Ulsrud Among The Leaders
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Mateusz Moolhuizen raised from early position to 3,500 and the action was folded to Christopher Ulsrud on the button. Ulsrud made the call and Joe Samaha moved all in from the small blind for just 8,500.
Moolhuizen acted quickly and he four-bet to 16,000 total putting extra pressure on Ulsrud.
"How much do you have?" Ulsrud asked the Dutchman who responded by saying he started the hand with 126,000.
Ulsrud grabbed a tower of blue 5,000 chips, slid them forward and Moolhuizen folded right away.
Ulsrud: 
Samaha: 
The board ran out 
and Samaha, from the United Arab Emirates, was knocked out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
345,000 | 284,000 |
|
110,000 | 14,000 |
|
Busted |
and there was already roughly 20,000 in the pot. Amanda Musumeci was facing a bet of 11,700 from chip leader Morgan Frederick Crosta. Musumeci thought for about a minute before dropping forward a call. She was shown Crosta's 
before her cards went sailing into the muck.
on the turn was a big red brick. Mercier was one card away from a knockout and a 200,000-chip stack, but the river was the 
. Pace checked over to the Magician and he fired out a bet of 11,600. Pace called to see the 
for just a pair of jacks to the table. Esfandiari nodded in acknowledgement and Pace stacked his new chips.
and down to two outs against Garcia's 
, secured his double up.
, and the Kiwi held up as the turn and river bricked 
