Loire Turns Trips, Gets Paid
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
A player opened to 10,000 from middle position and was called by Julien Loire on the button.
Both players checked through the 
flop to the 
turn at which point the middle position player checked for a second time. Loire tossed a single T-25,000 into the middle, which was about a pot sized bet. His opponent made the call to see a river.
The 
river completed the board and saw the middle position player check once again. Loire made it 75,000 to go and almost instantaneously his opponent called. The Frenchman turned over 
for turned trips with the nut kicker to take down a large pot as the middle position player mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
, sending him to the rail.
turn.
and Sokol scooped the pot, knocking out the early position player and doubling up off Salamoun.
when Schmidtt, in the big blind, got around 200,000 in the middle and was called by both opponents.
on the turn improved him to a full house and left Kydatov drawing dead, while Coskun was looking for two outs to stay alive.
and Schmitt scooped the entire pot. He barely had Coskun covered and sent him to the rail, while Kydatov was left on an extreme short stack.
flop and 
flop kept him in the lead with the 
