Fourth Break of the Day
The 52 remaining players have been sent for another 5-minute break.
The 52 remaining players have been sent for another 5-minute break.
Arnaud Enselme moved all-in for the last 2,192,142 from the hijack and forced all but one opponent to fold. Dzmitry Urbanovich in the big blind gave it some consideration and indeed made the call.
Arnaud Enselme:
Dzmitry Urbanovich:
Urbanovich gained the lead on the flop and remained there throughout the turn and river. Vitaly Zheleztsov and Jeremy Saderne also departed prior, reducing the field further.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Proudfoot | 34,008,425 | -2,330,000 |
Dominykas Mikolaitis | 29,096,855 | 3,621,290 |
Alexander Ivarsson | 22,896,877 | 7,481,824 |
Dzmitry Urbanovich
|
21,203,855 | -3,199,648 |
Timothy Ulmer | 14,750,284 | 24,100 |
Michael Sklenicka | 10,378,377 | -5,178,137 |
Pavel Pershko | 9,944,718 | 1,894,250 |
Arnaud Enselme | Eliminado | |
Vitaly Zheleztsov | Eliminado | |
Jeremy Saderne
|
Eliminado |
Jiri Kocab was all-in from the small blind and called and covered by Scott Wellenbach in the cutoff.
Jiri Kocab:
Scott Wellenbach:
The board ran out for Kocab to hold with the aces to double up with the flopped set.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Jaime Staples | 26,821,026 | -1,840,000 |
Espen Uhlen Jorstad
|
21,622,467 | -720,560 |
Scott Wellenbach | 20,958,101 | 50,000 |
Simon Nielsen | 20,935,558 | 1,792,560 |
Andreas Christoforou | 14,027,829 | 5,268,000 |
Douglas Ferreira | 12,081,277 | 680,000 |
Jiri Kocab | 11,726,674 | 5,523,337 |
Yurii Senchylo | 11,045,042 | -3,800,000 |
Among the top stacks in the virtual room is Scott Wellenbach, a Buddhist text translator hailing from Halifax, Canada. Wellenbach made headlines at the 2019 PCA where a dream run ultimately came to an end in third place for $671,000. The run was made memorable as Wellenbach vowed beforehand to pledge ALL his poker winnings to charity, something he did earlier back in 2017 after a deep run at the EPT in Barcelona.
Months after his incredible performance, PokerNews' Valerie Cross caught up with Wellenbach in Monte Carlo to learn more about his charitable actions. In 2017, Buddhist nuns in Nepal shared the spoils from his Barcelona run. REG charities like Against Malaria Foundation, Humane Slaughter Association and more notable names such as Oxfam and Doctors Without Borders were among those to receive a boost from the PCA score.
Why give away all the money that he wins in poker? "Because I can," Wellenbach simply said back in 2019. "My needs are taken care of and I've done really well investing over the last number of decades, so I can afford to do it."
To learn more about the poker philanthropist, watch the video with Jeff Platt after his PCA Main Event deep run and check the article for a more in-depth look into the life of the Canadian.
Learn more about Wellenbach on PokerNews
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Scott Wellenbach | 20,908,101 | -6,953,337 |
Simon Brandstrom was sent to the rail and soon after a three-way all-in took place.
Diego Zeiter raised to 2,400,000 with 334,345 behind and Christos Xanthopoulos called all-in for 2,280,158 on the button. Arnaud Enselme jammed out of the big blind for 5,126,487. Zeiter eventually called to create a three-way all-in.
Christos Xanthopoulos:
Diego Zeiter:
Arnaud Enselme:
The board ran out and Zeiter scored a miracle escape.
By then, Oliver Weis was already the chip leader on the table and knocked out Stephen Chidwick to further pull ahead. The table closed instantly as the field was down to the final seven tables.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Oliver Weis | 57,114,786 | 30,449,192 |
Mikita Badziakouski
|
29,604,670 | -1,148,750 |
Joao Ferreira | 8,784,590 | 6,383,505 |
Diego Zeiter | 8,098,848 | 39,504 |
Arnaud Enselme | 2,392,142 | -9,452,094 |
Simon Brandstrom
|
Eliminado | |
Christos Xanthopoulos | Eliminado | |
Stephen Chidwick
|
Eliminado |
Andreas Christoforou and Yurii Senchylo were heads-up with the latter at risk with the shorter stack when all the chips went in.
Yurii Senchylo:
Andreas Christoforou:
The board read when all the cards were dealt for Senchylo to secure the double-up while Simon Brandstrom was eliminated over on one of the other tables.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Jaime Staples | 28,661,026 | -716,762 |
Scott Wellenbach | 27,861,438 | -486,450 |
Espen Uhlen Jorstad
|
22,343,027 | 3,133,558 |
Simon Nielsen | 19,142,998 | 206,125 |
Yurii Senchylo | 14,845,042 | 4,321,771 |
Douglas Ferreira | 11,401,277 | 9,003,105 |
Andreas Christoforou | 8,759,829 | -7,981,271 |
Jiri Kocab | 6,203,337 | -714,769 |
Simon Brandstrom
|
Eliminado |
Norbert Szecsi was all-in from the early position and up against Usman Ulhaq in the cutoff with the bigger stack.
Norbert Szecsi:
Usman Ulhaq:
The board ran out for Ulhaq to hold with the higher pocket pair to send Szecsi to the rail.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Ignacio Moron | 37,437,821 | -1,544,724 |
Peter Jetten
|
26,598,379 | -4,097,500 |
Christian Jeppsson | 25,021,148 | 12,292,749 |
Usman Ulhaq | 19,162,723 | 4,397,502 |
Jerry Odeen
|
18,503,025 | 5,457,355 |
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs
|
17,600,459 | 8,078,047 |
Kolja Luecking | 12,392,698 | 8,385,836 |
Norbert Szecsi
|
Eliminado |
Brock Wilson jammed his short stack in from an early position and was called by George McDonald from one seat over.
Brock Wilson:
George McDonald:
No ace and just one club appeared on the board to send Wilson to the rail.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Andrei Chernokoz | 28,723,818 | 17,062,637 |
George McDonald | 23,010,502 | 15,494,092 |
Christian Rudolph | 22,286,085 | 2,076,340 |
Jake Schindler
|
16,996,170 | 7,792,750 |
Endrit Geci
|
12,374,637 | -5,363,296 |
Philipp Kampf | 11,688,068 | 9,817,308 |
Vitaly Zheleztsov | 7,638,865 | 2,363,761 |
Brock Wilson | Eliminado |
Joris Ruijs raised to 920,000 from the cutoff and Daniel Dvoress made the call on the button. Juan Pardo Dominguez three-bet shoved for 12,145,836 from the small blind for the big blind to fold. Ruijs four-bet shoved for 20,942,069 for Dvoress to quickly get out of their way.
Juan Pardo Dominguez:
Joris Ruijs:
The board ran out for Ruijs to hold with the pocket tens to improve to a full house on the river to eliminate Pardo Dominguez.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Joris Ruijs | 34,757,905 | 16,687,398 |
Francois Billard | 16,372,839 | 7,276,795 |
Daniel Dvoress
|
15,044,490 | -10,545,189 |
Tamas Adamszki | 13,942,707 | -2,276,000 |
Richard Mullen | 7,382,441 | 3,510,127 |
Jeremy Saderne
|
2,903,557 | -2,623,728 |
Viktor Mess | Eliminado | |
Juan Pardo Dominguez | Eliminado |
In a battle of the blinds, Sosia Jiang got her last 5.2 million in out of the small blind and picked up a call by Jonathan Proudfoot in the big blind. The Brit had five times as many chips and the superior hand heading into the showdown.
Sosia Jiang:
Jonathan Proudfoot:
Jiang spiked an open-ender on the turn to go with her two live cards but the river bricked.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Proudfoot | 36,338,425 | 3,512,591 |
Sosia Jiang | Eliminado |