Naets Escapes With a Chop; Molina Doubles
Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The open-shove by Sylvain Naets had Ren Lin on the button interested but he ended up folding. Benjamin Chalot in the big blind asked for a count and then called after some 20 seconds.
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"Why are you waiting?" Naets asked and was rather stunned. His dominated ace earned a lucky split pot on the ![]()
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runout to stay in contention.
Soon after, Chalot three-bet and called the four-bet all-in of Federico Molina for 16,900.
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board improved Molina on the turn and river while Ren Lin stated "you gamble too much" to big stack Chalot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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105,000
24,000
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24,000 |
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40,000 | |
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21,000
400
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400 |