Weijie Zheng Eliminated in 6th Place ($170,000)
It folded round to small blind Weijie Zheng, who opted to pull the trigger, all in for 38,400,000 with [7s5d]. Big blind Christoph Rudolph picked up [ah8d]; given the size of the shove he used a couple of timebank cards but did make the call in the end. By the turn, the board standing [6ctd9dac], Zheng was down to hoping for a three-outer river. The [3d] wasn’t it. Last year’s Irish Open champion Zheng picks up another big score, but exits in 6th.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Weijie Zheng | Busted |
-45,000,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| James Romero | 75,000,000 |
38,000,000 |
| Weijie Zheng | 45,000,000 |
-32,500,000 |
Jack Hardcastle Eliminated in 7th Place ($130,000)
An explosive flop was seen between under the gun opener Jack Hardcastle with [kdtd] and cutoff three-bettor Christian Rudolph with [qcqh]. That flop: [9h3djd]. With 27 million already in the pot, Hardcastle check-raised Rudolph’s 9,000,000 bet all in for 43,000,000 total. Rudolph called swiftly and Hardcastle’s tournament life rested on this close race. The turn and river bricked ([6cts]) and we lost Hardcastle in 7th.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Rudolph | 114,400,000 |
15,300,000 |
| Jack Hardcastle | Busted |
-55,700,000 |
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 reflecting Romero’s called flop bet), and checked back at this point. On the [9c] river, Clarke led for 5,500,000 and Romero looked him up with ace high – no good vs. a pair of fours.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| James Clarke | 55,600,000 |
14,000,000 |
| James Romero | 37,000,000 |
-22,400,000 |
Chip Counts Seven-Handed
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Anton Suarez | 124,700,000 |
16,300,000 |
| Christian Rudolph | 99,100,000 |
-8,900,000 |
| Weijie Zheng | 77,500,000 |
9,500,000 |
| Fredrik Andersson | 70,300,000 |
5,300,000 |
| James Romero | 59,400,000 |
900,000 |
| Jack Hardcastle | 55,700,000 |
15,700,000 |
| James Clarke | 41,600,000 |
-1,600,000 |
Maria Lampropoulos Eliminated in 8th Place ($100,000)
Jack Hardcastle opened in the cutoff to 3,500,000 with [9s9d]. Weijie Zheng passed his button, but Maria Lampropoulos looked down at [acq]; moments later her 19,100,000 stack was across the line in its entirety. Hardcastle made the call.
The [jhtd3d] flop gave Lampropoulos extra outs for the straight, but the [2h6d] turn and river were no help. She exits in 8th, picking up her third straight cash at MILLIONS UK events (winning the Main Event for £1,000,000 in 2017, cashing in 2018 in 53rd place).
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Lampropulos | Busted |
-27,100,000 |
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