Staahle Plays It Tricky
Level 14
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Jorryt van Hoof limped in on the button and Kent Staahle raised to 25,000 in the small blind. Aleksejs Ponakovs called from the big blind and Van Hoof came along as well.
The flop came 
and the action checked around to the 
on the turn. It checked to Van Hoof again who finally threw in a bet of 15,000. Staahle check-raised to 35,000 which got Ponakovs out of the hand but Van Hoof called.
The river was the 
and Staahle splashed in a bet of 50,000. Van Hoof used one of his time banks but decided to eventually send his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000 | 110,000 |
|
279,000 | -61,000 |