Adeniya Sends Ziyard Off

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Before the flop, Zimnan Ziyard opened to 1,000, and Martins Adeniya flatted a couple seats over. Off they went to the {6-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {A-Spades} flop, and Ziyard continued out with another 1,200. Adeniya bumped it up to 3,700, and Ziyard put in the call.

The turn came the {A-Hearts} , and Adeniya slid out another bet of 7,250. Ziyard made the call once again. The last card off was the {J-Diamonds} , and now Ziyard led out into the pot with 8,000 of his own chips. Adeniya was having none of it, though, raising all in with his covering stack.

Ziyard had about 33,000 left in front of him at this point, and he needed some time in the tank. It would be a couple minutes of staring before his finally piped up, "You don't have ace-ten, do you?" After another moment, he added, "Ace-ten or nothing... Which is it?" And after another moment, something like: 'I'm thinking about calling with a six.'

Adeniya had been sitting like a statue, but he relaxed for a moment to take a sip of his water and shoot a quick glance across the table. "Come on, give me something," Ziyard prodded, trying desperately to find a read. After maybe four or five minutes, he said, "All right, I call." As soon as the words were out of his mouth, the {A-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} appeared in front of Adeniya's stack, and Ziyard could only shake his head. He went with the wrong read, and the call has cost him the rest of his stack and this chance at another EPT title. To add to the rub, all-in hands have to be shown, and Ziyard was forced to roll over his {4-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} before heading for the door.

Adeniya has made one EPT final table (this season in London), and he's already looking good here in Madrid. That knockout moves him all the way up to 129,000 and into the chip lead.