Adrian Mateos raised to 1,320 with the and Arthur Conan three-bet to 6,540 as he had picked up the . Mateos folded.
On the next hand, Conan raised to 1,500 from the button with the and Mateos defended with the .
The flop came , they both checked to the on the turn. They checked again for the to complete the board. Mateos bet 1,500 with the flopped pair of eights for Conan to fold.
Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 1,250 from the button with the and Daniel Soltys called with the .
The flop came , Ponakovs continued with a bet of 825 after Soltyas had checked and was called.
The turn was the for Ponakovs to hit a pair but they both checked to the on the river for him to improve to two pair. Soltys bet 2,905 for Ponakovs to raise it up to 9,385 to get the fold.
Adrian Mateos raised to 1,100 from the button with the and Arthur Conan made the call with the .
The flop came , they both checked to the on the turn. They checked once more for the to complete the board. Conan bet 660 for Mateos to make the call but lose as they had both flopped a pair of fours but Conan held the slightly higher kicker.
Arthur Conan raised to 1,250 from the button with and Adrian Mateos defended with the .
The flop came , they both checked to the on the turn. They did the same there to see the on the river for Mateos to hit the pair of fours. He bet 825 for Conan to raise it up to 2,900 for Mateos to consider it for a bit before opting to fold.
The live stream has started with the semi-finals action to show from 7:15 p.m. CEST. Tune in right now to see Norman Chad and Lon McEachern discuss the tournament and the players.
They'll mainly be focusing on the match between Arthur Conan and Adrian Mateos which means that PokerNews will do the same as only the streamed action can be reported on. But if any hands from the Aleksejs Ponakovs and Daniel Soltys match show up, they will be reported too.
Day 2 of Event #15: $10,000 Heads Up Championship resumes at 7 p.m. CEST with the semi-finals here at the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online. Arthur Conan, Adrian Mateos, Daniel Soltys, and Aleksejs Ponakovs each survived five match-ups to get to the point where they get to come back today to play it out for the lion-share of the $1,561,700 prize pool.
All four players have secured $155,389, but they will have their sights set on the first-place prize of $466,167 which will also come with a gold WSOP bracelet.
Arthur Conan will be taking on Adrian Mateos in one match while Aleksejs Ponakovs will be battling Daniel Soltys.
Routes to the Final Four
Arthur Conan
Adrian Mateos
Daniel Soltys
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Round of 256
Bye
Bye
Bye
Bye
Round of 128
Shota Hirao
Bryan Micon
Tamas Adamszki
Blaz Zerjav
Round of 64
Ben Maya
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas
Francisco Benitez
Daniel Smith
Round of 32
Roman Hrabec
Roman Emelyanov
Feng Chen
Renan Bruschi
Round of 16
Stuart Wallensteen
Mirza Muhovic
Joakim Andersson
Yen-Liang Yao
Round of 8
Miguel Capriles
Vlad-Stefan Lache
Max Kruse
Aliaksei Boika
When play resumes, the stacks will be reset to 100,000 and play the same exact structure as they did on the first day. The tournament will be broadcast on GGPoker.TV from the start with both semi-finals playing at the same time. Commentary will be provided by Norman Chad and Lon McEachern on a 15-minute security delay with cards-up coverage.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$466,167
2
$279,700
3-4
$155,389
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand again to bring you all the action but on a similar delay as the stream. Make sure to follow along when things start up again.
Event #15: $10,000 Heads Up NLHE Championship [No Late Reg, 256 Cap]