Ponakovs Damages Astedt in Cooler
Niklas Astedt opened to 13,000 in early position and was faced with a three-bet to 40,000 from Berthold Winz in the cutoff.
Aleksejs Ponakovs was in the small blind, and he produced a cold four-bet to 82,000. Action back to Astedt, who took some time to think before five-betting to 500,000, covering both of his opponents.
Winz quickly got out of the way but Ponakovs swiftly got the rest of his 248,000 total stack in the middle, with a smile towards Astedt.
Aleksejs Ponakovs: A♣A♥ 
Niklas Astedt: K♥K♣
In a huge cooler, Ponakovs had woken up with rockets and had Astedt's cowboys dominated. Astedt smiled and said, "I have a set of kings," hoping to spike his two-outer on the runout.
Unfortunately for him, the 9♣9♦7♠10♦6♠ runout did not change matters, and Ponakovs joins Astedt on a 500,000 plus stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
580,000
-205,000
|
-205,000 |
|
536,000
406,000
|
406,000 |
|
255,000
-195,000
|
-195,000 |