Chips Flying Back And Forth

Jan 18, 2016

The chips are moving back and forth at a rapid pace. In hand one Edward Mallon raises to 1,800,000 and Salomon Ponte moves all in. Mallon calls for his last 19,150,000 and the hands are revealed.

Mallon: Club 9Spade 9
Ponte: Club 6Heart 7

They see a flop of Heart AHeart 3Heart J and Ponte flops a flush draw with his seven. The turn brings the Heart 9 giving Ponte a flush but Mallon turns a set of nines. Mallon will need the board to pair on the river but the Spade 6 completes the board and Mallon is crippled.

The very next hand Ponte moves all in, Mallon calls for 3,450,000 and the hands are shown.

Mallon: Diamond 9Diamond 5
Ponte: Spade 6Heart 3

The board runs out clean for Mallon Spade JClub 7Spade 9Club 4Club 9 and Mallon doubles his short stack.

Mallon is all in once again on the third hand for 7,600,000 and again Ponte makes the call.

Ponte: Club AHeart J
Mallon: Diamond KHeart 2

Mallon pairs his deuce and doubles through Mallon for a third time and the chips continue to fly back and fourth here in the heads up match.

Mallon- 16,200,000
Ponte- 25,900,000

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