Arnaud Mattern has been crushed all the way down to just 30,000 chips, and he was kind enough to tell us how it happened. Mattern three-bet shoved on a short-stacked raiser (~120,000 chips) with pocket sevens. Mr. Raiser made the quick call with pocket queens, and a board full of blanks is the reason for the big decrease.
He's 1,000 chips over starting stack now, and it's time for a Mattern comeback.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
141,000
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141,000 |
|
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and Igin's sevens held to give him the triple up. Sabat won the side pot, which allowed him to stay alive with 70,000 in chips.
flop gave Bang-Ortmann two pair, but Greenstein could make a flush with any heart, or a set with any ten. The 
slammed on the river, giving Greenstein a winning flush. Bang-Ortmann stayed true to his surname and banged the table with his hand in anger, then gathered himself and exited the room.
for David Bernstein. The river was the 
, and Gargano hit the rail. Julius now has nearly 600,000 chips.
. It was blind-versus-blind.
put him in a big hole with two to come. The 
turn was a blank to leave him dead to two outs, and the river 
was even money to keep him alive against Mikhail Shikhworich's 
and river 
, doubling to 280,000 chips.
