- Big Stax XXV 500 Main Event 12:20 AM
- Level 26 (25000/50000/5000)
- Total Entries: 874
- Players Remaining: 18
John Martin has put an end to John Zoldak’s bid for back to back Final Tables.
John Malczan opened the pot from the hijack to 125k. John Martin 3-bet to 325k from the cutoff. Zoldak called his 3-bet from the button and Malczan cleared the way for the other two to battle heads-up.
Flop: 10♦4♦J♦ Pot: 885k
Check/check.
Turn: 8♣
Martin bet 500k. Zoldak moved all-in for 1.3M total. Martin immediately called.
Martin 10♥10♣ vs Zoldak 8♦8♥
River: 3♠
Zoldak hit a very unfortunate turn which would cost him his stack but he was not drawing completely dead. Martin picks up the pot with ~3.3M and takes over the chip-lead late in Day 2.
The final 18 are now re-drawing with 44 minutes remaining in Day 2.