04-22-2009 15:57 UTC+3

Rijkenberg Staves Off Elimination

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A whirlwind of hands left Constant Rijkenberg reeling. He was down to less than 300,000 chips when he reraised all in over the top of Doron Tourgman. Tourgman excitedly called out, "Let's go!" and moved his chips into the middle. He showed down {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

{Q-Hearts}

to a stunned Rijkenberg, who revealed {4-Spades}

{4-Spades}

{4-Diamonds}

.

The dealer spread out a flop of {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{4-Clubs}

{2-Spades}

, making middle set for Rijkenberg. He waved his hands in the air, a huge grin of relief breaking across his face. He then asked, "One time, dealer. One time!" The turn {5-Clubs}

{5-Clubs}

gave Tourgman outs to a board straight for a chop. He could also win with a queen. The river came paint, but it was the {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

, no help for Tourgman. Rijkenberg doubled to about 540,000.

Tags: Constant Rijkenbourg Doron Tourgman