Hands #44-51: Chipleader Simone Andrian Reaches 11.6 Million

Photo:  Chipleader Simone Andrian

HAND #44  –  Aristidis Theodoridis raises from the button to 250,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #45  –  Simone Andrian raises from the cutoff to 200,000, and Ivan Kuziv calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Kuziv checks, Andrian bets 175,000, and Kuziv folds. Andrian takes the pot.

HAND #46  –  Simone Andrian raises from middle position to 200,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #47  –  Simone Andrian raises UTG+1 to 200,000, and Giuseppe Zarbo calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Zarbo checks, Andrian bets 125,000, and Zarbo folds. Andrian takes the pot.

HAND #48  –  Simone Andrian raises under the gun to 200,000, taking the blinds and ante.

Simone Andrian  –  10,300,000  (103 bb)

HAND #49  –  Ivan Kuziv raises from the hijack to 200,000, Giuseppe Zarbo reraises from the button to 550,000, and Kuziv folds. Zarbo takes the pot.

Giuseppe Zarbo  –  3,400,000  (34 bb)

HAND #50  –  Simone Andrian completes the small blind to 100,000, and Aristidis Theodoridis checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes , Andrian bets 100,000, and Theodoridis calls. The turn card is the , Andrian bets 250,000, and Theodoridis calls.

The river card is the , Andrian bets 750,000, and Theodoridis uses one of his Time Chips to tank for nearly a minute before he calls with for two pair. But Andrian turns over to win the pot with a seven high-straight, building his chipleading stack up to 11.6 million.

Simone Andrian  –  11,600,000  (116 bb)
Aristidis Theodoridis  –  4,300,000  (43 bb)

HAND #51  –  Bruno Compagna raises UTG+1 to 400,000, taking the blinds and ante.