Hands #22-30: Blackburn Defends his Blinds Profitably
Hand #22: Benjamin Underwood picked up blinds and antes with a preflop shove.
Hand #23: Joao Valli made it 1,600,000 to go preflop and Nick Blackburn defended his big blind. Both players checked the 
flop, but the pairing 
turn saw Blackburn check-raise Valli's bet from 1,200,000 to 2,500,000. Valli made the call. On the 
river, Blackburn led out for 3,625,000 and Valli through in a handful of 100,000 value chips signifying a call. He mucked when Blackburn showed down 
.
"Every hand, you win," remarded another tablemate.
"Not every hand. Every other hand," Blackburn corrected.
Hand #24: Underwood took the blinds with an under the gun raise to 1,200,000
Hand #25: Small blind Santiago Soriano raised when it folded to him and picked up Underwoods big blind and ante.
Hand #26: Samuel Gagnon moved all in preflop for 7,000,000, uncalled.
Hand #27: Soriano raised in the cutoff to 1,600,000 but performed the snappiest of snap-folds when button Underwood re-raised all in.
Hand #28: Blackburn raised to 1,600,000 and took one down preflop.
Hand #29: Amir Lehavot took his own blind and ante back after getting a walk.
Hand #30: Lehavot promptly gave Blackburn the same.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,200,000
8,900,000
|
8,900,000 |
|
15,200,000
-10,800,000
|
-10,800,000 |