Rudolph Eliminates Ponakovs
Level 14
: 5,000/10,000, 1,500 ante
Christian Rudolph opened for 21,000 from the hijack before he called a three-bet jam by Aleksejs Ponakovs to 313,383 from the big blind.
Aleksejs Ponakovs: 
Christian Rudolph: 
Ponakovs needed some help but none came on the 
board. Rudolph, who finished the hand with a set of queens, collected Ponakovs' $8,750 bounty while also witnessing his stack go past 1 million in chips.
There were just 28 players remaining after the hand with 20 guaranteed at least a min-cash of $15,804 in addition to any bounties collected.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,234,762
-224,250
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-224,250 |
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1,012,046
499,281
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499,281 |
|
562,723
156,415
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156,415 |
|
275,255
180,493
|
180,493 |
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274,454
-131,578
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-131,578 |
|
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|
206,639
-373,714
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-373,714 |
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Busted | |
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