09-05-2009 15:31 UTC+3

Veldhuis Still Rollin'

donpeters

The cutoff seat raised to 450 and Lex Veldhuis called from the button. The flop came down {J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

{J-Clubs}

{6-Diamonds}

. The preflop raiser continued into Lex with a bet of 750. Veldhuis made the call.

The turn brought the {3-Diamonds}

{3-Diamonds}

and Veldhuis called a bet of 1,900 from his opponent.

After the river came the {7-Clubs}

{7-Clubs}

, both players checked. The first player showed {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

, but Veldhuis held a slightly better hand with {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

{8-Clubs}

and scooped the pot.

One player at the table commented on Lex's hot run to kick off his tournament by saying, "Can I move tables please?!?!" Lex has over 100,000 chips.

Tags: Lex Veldhuis