![]() Holding 7♠ 9♦ Heitmann could only sit back and enjoy the ride as he flopped the nut straight 6♥ 5♥ 8♥. RSS readers please click through to view video Watch below as the German pro found a decent flop: Unlike the hand with Heitmann, pocket tens did not disappoint as the jacks held on the 7♠ 2♠ 8♠ 4♥ Q♦ board to send Lionel466 home in ninth place ($5,080.00).įive hands later Heitmann would flex his muscles as the chip leader calling the short all-in (563,422 chips) of 777RENGEN777 in the big blind. With the blinds at 100K/200K ante 20K and just 125,180 chips to call detee did just that and rolled over jacks J♦ J♥ as Lionel466’s pocket tens 10♥ 10♠ did not look so mighty any longer. After losing a huge 3.8 million chip pot to Ronzie99, Lionel466 was left with just 525,180 chips and tried to put those chips to work right away by shoving two hands later over the top of detee’s min-raise. Just prior to the hourly five minute break, after nearly 45 minutes of play at the final table, we would say goodbye our first competitor. ![]() 4♠ 4♦ K♠ 9♦ 2♦ with the duck on the river shipping the large 3.1 million chip pot which he would chip up to over six million and take the chip lead by the next blind level. This was not the flip Heitmann was looking for but it did not matter as he got the river card was looking for. detee would make the call holding pocket tens 10♦ 10♥ as Lionel466 dropped out and the German pro flipped up pocket deuces 2♣ 2♠. On the 11th hand of the final table with the blinds still at 65K/130K ante 13K Jan would shove his short stack of 1.3 million over the top of detee’s min-raise and call by Lionel466. Heitmann wasted no time improving his chip stack to something more playable. Seat 3: Team PokerStars pro Jan Heitmann (1501632 in chips) bmky88 was in a bind turning over the dominated Q♦ J♦, and bmky88 would not escape after A♠ 3♣ 9♠ 7♥ K♦ was laid out on the board sending the player from Singapore home in tenth place ($3,810.00). However 777REGEN777 saw through the ruse and made the call holding Q♥ K♣. Five-handed as the blinds moved up to 65K/130K ante 13K bmky88 tried to muscle his way to picking up the blinds by shoving for 1.2 million from the small blind. Five hands later, doubled again to nearly 1.5 million chips giving him a seat at the final table as all eyes fell on bmky88 who was all-in over on table 162. But, the German pro stormed back with a double up on the very next hand. Heitmann however would ride a roller coaster into the final table which included losing a huge hand with pocket nines versus tens preflop and having just three big blinds left in his hand. However, no jack came of the rescue on the K♠ turn and 8♥ river shipping the 1.2 million chip pot to bmky88 and Kapalas was out in 17th place ($1,905.00). A set of aces for bmky88 on the 2♥ A♦ 10♦ flop gave Kapalas a little hope for a suckout with a gutshot straight draw. Passed around the table quickly to bmky88 in the small blind who managed to make the call with pocket aces A♠ A♥. With the blinds at 30K/60K ante 6K Georgios would open shove from UTG + 1 for 555,692 holding a couple of face cards Q♥ K♥. Kapalas unfortunately would pull up just short in seeking the $99K first prize being offered. Along with Team PokerStars pro Jan Heitmann two players with the red spades next to their smiling faces made it to the final two tables tonight. Tonight Kapalas was staring down a shot at taking down a Sunday Major. Last time we checked in with Georgios “gkap13” Kapalas he was trying to add to his live earnings in day 2 of the Greece Cup last week and en route towards adding to his bankroll. With players making their way back to online poker from the brutal World Series of Poker month and a half marathon that at press time was in Day six and Team PokerStars pro JP Kelly with a top ten chip stack in the Main Event) 3,175 players found enough loose change for a seat in the tournament and a shot at the $99,695.00 first prize. Tonight’s $500,000 Sunday Warm-up is no exception. The Sunday Majors and their huge prizepools allow players a shot at near six-figures for just a $215 buy-in. Each week here at PokerStars the day of rest becomes the day that can change someone’s entire year.
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