Ten Cate Freerolling From Here On
The two Dutch high rollers Jonas ten Cate and Floris van der Ven are seated right next to each other, and the two of them told us a hand together they just played against each other.
Floris van der Ven opened with 
and Jonas ten Cate made the call with 
. One more player joined in and the three of them saw a flop of 
. After a check from the player in the blinds, Van der Ven made a continuation bet. That bet was just called by Ten Cate, the player in the blinds folded.
A hit the turn and Van der Ven decided "to do something fancy, and check". Ten Cate "did something fancy as well, and checked behind."
After the two both checked the turn, a completed the board. Van der Ven made a big bet and Ten Cate called, mucking his lower full house to Van der Ven's effective third nuts.
The two of them smiled about it, discussing that if they played it almost in any other way, the money would've gone in. "I'm freerolling!" Ten Cate said, with his tournament life saved by his creative play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000
15,800
|
15,800 |
|
80,000
-14,700
|
-14,700 |
and Moschitta hit the rail, while Haugen now sits on 65,000 chips.
and Cor Janssen check-called a bet of 15,000 from Van den Berg.
and folding his cards. Van den Berg mucked and raked in this pot.
. The player in the cutoff three-bet to 5,500 and Vos four-bet shoved. The cutoff called rather quickly with kings, and Vos made no miraculeus suck out.
. The action folded to the player in the big blind, who made the call, and De Korver folded.
. Tjauw Foe made a continuation bet of 4,500 and just Salter called, Loosli folded.
on the turn made Tjauw Foe bet 10,500 and once more Salter called.
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and Sakharov checked to Moreira de Melo who bet 7,000. Her opponent check-raised all in for 29,800 and Moreira de Melo went into the tank.
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