Roche's Roller Coaster Eliminates Bashlawi
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
On a J♣2♦6♣ flop, Max Bashlawi got his stack of 143,000 all in from the hijack against David Roche on the button. Meanwhile, big blind Raffael Brum folded what he claimed was king-jack.
Max Bashlawi: A♣10♣
David Roche: A♥J♣
Roche's top pair held on the 7♦3♥ runout, busting Bashlawi.
On the next deal, Luigi Minolfi raised to 12,000 under the gun. Roche was in middle position and three-bet to 35,000, which Minolfi called. Roche continued for 40,000 on the A♥7♥2♠ flop, and Minolfi check-called.
After the 8♣ turn was checked through, Minolfi bet 110,000 on the 4♠ river. Roche eyed the tower of chips his opponent had slid in, but folded before reaching the end of his shot clock.