Cates Doesn't Have His Day
On a 
board there were still three players with cards in front of them.
Daniel Cates in the hijack was one of them and he bet out 10,000. His neighbor Jens Lakemeier in the cut off thought about it for a little bit, and then called. Davidi Kitai on the button folded.
Cates didn't show his hand immediately and squeezed his cards to take a look at them once more himself. This gave Lakemeier enough information and the German player tabled his 
for trips.
This hand infuriated Cates who threw his cards so hard to the middle of the table that one of them skipped and landed in Jonathan Duhamel's stack on the other end of the table.
While Duhamel rolled his eyes at Cates' behavior, Cates himself started talking to no one in particular, recapping the hand and how he didn't understand the play of his neighbor.
"It's just a game man" said Duhamel to Cates. Cates didn't directly respond to that comment and continued to talk about how "that was literally the worst possible outcome of the hand.
Play continued with Cates on the short stack and Lakemeier a little bit richer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
94,000 | |
|
23,000 | -20,000 |
. Neither the 
turn nor 
river changed a thing, and Jacobson claimed the pot.
, Cates checked and Soika thought for nearly two minute before betting 15,400. Cates snap-called and then checked the 
river, and Soika didn't take too long before moving all in. Cates snap-folded and once again began mumbling to himself.
and called the 3,000 continuation bet that followed. The 
fell on the turn and both players checked. 
on the river and Muur checked once again. Gruissem slid forward a 5,000 and three 1,000 chips and the decision was once more on Muur. Muur thought about it for a little bit and then called the 8,000 bet.
. Holz paired his nine, but it wasn't enough to keep him in the tournament.
and wasn't about to fold that. Strassmann had zero outs to improve and thus we didn't even catch the turn and river.
on the turn.
and Panka checked. Panyak checked behind and mucked with a small sigh after Panka tabled 
