We joined the action in the latest heads-up hand as Mustapha Kanit bet 300,000 into a pot of 500,000 on the turn of a board showing . Bryn Kenney called to a river of , whereupon Kanit moved all-in!
After taking some serious time to weight up the move, Kenney made the call, and Kanit turned over , which was good enough to take the pot as Kenney mucked. Kanit is now slightly above where he started in this heads-up battle.
Mustapha Kanit limped in from the button and Bryn Kenney checked from the big blind. Kenney check-called a bet of 100,000 on before both players checked the on the turn. Kenney checked again on the river and Kanit bet 275,000. Kenney tanked for a bit before he called. Kanit showed , Kenney took it down with .
Mustapha Kanit limped in and Bryn Kenney checked his option. Kenney then lead for 115,000 on and Kanit called. The hit the turn and Kenney check-called 275,000. Both checked the river and Kenney took it down with as Kanit mucked somewhat frustrated.
Having paused to check out the stacks and the clock, Kanit saw that he had 2.3m compared to 4.6m in front of Bryn Kenney, his heads-up opponent. When he return to the table, Kenney had one question for Kanit.
"You want to nit and chop, or gamble?"
"I wanna gamble!" said Kanit, and the two men took their seats. The prize on offer for winning this $50,000 PokerStars Championship Bahamas Single Re-Entry High Roller is $969,075. The runner up will receive $695,740.
The short-stack Byron Kaverman had a great run, but he's run out of luck to depart in third place and set up "an epic heads-up" in the words of Kaverman's conqueror, Mustapha Kanit.
Kaverman saw Kanit raise to 160,000 pre-flop and got his stack of around 600,000 into the middle, called by Kanit.
Mustapha Kanit:
Byron Kaverman:
The board of was extremely safe and has given Kanit more than a fighting chance heads-up.
Daniel Colman was first to act and open shoved for 1,370,000. Mustapha Kanit folded but Bryn Kenney had no doubt and over shoved from the small blind. Big blind Byron Kaverman quickly released, playing on with just a couple big blinds.
Daniel Colman:
Bryn Kenney:
The board of proved no burden for Kenney and Colman handed over his stack. The remaining three players are guaranteed $452,220.
Stephen Chidwick move all-in for around 600,000 from early position with and was called by Bryn Kenney when action was folded to him. Kenney was way ahead with and stayed there through the board of and sent Chidwick home in fifth place.
With four players remaining, Bryn Kenney has around three million, roughly double that of Daniel Colman and Mustapha Kanit, with Byron Kaverman down to just six big blinds.