Bansal and Halme Take From Falcon; Falcon Busts
Uday Bansal opened the action with a raise to 115,000 from middle position with Michael Falcon making the call on the button to take play heads-up to a flop of 
.
Bansal continuation bet 125,000 and Falcon made the call and the 
came in on the turn. This slowed down Bansal and he checked the action over to Falcon, who decided to play his position aggressively with a raise to 200,000.
Bansal did not look too thrilled at this turn of events but eventually made the call and the 
river completed the hand – but not the betting. Bansal checked once more and Falcon fired for a rather chunky 500,000 to send the Indian player into the tank, where he remained for a minute before sliding out the call.
Falcon showed down 
for king-high, meaning Bansal]s 
was enough to take down the sizable pot and he climbed to 7.4 million while Falcon dropped to 5.2 million.
Antti Halme took another nibble at Falcon’s stack the next hand when the two players tangled in a pot, with the Finn defending his big blind against Falcon’s under-the-gun 125,000 raise.
Halme check called the Dane’s 
flop c-bet of 150,000 and there was no betting on the 
turn or river meaning Halme’s 
was enough to take down the pot, beating Falcon’s 
. Halme climbed to 1.55 million and Falcon dropped to 5 million.
Falcon busted shortly afterward – but not in the Main Event. The Dane finished in sixth place in the PokerStars Cup for PHP185,000 (~$3,665) and is now free to focus all his attention on the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,400,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
5,000,000
-1,200,000
|
-1,200,000 |
|
1,550,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |