A Small One for Molenaar
Level 4
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
After Michel Molenaar opened to 1,200 from the hijack, Vitalii Shcherba on the button and both players in the blinds.
The dealer fanned a flop of 9♦K♠7♥, and the blinds folded to Molenaar, who decided to check. Shcherba checked too, and all four of them discovered the turn Q♣.
Once again, everybody checked. And even if there were four players still involved in the hand on the river 8♠, all of them checked once more.
Liviu Paval in the small blind then revealed 8♥6♣ for a pair, but Molenaar had A♣8♦ for the same pair with a better kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
53,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
30,000
6,000
|
6,000 |