After a brutal bad beat leaving her with just 2bb Hong Pham doesn't give up and battles her way back to take the title and all the acolade that goes with it!
Congratulations Hong, you played one hell of a game!
After a very entertaining heads up battle where Ryan had Hong on the ropes down to just 2BB multiple times his run comes to an end and he takes 2nd and a very handsome payday of £15,177 after an ICM deal was agreed during heads up play.
Romain shoves and is looked up by Ryan with an Ace in the window of the flop looks good but it's followed by a Queen and a 9 to put Ryan ahead. No help comes on the turn or river and Romains chips go to Ryan.
Gary snap calls from the SB after Romain shoves from the Button. Gary has AK and Romain has QJ. Gary is looking good for the double up until a Jack falls on the river and sends Gary to the cash desk to pick up £6070 for his run. Well done Gary
Sam jams from the SB with and is snapped off by Ryan with 2x s on the flop spells disaster for Sam and he sends his chips over to Ryan who now has 75% of the chips in play.
Rakesh shoves with from the button and is called by Hong from the SB with a on the flop gives Hong a strangle hold on the hand and the run out is no help to Rakesh, he's out in 6th. Well played sir!
After shoving a turned flush draw as a semi bluff Sam needs to hit to beat Ryans top pair! No flush comes for Sam and Ryan is running away with it. Unlucky Sam, well played sir!
In the HJ Jay moves all in for 740k and our chip leader Ryan moves all in over the top. Everyone else folds and Jay tables and sees he's in rough shape against The flop brings both bad news and hope as it comes unfortunately for Jay no comes for him. The turn and river are and with neither having a club the set of Jacks takes the pot and Ryan adds a nice chunk to his stack! Well played Jay
After making a tough fold leaving him with a pretty short stack Kanchan found himself having to be all in with against With no help coming for Kanchan he is our 9th place finisher. Well played Kanchan.
Rakesh raises from utg+2 to 80k it folds round to Sam in the SB who moves all in. Back on Rakesh and he makes the call. Sam flips over and yells HOOOOOLD as he sees Rakesh has the the board runs out to give Sam the double up. We're still 9 handed and Sam has put himself in a much better spot to take the title!
Anon moves all in and is called in 2 spots the flop comes and it goes check, check. The turn is the which gets a bet and a fold leaving just the better and the all in player in the hand. Anon shows and is shown he is drawing dead as Ryan has the river is the and we are off to the final table.
We are down to just 10 players on Day 2 of the BPS 200 Championship Edition!!! 1 more out and it's Final Table time
Hong Pham is chip leader with 2.055m, 500k more than Ryan Wakefield in 2nd with 1.555m! The rest of players and stacks are as follows:
Rakesh 1.4m
Sam N 1.46m
Sam A 1.3m
Jay 1.1m
Kaichan 1.06m
Romain 800k
Gary 540k
Anon 530k
1 of them has to bubble the FT!
Miller calls an all in on a flop of and shows he's flopped 2 pair with He's against and looking pretty good to be adding more chips to his stack. The brings some more outs for the and with the on the river we are spoilt for choice, do we want to win with the straight or the flush?
Pham faces an all in on the river with the board reading Pham takes her phone out and starts recording before calling and showing the absolute nuts and the table erupts! Did the shover have for the ultimate cooler??? No, he had Jacks and was bluffing. Well played sir. Out in 16th
With the action folded to him in the SB, Faisal seizes the opportunity to pick up the 50k in dead money and moves all in for his last 230k and is snapped off by the BB who shows Faisal flips over and even the on the river can't save him as the had already hit the flop
Romain Yang opens to 40k in the cut off and Jack Leung calls on the button before Gary Miller moves all in for over 400k. Yang makes a quick fold but Leung goes into the tank. Leung counts out the call but eventually makes the fold. Miller shows the
With the 5 cards out being and about 190k in the pot it's checked to Miller who checks back. We're shown and Miller flashes the and says "wow"
Ben Miller is all in with against on a flop of 2 undercards hit the turn and river makin g the 6 play and we lose Miller in brutal fashion.
On a board reading Marc Fountain moves all in. Fabrizio folds and Ryan flicks in the call and turns over for trips. Marc turns over and is out. Ryan scoops a HUGE pot and is up to over 800k
Ali moves all in from the button for 43k and Aleksandr calls from the bb. Ali tables and Aleksandr the tables say "chop incoming" but with the board reading Ali gets the double!
Not long after getting in the money Angelo finds and moves in. He is called and sees the bad news as they turn over A on the flop turns the tables and with no more coming out Angelo puts the hurt on and doubles up.
With 2 players being knocked out on different. tables at the same time we skip hand for hand and get straight into the money! Everyone remaining is guaranteed £400! Well done all
Veselov opens from UTG to 12k and it folds round to Bautista on the button who makes it 35k to go. SB & BB fold and Veselov moves all in for around 120k. Bautista makes the call and its Veselov with and Bautista with the board runs out clean for Veselov and he gets the double up!
Johnny in the HJ looks down and sees JJ after a +3 open he elects to move all in with his last 75K (15bb) The SB cold 4 bet jams and initial opener folds. Johnny tables and it's off to the races as the SB tables the on the turn puts Johnny in bad shape and with no help on the river we lose Mr Kelly. Ul sir! We see you in the Main Event at 6pm.
We join the action on a flop of where it looks like Sam has put out a bet, Mall has moved all in and Miller moves in after him. Sam flashes a and makes the fold. Miller tables and Mall the seals it and the non siquential hits the river.
As we say in the poker world... Must be nice!
Day 2 will be kicking off in just 45 minutes with 84 players looking for that coverted BPS title!