Winstone Takes from Allain; Chops with Saleh and Popov
Hand 1
On the heads-up turn of 
, Adrian Allain bet 3,500 and Thomas Winstone check-raised to 8,000 from early position. Allain called and then faced the bet worth 12,000 by Winstone on the 
river. Allain eventually folded after plenty of consideration and later said he had ace-ten.
Hand 2
One hand later, Winstone took down a small pot with 
for top pair against the second pair of Elias Abou Saleh before the last hand of the level provided fireworks. Slaven Popov raised to 1,300 and Saleh shoved for 9,450 from two seats over on the button. Winstone sat in the big blind and tossed in 15,500, thinking he had called. Popov reraised all in and Winstone asked for a count. Once it was determined to be 18,075, the Brit called to create a three-way all in.
Elias Abou Saleh: 
Slaven Popov: 
Thomas Winstone: 
The board came 
and the flush on the board played, as none of the players involved had any hearts - chop it up!
"He talked about taking the re-entry for quite some time, so I figured I was ahead of him," Winstone said after the hand was over and everyone headed into the dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
||
|
18,300
-14,700
|
-14,700 |
|
9,500
9,500
|
9,500 |