Seven-Eight Off Suit? Why Not!
Dutch favorite Bryan Ruiter is mashing it up right now with a big 117,000 stack. Joe Elpayaa started laughing as Ruiter explained the hand he just won, it's a beauty!
After a raise to 1,200 Bryan Ruiter raised to 3,000 from the button with 
off suit. The player in the big blind, who had been messing around earlier according to Ruiter, four-bet to 8,000 and the initial raiser folded. Elpayaa was really kicking himself now and Ruiter smiled as he said he decided to call.
The flop came down 
and Ruiter faced a 10,000 chip bet. He opted to call and the turn was another . Gin for Ruiter who checked behind after his opponent decided to slow down. On the river a 
popped up and it got checked to Ruiter once more. The Dutchman decided to throw out 15,000 and got called by 
. Good value for Ruiter who was planning on bluffing, but ended up not even needing to risk a lot of chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
117,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
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flop was already out on board, and Rich was all in for his last 15,500 chips. He found action in two places, and he turned back to lament, "I might be going home here." With the betting action closed, the cards were turned up, and the news was good for our hero. Rich's 
had flopped a straight, and he was in the lead. The other players showed 
and 
respectively, and Rich was suddenly two cards from a big triple up.
was a blank, but the river wasn't so kind. It could have been worse, though; it was the 
that peeled off the deck to split the pot in half between Rich and the other player with the king-high straight.
was in the middle and Hachem had a bet of 5,000 in front of him. His opponent tossed in the call and the two were about to go to the turn. Sounds simple, right? Not really.
out on the turn and Hachem checked. His opponent shoved all in. Hachem had about 20,000 or so back and was really confused about the hand. "Now I don't know what the heck to do," he said looking at Negreanu, who gave a laugh, but understood how the ruling had affected Hachem's thought process now.
for trip eights. Hachem held the 
for kings and eights.
fell and he was eliminated. Had Hachem's opponent been allowed to raise on the flop, Hachem most likely would have folded his hand and still have been alive in the tournament. While the ruling was made, both Negreanu and Hachem didn't seem to agree with it and claimed that the player should be allowed to raise.
flop Ivey had 7,500 in front of him, and his opponent check-raised to 17,225. Ivey gave it some thought and finally ended up putting his opponent all-in for just about 22,000 more. After about 30 seconds Ivey's opponent folded and the champ is now back up to 173,000 chips.
