Tytgat Survives With Short Stack, Then Busts in Big Blind
Nicolas Tytgat had 20,000, less than one big blind, which he put in the middle from the hijack. Fahredin Mustafov completed his small blind for 25,000 in the small blind and Diego De Martino checked in the big blind.
Mustafov and De Martino then checked it all the way down on the flop, turn and river on a board of 8♣K♣Q♥3♠J♠ and players revealed their hands.
Somehow, Tytgat had what he needed to survive. He flipped over A♣Q♣ for a pair of queens. De Martino had a pair of queens with weaker kicker and Mustafov had nothing much. Tytgat tripled up, but he wasn't out of trouble yet and still had just a few big blinds.
A couple of hands later, following an open-raise to 50,000 from early position, De Martino three-bet to 170,000 from the button. Tytgat was in the big blind and commited to making the call for 60,000. Players flipped their cards.
Nicolas Tytgat: 9♠3♥ 
Diego De Martino: A♣A♥
The board ran out Q♦7♦10♦4♠2♣ and De Martino held with his pocket aces to win the pot, sending Tytgat out of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
650,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
Busted |