Vogelsang Now in Lead After Winning 2 Million+ Pot from Heath
Ben Heath opened preflop with [ah9h] to 120,000, called by Christoph Vogelsang alone from the small blind with [Acqh]. A big flop for Vogelsang: [AsQs8h], which he checked, as did Heath. Vogelsang led out for 300,000 on the [5h] turn, which gave his opponent the nut flush draw to go along with his top pair. Heath called, seeing the [jc] on the river. Always slow and deliberate, Vogelsang now bet out 625,000, called swiftly by Heath who saw the bad news for his stack represented by the two pair tabled in front of Vogelsang.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Christoph Vogelsang | 4,000,000 |
2,045,000  |
| Benjamin Heath | 1,600,000 |
-1,100,000  |
Badziakouski Bumps Heath From Chip Lead
Another pot played by the blinds, this time Mikita Badziakouski and Ben Heath and with a little more action than seen for a little while. The former limped preflop with [Jc8c], the latter raised to 180,000 with [9s5h] and received a call.
Heath continued for 135,000 on the [3c2c2h] flop when Badziakouski checked to him; call. The [5c] on the turn gave Heath a pair but brought in Badziakouski’s flush. Heath bet 240,000, but folded to a check-raise worth 720,000.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Mikita Badziakouski | 2,800,000 |
865,000 |
| Benjamin Heath | 2,700,000 |
-940,000 |
Small Pots Abound as Stacks Stay Similar
It folded to small blind Ben Heath who raised to 210,000 with [ThTs]. Big blind Timothy Adams made the call with [Ah3d], seeing a flop of [5s9hKd]. Heath took the pot with a lead out for 180,000.
Action started with Adams in the small blind next (that’s how the button moving works), who limped the 60,000 with [qh8h]; big blind Christoph Vogelsang checked his [ac3h]. No bet on the [Tc4s4c] flop, but Vogelsang bet 90,000 on the [Jc] river when it was checked to him again and won the pot.
“Pretty close stacks, now, huh?” noted Mikita Badziakouski.
“I tried to pull away but got pulled back down,” said once big chip leader Ben Heath.
Chips Bunching Up
Ben Heath retains the lead, with Timothy Adams in second, but both of the shorter stacks have made progress upwards at the expense of the leaders and are virtually neck and neck going into the new level.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Heath | 3,640,000 |
-60,000 |
| Timothy Adams | 2,470,000 |
-730,000 |
| Christoph Vogelsang | 1,955,000 |
-45,000 |
| Mikita Badziakouski | 1,935,000 |
235,000 |
All Still Deep Enough for Post-Flop Shenanigans – Or Cagey Play
Ben Heath received a rare walk in the big blind from Mikita Badziakouski, who’s been steadily chipping up throughout this level (though without any huge individual pots, and no further all-in and at-risk spots).
For the first time after the action flurry that was the first level and a half, we’re seeing pots won with raise-and-take it efficiency, or boards seen to their end with minimum chip committal. An example from recent minutes:
Timothy Adams limped the small blind with [Ad2d] when it was checked to him and big blind Vogelsang checked holding [Ac5h]. No bet on either the [7s5dQh] flop or the [8d] turn, and Vogelsang took the pot down with a bet of 75,000 on the [8c] river.
Badziakouski Bids to Become Boss
A few more chips for the partypoker Team Pro Mikita Badziakouski just now thanks to a river bluff against Timothy Adams. Badziakouski defended his big blind with [qd9c] to a preflop open (to 95,000) from Adams, seeing a flop of [8h5c7s]. Badziakouski check-called Adams’ 60,000 flop bet he’d made after flopping a pair with [Qh7h]. Neither elected to bet on the [Ac] turn and when the [Th] river fell, Badziakouski led out for 280,000, picking up the pot.
Moments earlier he had been remarking, “Ben Heath is the boss. You can try to beat the boss and become the new boss…” and he appears to be doing his best, working back from the shortest stack a level ago and having now overtaken Christoph Vogelsang.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Mikita Badziakouski | 1,700,000 |
300,000 |
| Christoph Vogelsang | 1,200,000 |
-500,000 |
Two-Tier Chip Counts Four-Handed
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Heath | 3,600,000 |
600,000 |
| Timothy Adams | 3,200,000 |
-155,000 |
| Christoph Vogelsang | 1,700,000 |
-450,000 |
| Mikita Badziakouski | 1,400,000 |
-200,000 |
Short Stack Badziakouski Getting Ever Less Short
Mikita Badziakouski raised his button to 90,000 with [asJd], called by Ben Heath ([6h6d]) and Timothy Adams ([qh8h]) in the blinds. All three checked the [TcTd2h] flop. Badziakouski hit a pair on the [Jd] turn, and this time bet when it was checked to him: another 90,000. Heath called; Adams folded.
On the [7c] river, Heath checked again and Badziakouski bet 250,000, uncalled.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Heath | 3,000,000 |
-100,000 |
| Mikita Badziakouski | 1,600,000 |
300,000 |
Adrian Mateos Goes 0 for 3 in Flips to Bust in 5th ($800,000)
In an eye-wateringly quick reversal of fortune, Adrian Mateos has gone from chip leader to bust in under half an hour. His final stand came in a blind vs. blind confrontation with Ben Heath, who raised with [Ahqs]; Mateos jammed for 1,000,000 with [2d2c] and, called, waited once again to see what the deck would do. It had him drawing dead on the turn on a [AcAs9s9h8d] runout, suddenly on the rail with an $800,000 payout but surely as shocked as the rest of the table at his swift downfall.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Heath | 3,100,000 |
1,000,000 |
| Adrian Mateos | Busted |
-1,055,000 |
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