Fritz Keeps Climbing
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
A player opened to 4,500 and Franck Makaci called in the hijack, followed by Luc Greenwood in the cutoff. Manuel Fritz three-bet to 18,000 on the button and the small blind shoved for a stack worth 54,000. It folded back to Fritz who made the call.
Manuel Fritz: 
His opponent: 
It was a typical flip situation and the board gave 
, improving Fritz's hand into a full house to bust his opponent from the event.
Fritz, who started the day with a short stack of 37,600 is now approaching the 400,000 mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
395,000
357,400
|
357,400 |
|
125,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
122,000
49,500
|
49,500 |