Consecutive Pots for Ponakovs

Ben Heath folded from under the gun before Aleksejs Ponakovs opened to 2,500 from the next seat over. Isaac Haxton then made it 9,000 from the cutoff. Action folded round to the original raiser, and he four-bet to 27,000, which Haxton called.

Ponakovs continued for 35,000 on the 8♣6♣6♠ flop, and Haxton called again. On the 5♥ turn, Ponokovs bet 40,000, which left him with around 112,000 behind. Haxton folded before using one of the new time bank chips, but he wasn't pleased about the spot he was put in.

"I don't know," he muttered to himself before taking another look at Ponakovs.

The following hand, Ponokovs opened from under the gun to 2,500, and Ben Heath defended his big blind.

Heath check-called for 2,000 on the A♣10♣7♠ flop, which brought in the A♠ turn. Action checked through to the 8♣ river, and then Heath check-folded after Ponokovs bet 5,000.