Tobias Reinkemeier shoved under the gun for his last 640,000 and it folded around to Marty Smyth in the big blind, who looked like he was considering it -- but he folded too, and Reinkemeier picked up the blinds and antes.
Two hands later he did it again when it folded to him in the small blind, but Rui Milhomens in the big blind passed. Reinkemeier showed him the .
Short-stacked Josef Samanek pushed for his last 430,000 from the button, and things weren't looking good for him when Aaron Gustavson made it a million to go from the small blind. The big blind swiftly passed and they were on their backs.
Wow, a brief blind on blind raising war between Benny Spindler (small blind) and Marty Smyth (big) ended up with the cards on their backs, racing for Spindler's tournament life.
Check this out for a blind-on-blind cooler:
Spindler:
Smyth:
Board: and an irrelevant
With handshakes all round, Spindler busts out in 12th, while Smyth is back up to 1.15 million.
It folded around to Vivek Rajkumar in the small blind, who looked as though he was considering a raise. "May I find a hand," warned Nikolai Senninger in the big blind. Rajkumar raised anyway, to 150,000. There was a pause. "No?" ventured an amused Rajkumar. Senninger folded, and Rajkumar showed him pocket queens.