Niveau 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
In one of the first hands of today's play, Matt Affleck found pocket kings to double through Brian Rast, whose queens came up short.
Affleck peeked at the second strongest pair once more just before the second break, and he got the max value from the premium hand again.
With the board reading 
, Affleck's 
hade made a full house. Affleck tangled with Harald Sammer whose hand was already in the muck by the time we arrived.
What happened became evident as the dealer started counting Affleck's chips. He had 378,000 total and that was exactly the sum he received from Sammer.
The equation seems to be pretty clear in this tournament: Matt Affleck + kings = double.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
830,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
410,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
and was well behind the 
and Dawley was still well ahead with two kings. The turn was the 
, giving Zektser a straight draw, but the river was the 
and Zektser hit the rail.
. Ravn checked and Vener bet 300,000. Ravn moved all in for roughly 400,000 and Vener called.
and Ravn showed 
.
and the river was the 
and Ravn bet 75,000 which Vener called. The turn was another 
. This got Vener's stack up to a million before the fateful hand for Ravn.
.
, allowing Boyko to pull ahead with a pair of aces. The turn was the 
, giving Boyko the double-up he was looking for and leaving Tran with less than five big blinds.
and stood up in his chair as O'Donnell tabled pocket queens.
and O'Donnell was drawing dead to the 
— kept his eights ahead. Schulz started the hand with 243,000. Now he escapes from push-fold mode as he has improved to nearly 30 big blinds.
