Two Fast Hands

Hand #1:

The board read and both Dietrich Fast in the under-the-gun position and Jens Lakemeier, in the hijack, checked. The turn brought them the , Fast now bet 17,000 and Lakemeier called.

The river completed the board with the . Fast grabbed all his orange chips which are worth 25,000 each. This was effectively putting Lakemeier all-in. After while Lakemeier decided to call.

Dietrich Fast:
Jens Lakemeier:

Fast had hit a pair of jacks on the river to beat the turned pair of fives of Lakemeier.

"Rake free re-entry!" the table said to Lakemeier.

Hand #2:

Now Fast was sitting in the small blind when he looked at the stack of Jozsef Liszkovic who was sitting in the big blind.

"How much do you have?" Fast asked Liszkovic.

"About 400,000." Liszkovic replied.

Fast decided to just complete. Now it was Liszkovic' turn to ask Fast how much he had.

"About the same for you?" Liszkovic asked.

"A bit more than you." Fast said.

Liszkovic decided to just check. The flop came , Fast bet 6,000, Liszkovic raised to 19,000 and Fast three-bet to 52,000. Liszkovic took some time and then just called.