Thorel Busts in Three-Way Pot
Juha Helppi raised to 32,000 and was called by Jean-Noel Thorel in the small blind and Leonid Markin in the big blind. On the 
flop, the action was folded to the Finn and Helppi made a continuation bet of 50,000. Both Thorel and Markin called and the 
on the turn saw the instant all in of the Frenchman.
Markin asked for a count and then made the call for 147,000, it took far longer for Helppi to make up his mind. The Finn counted out his total stack carefully and then also called to go three-way to the 
river. Both Markin and Helppi checked and Thorel showed 
for a busted gut shot and open ended straight draw.
Markin had that beat with 
for middle pair and a flush draw that didn't complete and Helppi turned over 
with a huge sigh of relief. "Nice hand," Markin said and both players are now almost on the same stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
465,000
|
465,000 |
|
1,650,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
Busted |