Heath Not Hitting His Strive
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Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
Preflop Ben Heath opened to 600 under the gun, Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the next seat called and so did both Roman Korenev
in the small blind and Hari Bercovici in the big blind.
Flop came down 
, and while both the blinds checked, Heath continued for 2,000. Troyanovskiy called and Korenev got out of the way before Bercovici raised it up to 6,250. Only Heath found the call.
The turn was 
and the Israeli fired once again, this time 9,750. That was enough to get Heath to fold, but not without a disgruntled look on his face. It is Heaths second entry in the tournament after Charlie Carrel busted him earlier.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000 | 2,000 |
|
37,500 | -12,500 |
and Larquemin bet 3,700. All his three opponents called before the 
on the turn was checked through.
river, Larquemin bet 20,000 and just Edberg called. Larquemin showed the 
and Edberg chopped with the 
.
turn, Hissou bet 1,625 and Kisacikoglu folded. Nick Petrangelo in the big blind asked "would you have called if I check-raise there? I almost went for it," but Hissou didn't give any answer before getting moved to a different table.
river, Kramer bet 3,600 and Andreev called. Kramer announced queens and showed the 
face up.
at his table and Larquemin checked from under the gun. Farrell bet 1,000 on the button and Larquemin then check-raised to 2,500, Farrell called.
turn, Larquemin checked, Farrell bet 5,700 and that forced a fold from the Frenchman.
flop for 1,000, and Heath wasted no time calling.
, and this time Carrel fired 2,500. Another call from Heath.
river barely touched the felt before Carrel slid in a tower of 5k chips, more than enough to put Heath all in for his remaining 9,500. Heath thought for a bit but ultimately decided to commit his stack, to the shear delight of Carrel.
hit the muck. He then headed straight for the cashier for a reentry.
turn, Ung checked and Bercivici bet 4,250, only Troyanovskiy came along.
.
on the button.
made Finger check a third time, and Petrangelo right away grabbed 10,000 and fired them into the pot.
to the table.
