Mikita Badziakouski continues torturing his opponents. He just put Kahle Burns under pressure in a spot where he opened the cutoff and Burns called in the big blind.
Badziakouski triple-barreled the board and while Burns called 26,000 on the flop and 80,000 on the river, he wasn't ready to put his remaining stack in on the last street. Badziakouski shoved on him for about 270,000 effectively and Burns folded after 10 seconds.
Christoph Vogelsang opened for a raise in the cutoff and Stephen Chidwick defended big blind. The board ran out with Chidwick check-calling 30,000 and then 130,000. He checked the river and Vogelsang checked back.
Chidwick showed and Vogelsang opened what looked like to win the showdown.
"Once again, you have your stacks in three different amount," Chidwick reminded Vogelsang.
The action folded to Kahle Burns, and he limped in for 16,000. Christoph Vogelsang completed from the small blind, and with the action on Mikita Badziakouski, he bumped it up to 120,000.
Burns folded, as did Vogelsang, and Badziakouski collected the pot.
Christoph Vogelsang opened to 39,000 in the cutoff and Stephen Chidwick made it 145,000 in the small blind. Vogelsang called and they saw a flop. Vogelsang called 75,000. He called 225,000 more on the , and a paired the board on the end. Chidwick checked and Vogelsang shoved for about 600,000.
Chidwick folded but asked after the hand if Vogelsang could stack in more easily countable amounts.
Two players checked to Daniel Negreanu on and he bet 35,000 with in a hand from the live stream. Big blind Steffen Sontheimer called and they saw a turn. Sontheimer check-called 80,000 more and the river brought a . Check-check and Negreanu conceded.
Mikita Badziakouski first doubled through Justin Bonomo and now he bit into the other big stack as he clashed against Stephen Chidwick in a massive pot, the biggest of the tournament so far.
Badziakouski was on the button and he open-raised, provoking a three-bet to 160,000 from Chidwick who was in small blind. Badziakouski, however, fired back, four-betting to 425,000. Chidwick called within his allotted 30 seconds, sparing all timebanks he had left.
The action halted on the flop where Badziakouski checked back but the intensity exploded on the turn.
Chidwick checked to Badziakouski again and he cut out a small 250,000-bet. Chidwick announced a raise to 1.5 million and Badziakouski counted his stack, looking whether Chidwick's raise effectively covers him or not. Then he made the call for all his chips, knowing he wouldn't have to technically move all-in. Chidwick nodded, understanding the situation as he allowed the showdown without verifying the exact amounts.
Stephen Chidwick:
Mikita Badziakouski:
It became evident that the river card would be the most important card so far dealt in the Super High Roller 2018. The stood with Badziakouski whose aces held against Chidwick's combo draw.
Badziakouski took over the pole position, catapulting his stack to 3.5 million. Chidwick, however, is still one of the bigger stacks in the room despite this deep wound.