Sylvia Doubles Through Hansen
Niveau 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Three players were still in the hand on a board reading 
. The big blind checked and Gus Hansen bet 7,500 from middle position into a pot of around 11,000.
Jesse Sylvia raised to 18,500 on Hansen's left and the big blind was left shaking his head as his cards headed for the muck. Hansen went into the tank for a couple of minutes before announcing all in and Sylvia quickly called off another 30,800.
Jesse Sylvia: 
Gus Hansen: 
Sylvia just needed to dodge another ace to score a double up and the 
on the river proved to be good enough. Hansen sent his chips to the left and fell back below the 100,000 mark.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
110,200
46,200
|
46,200 |
|
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|
98,500
-51,500
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-51,500 |
|
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, Pavel Plesuv was put to the test by Pablo Melogno and had just 13,600 behind when facing the jam. Plesuv reluctantly called and Melogno immediately tapped the table, revealing 
for a bluff while Plesuv scored the double with 
to move back above the starting stack.
on the flop to the 
, Gofman barreled a bet of 18,500 over the line and Freitas responded with a raise of a stack of 5,000-value chips. The dealer counted them out and determined the raise was worth 45,000 in total. Gofman quickly folded. Freitas looked at each of his hole cards once more, hesitating if he should show, but then just pushed both of them over the line.
with 16,000 in the middle already. 
, Kitai shoved for his last 29,400 and Kean took a bit of time, cut out calling chips, and then made the call.
for Kitai to double up.
and Dominik Nitsche overbet slightly with 12,500 into 11,400 from the button. Foxen dropped in calling chips and checked the 
on the turn, and the 
