Madan Applies Pressure
Niveau 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
William Smith opened to 225,000 from the cutoff only to see Mayank Madan three-bet to 580,000 on the button. The blinds got out of the way to send the action back to Smith who, after some consideration, made the call to send the two players heads-up to the flop.
Smith checked to the three-bettor on a monotone flop of 
and Madan continued for 350,000. Not yet prepared to resign the pot, Smith flatted
On the 
turn Smith checked for a second time. Madan was in no mood to slow down and continued his aggression with a hefty bet of 2,000,000. Smith did not appear happy but eventually made a reluctant fold to take a minor hit to his stack.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
12,500,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
||
|
8,200,000
1,190,000
|
1,190,000 |
board with roughly 1,000,000 in the pot, Kamal Bittar checked the big blind, and Jorge Hou bet 855,000 in early position. Bittar then check-raised to 2,075,000 to send his opponent into the tank. After some time, Hou raised to 5,150,000, only for Bittar to raise yet again, covering Hou's stack of approximately 3,500,000 behind. Hou again went into the tank and ultimately, laid down his hand.
onto the felt as he walked away from the table while talking to himself, clearly energized from the huge hand which rocketed him into the chip lead.
and Brian Kim called with 
from the button. The flop was 
and both players checked. 
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when Taylor bet 400,000. Gostisa then shoved for around 1,500,000 and Taylor called.
as Taylor took in the pot and sent the Slovenian high roller to the rail.
, Philip Neiman bet 1,300,000 and Mayank Madan shoved all in from under the gun.
. Madan, though, showed him 
for flopped two pair.
and Neiman stood by his seat taking a picture of his bustout board before heading for the exit.
and Rosa took a stranglehold on the hand with two pair. The 
on the turn left Kudo drawing dead to the 
river to make jacks full of aces.
flop kept Chan with some back door outs and he asked for a "spade for a sweat". That wish was denied but he picked up chop outs with the 
