The under the gun player raised to 4,500 and right next to him it was Clyde Tjauw Foe who made the call. Action folded to Farid Chati in the big blind and he called as well.
The flop came with two spades and Chati checked. The initial raiser bet 5,000 and Tjauw Foe made the call. Chati now shoved all in for 45,000 and the under the gun player folded. Tjauw Foe made the call.
Clyde Tjauw Foe:
Farid Chati:
The on the turn made Chati a full house. The on the river didn't pair the board and sealed the deal for Chati.
Joep van den Bijgaart was playing a modest stack of 65,000 not too long ago, but he's back in action now with 220,000 in front of him.
He told us he first defended his big blind with and flopped top pair on . Van den Bijgaart check called Jasper Meijer's continuation bet, and check raised the 18,500 second barrel on the turn all in for 58,000. Meijer made the call holding and Van den Bijgaart doubled as the river bricked.
He won against not much later, but lost a bit back in a pot against his neighbor with king-nine against ace-jack.
From first position, Marcel Lüske made it 9,000, only to get three-bet to 25,000 by hijack Matthew Davenport. Lüske called, and checked on . Davenport bet 22,000 and Lüske called.
The fell on the turn and Lüske checked once more. Davenport wasn't putting on the breaks just yet and bet 38,000. Lüske called.
The completed the board and Lüske glanced at his stack for a bit and cut out 50,000. He looked Davenport right in the eye and slid the two 5-high stacks of 5,000-chips forward. Davenport thought about it for just a bit before folding.
Piet Bakker was standing on the rail, not a good sign for the start of day chip leader. He told us he had been losing pots all day where things just didn't go his way.
The biggest of the day was a massive one where he lost with kings to aces. Down to just 80,000 or so he raised and got a single caller. He made a continuation bet on and got called again. The turn was a and he got it in with his straight, only to find out his opponent had a . The river was a brick and Bakker made his exit.