Busquet Leaving Everyone Behind
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
A player in the big blind check-called 4,000 from Olivier Busquet, who was in middle position on a 
flop. That same player check-called another 7,500 on the 
turn, and a 
completed the board. This time, the big blind came out betting with 8,000. Busquet studied his opponent for about 30 seconds and told the dealer he was all in. His opponent called fairly quickly for 24,000 more.
Busquet quickly flipped 
over for the nuts, and his opponent pushed his chips in then walked away muttering something.
Busquet has more chips than last night's chip leader bagged and appears to be a runaway favorite to finish atop this flight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
flop, and his opponent called. On the 
turn, Busquet check-called 3,000, and a 
fell. Busquet checked again and his opponent fired 9,000.
, which was a winner.
and both of her opponents held ace-king. Abernathy flopped a set of eights to eliminate both short-stacked players as everyone headed to break.
. Conrad immediately pushed all in when his opponent checked, and he got a quick fold.
and he is back to a healthy stack.