Hands #121-128: Richardson Fights Back
Hand #121: Howard Mash upped it to 3,000,000 first to speak. Jean-René Fontaine, picking good spots so far to move in over raises this level, did it again, making it 11,000,000 to get to showdown. Mash folded.
Hand #122: Adam Richardson open shoved the small blind for 9,200,000 (now under 10bb) and big blind Mash folded.
Hand #123: Small blind Mash raised to 4,000,000 and picked up Fontaine's million chip big blind.
Hand #124: Richardson moved all-in for 11,200,000 first to act, winning a pot worth almost a quarter of his stack made from blinds alone.
Hand #125: A walk for Richardson.
Hand #126: Fontaine opened to 3,500,000, Richardson moved in and Fontaine folded showing 
.
Hand #127: Richardson open jammed his plumper new stack of 19,800,000, winning another pot.
Hand #128: Mash raised to 3,000,000 on the button, McNurlan three-bet him to 5,500,000 and Mash laid his hand down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000,000
-3,500,000
|
-3,500,000 |
|
||
|
33,700,000
-8,500,000
|
-8,500,000 |
|
27,300,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
22,300,000
11,100,000
|
11,100,000 |