Gruissem Doubles; Bitoun Busts
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
On the three-way flop of 
, the initial bet was already pulled in while Petr Liesner in the blinds had a raise to 26,000 in front of his cards. Philipp Gruissem then moved all in and Yair Bitoun reshoved. Liesner asked for a count and folded to the shove of Bitoun for 127,000, while Gruissem was the player at risk for 71,700.
Philipp Gruissem: 
Yair Bitoun: 
The 
turn and 
river failed to improve Bitoun and Gruissem took more than half of his stack to double. Soon after, Bitoun was all in himself for around 55,000 with the 
and Liesner looked him up with 
. After a board of 
, Bitoun became the second casualty of the day, but promised to re-enter shortly via table chat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000 | 95,000 |
|
160,000 | 38,000 |
|
Busted |