Chidwick Ups Aggression, Sontheimer Profits

Stephen Chidwick raised three hands in a row but only won one of them.
Chidwick took down the first preflop with a raise from the button to 3,000 with Steffen Sontheimer making the call from the big blind but folding to Chidwick’s 2,700 continuation bet on a flop.

Chidwick raised 3,000 from the cutoff the following hand with around 70,000 behind but folded when Mikita Badziakouski three-bet to 12,000 from the big blind.

In the third hand, Chidwick again made it 3,000 to go with Steffen Sontheimer calling from the button and Nick Petrangelo calling from the big blind to take the action three way to a flop of .

Both Petrangelo and Chidwick checked before Sontheimer led out for 4,500 from the button. Petrangelo check-raised to 13,000 in total and after Chidwick bowed out Sontheimer made the call.

The turn brought a check from Petrangelo and a bet of 36,900 from Sontheimer. This was enough to get Petrangelo to fold and he dropped to 130,200 while Sontheimer climbed to 195,000.