Lijo Applies Pressure
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Action folded around to Petr Svoboda in the cutoff who opened to 25,000 only for Lander Lijo, on the button, to three-bet to 70,000. The blinds folded and Svoboda made the call.
The flop came 
and Svoboda checked to Lijo who fired out a bet of 45,000 to which Svoboda folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000 | 150,000 |
|
1,250,000 | 190,000 |
|
1,100,000 | 270,000 |
|
470,000 | -130,000 |
|
440,000 | 63,000 |
|
400,000 | 2,000 |
|
340,000 | 32,000 |
|
270,000 | -152,000 |
and the queens of Vaitiekunas held for him to double up.
. Kliper led out with a bet of 13,000 and Adams just called.
and Kliper sized up a bet of 47,000. Adams still called and the 
in the hijack to 72,000. In the cutoff, Pascal Lefrancois 
four-bet to 165,000.
, catapulting Saout into the lead. The river was a 
and the jacks held to send Mertengren to the rail.
. All four players checked the flop.
. Action checked to Lijo who put out a bet of 70,000. Only Saccucci in the small blind called. 
. Saccucci checked the final street as he had every one before. Lijo fired 125,000. Saccucci thought for a bit and made the call. 
and Kapnopoulos checked to Drozd who instantly bet 100,000. Kapnopoulos announced all in for roughly 475,000. Drozd looked back at his cards but wasn't able to make the call, sending the pot to Kapnopoulos.
runout, so he headed to the payout window.
