Richard King min-raised from the button to 4,000,000, with Antonis Poulengeris quickly 3-betting to 14,00,000, roughly half of his stack, from the small blind. Jamie Whyte folded his big, and the action was back on King. He dwelled for around a minute, before decided to go with it, and moved all-in for 26,000,000 effective. Poulengeris made the call, resigning himself to having the second best hand, but having already pot commited himself.
King's had the superior kicker against Poulengeris' . Not much changed on the flop, with the turn leaving Poulengeris drawing to an 8 and only an 8. The river meant it was all over, and King dragged in the pot.
Antonis Poulengeris takes home £50,750 in cash, and credits himself with a £2,200 UKPC seat.
Richard King has already locked up his biggest ever live poker score...can he take down the tournament?
During the break, we caught up with Richard King, who is looking for his first major title by winning this Grand Prix Main Event.
"I've played a lot more online, but obviously this represents my biggest score live. It's tough now, Although [Roberto] Gordonas has played really well, I've noticed him slow down a little in the last level. Jamie Whyte is an incredible player, he's really good heads-up too, so he will definitely want to get there where he'll have an edge."
King isn't just a poker player, he also owns some rather unique property. He almost literally stumbled upon the opportunity over ten years ago now.
"I was backpacking in Cambodia and came across this place called Lazy Beach. It was beautiful and completely unique, but there was no resort. It all happened very quickly. We signed a contract to start building on the area the next day. Now we own a resort and its called Lazy Beach. Look it up!"
We have and he's not bluffing. King is going to be enjoying some beach time courtesy of partypoker later this year as he's won a $10,000 package already today by reaching the final table with a Golden Chip in front of him.
Everyone remaining has locked up £50,750 as well as a £2,200 UKPC seat, with Robertas Gordonas still firmly in the driving seat, boasting a third of the chips in play.
Antonis Poulengeris after his latest double-up kept his Grand Prix Main Event dreams alive
Richard King ripped for 38,000,000 with action folded to him on the button, with Antonis Poulengeris putting his last 9,500,000 in from the small blind. It was a legitimate flip situation, King with the pair of , Poulengeris with the overs .
The odds were immediately stacked in Poulengeris' favour on an flop. King bricked the turn and the river and the 25,000,000 chip pot was shipped over to Poulengeris.
Frujina had hope offered then snatched away from him in an epic final hand.
Andrei Frujina exited in 5th place after he clashed with Robertas Gordonas.
The hand began when the action folded to Frujina on the button, who then opened to 2.4 million.
Gordonas, sitting in the small blind three-bet to 8m, but Frujina wasn’t finished with the hand, declaring all-in for 32m, as he chucked a chip into the middle.
Gordonas made the call, seeing his in front of the held by Frujina.
It would be Frujina who took a commanding lead when the flop fell but the turn, once again flipped the odds.
Frujina failed to boat up as the fell on the river, meaning we lose him in fifth place.
Tomas Fara found himself down to his last 8 big blinds and found a good spot to shove, under the gun, for 10,000,000. Richard King re-shoved on the button for 32,000,000, with the blinds getting out the way.
Richard was King by name and by nature, with Fara's in big trouble, and at risk. The didn't offer much help to Fara, although the turn did give him a flush draw. The river bricked as hard as rivers can, with the coming down and sending Fara to the rail.
Thomas Fara takes home £27,450 in cash, plus a £2,200 UKPC seat!
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had the superior kicker against Poulengeris' 
. Not much changed on the 
flop, with the 
turn leaving Poulengeris drawing to an 8 and only an 8. The river 
meant it was all over, and King dragged in the pot.
, Poulengeris with the overs 
.
flop. King bricked the 
turn and the 
river and the 25,000,000 chip pot was shipped over to Poulengeris.
held by Frujina.
turn, once again flipped the odds.
fell on the river, meaning we lose him in fifth place.
in big trouble, and at risk. The 
turn did give him a flush draw. The river bricked as hard as rivers can, with the 
coming down and sending Fara to the rail.
turn brought in a potential flush but didn’t slow down Whyte, who bet again, this time 6.2m as Poulengeris committed the chips for the call.
