Phanlert Sukonthachartnant Bubbles Super High Roller Event
After winning the HK$250,000 High Roller earlier in the week, Phanlert Sukonthachartnant could not repeat his performance in the HK$500,000 Super High Roller. He finished as the "bubble boy," and it will be American Andy Andrejevic leading the way into Sunday's final table.
Andrejevic, who won his seat in a live satellite, bagged up 6.255 million in chips and has a slight advantage over Steve O'Dwyer in second place.
Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
---|---|---|---|
1 | John Juanda | Indonesia | 5,110,000 |
2 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 2,390,000 |
3 | Anton Astapau | Belarus | 3,950,000 |
4 | Erik Seidel | USA | 1,800,000 |
5 | Andy Andrejevic | USA | 6,255,000 |
6 | Steve O'Dwyer | USA | 6,010,000 |
Sukonthachartnant burst the bubble after a confrontation with O'Dwyer. The latter called on the button before Sukonthachartnant raised to 240,000 out of the small blind. O'Dwyer called to see a flop, where he bet 160,000 after Sukonthachartnant checked. The man from Thailand check-raised to 450,000 and then tank-called off for another 780,000 after O'Dwyer shoved.
Sukonthachartnant opened the for middle pair, but he was way behind O'Dwyer's two pair with the . The and followed on the turn and river, and Sukonthachartnant was out in seventh place.
The final six will return on Sunday at 2:30 p.m local time to play for the title and HK$8,725,000 first-place prize. They're all guaranteed HK$1,696,200, and PokerNews will be bring you full coverage.