Watson Climbing, Bedell Doubles Up
On a board reading ![]()
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, Mike Watson led out for 25,000 from the big blind into a pot of around 30,000. Rob Hollink was his opponent on the button who made the call. The river brought the
and Watson made a small bet of 20,000 which Hollink called. Watson tabled ![]()
and Hollink mucked.
In the next hand, the action folded to Kristina Holst on the button who shoved all in for 114,000. Watson asked for a count but folded and Tom-Aksel Bedell mulled it over in the big blind before making the call for his last 74,000.
Holst tabled ![]()
which was ahead of Bedell's ![]()
. The flop came ![]()
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and Holst's king-high was still best. The
gave Holst two pair on the turn but it didn't mean much with Bedell still having two overcards and a flush draw. The
dropped on the river to give Bedell a better two pair and a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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312,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
|
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|
|
220,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
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|
|
155,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
|
40,000
90,000
|
90,000 |