Andrew Pantling opened to 150,000 on the button with , Steve O'Dwyer defended with , and the flop fell . O'Dwyer check-called 225,000 from Pantling, and the turn brought the .
O'Dwyer checked again, Pantling fired another 640,000, and O'Dwyer folded.
We caught the action on the turn when the flop brought and Andrew Pantling bet 300,000 from the big blind. Steve O'Dwyer called from the button and the river brought the . Pantling now bet 525,000 and O'Dwyer tanked for a long time before folding his . Pantling only had and took down this pot.
Steve O'Dwyer opened to 150,000 on the button with , Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden three-bet to 400,000 with from the small blind, and O'Dwyer tank-called.
The flop fell , Lodden led out for 350,000, and O'Dwyer made the call.
The turn was the , Lodden shoved for 1,450,000, and O'Dwyer quickly called. Lodden was drawing to a jack and a jack only, and the bricked off on the river.
This is the largest cash of Lodden's career, topping his 27th-place finish in the 2010 World Series of Poker.
The heads-up players are now on a quick, 15-minute break.
Andrew Pantling and Steve O'Dwyer have been battling it out for a while now and both players have been making some great laydowns. Pantling just folded to a bet on a flop when O'Dwyer had and on the very next hand it was the latter who folded a pair.
The board read in a checked-down hand that was raised preflop by Pantling when the Canadian bet 450,000 on the river. O'Dwyer folded his after a while when Pantling had .
Johnny Lodden opened to 120,000 on the button with , Steve O'Dwyer three-bet to 375,000 from the big blind with , and Lodden four-bet to 880,000. O'Dwyer moved all in for 2,475,000, and Lodden asked for a count before calling.
O'Dwyer won the unorthodox race as the board rolled out , and doubled.
Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden raised from the small blind to 150,000 and Andrew Pantling called from the big blind. The flop brought and Lodden bet 180,000, Pantling called.
On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river brought the and Lodden fired out 390,000. Pantling tanked for a while before raising it up to 1,075,000. Lodden thought about it for a while but eventually he made the call with . Lodden's ace-high wasn't enough as Pantling had for a full house.
Andrew Pantling raised on the button with , Johnny Lodden defended his big blind with unknown cards, and then both players checked on a flop of .
The turn was the , Lodden check-called 150,000 from Pantling, and the river was the . Lodden checked again, Pantling tossed out 325,000, and Lodden tank-called.
Pantling showed the winner, Lodden mucked his unknown cards, and the Canadian raked in the pot.