Championship Day 2: Andrey Plotnikov’s Heater Continues

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 141 of 1,222
Average Stack: 260,000 (43 bb)

Tom Marchese opened to 14,000 in middle position, and Andrey Plotnikov three-bet to 37,000 in the small blind. Robert Edelstein cold four-bet to 85,000 in the big blind, and Marchese folded out of the way. Plotnikov five-bet shoved with the covering stack, and Edelstein called all in for about 245,000 total.

Plotnikov: QsQd
Edelstein: KsKc

The board ran out Qc5h3c4s7d, and Plotnikov flopped a set of queens to earn the knockout pot.

Andrey Plotnikov – 1,380,000 (230 bb)
Robert Edelstein – Eliminated