Eric Hicks opened from early position and Robin Hegele three-bet from the blinds enough to put Hicks all in. He called and the cards were turned over.
Robin Hegele:
Eric Hicks:
The flop gave Hegele a set of jacks and pushed Hicks towards the exit with the bubble looming. The turn was the but the river wrenched Hicks back from the edge of disaster and double up his 97,000 stack.
Dan Heimiller opened for 18,000 on the button and action folded to Kevin Pollak in the big blind.
Pollak counted out his chips and debated on if this was his spot or not. A minute or so went by and Pollak pulled the trigger and jammed for 82,000 and got a fold from Heimiller.
Dong Guo raised to 13,000 from the cutoff and Niklas Astedt three-bet to 41,000 in the small blind. Action folded back to Guo who called.
The flop came , Astedt continued with a bet of 24,000 which Guo called.
The turn brought them the , Astedt now barreled a bet of 56,000 over the line which sent Guo into the tank. After considering his options, Guo opted to fold.
Facing a raise to 13,000 and a call, Jasper Meijer van Putten jammed for 313,000 and one of the players behind him asked for a count, then folded. The initial raiser folded and the cold-caller snap-called with .
Van Putten was in bad shape with the but spiked the in the window. the rest of the board came and van Putten doubled.
Since coming back from the color up break, the field was trimmed down from 1,341 to 1,317 and the money bubble is coming closer and closer.
Jeff Dumas opened to 13,000 and John Devisscher defended his big blind. Devisscher check-called a continuation bet on the flop.
The turn was a and Devisscher check-called again, this time for 25,000. Finally the river was the and after another check, Dumas barreled for 30,000, which Devisscher called. He mucked when he saw the bad news, Dumas had in the hole for second pair on the flop that had improved to a straight.