Metaal Gets "His" Chips Back
Govert Metaal lost a lot of chips early on in the day, but is in great shape again after he doubled twice. First he opened the button to 3,500 with 
and he called as the big blind shoved on him for 22,300 total. The big blind had 
and his kicker would play no part in it with 
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on the table.
Not much later Govert Metaal opened again, this time to 3,400 from the cut off. His next door neighbor, Noah Sandler, raised it up to 8,000 from the button. After both blinds folded, Metaal clicked back the action to 13,200 and called as Sandler shoved for 46,800 effectively. Metaal showed his 
and Sandler showed 
.
Metaal wasn't out of the woods yet though, as Sandler flopped a draw about as good as they could come: 
. Fortunately for Metaal both the turn (
) and river () bricked and he found his double up. Sandler, in the meantime, still has a very healthy stack of about 160,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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163,200
33,200
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33,200 |
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97,600
73,600
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73,600 |