Pienaar Doubles Through Van Huyssteen
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Greg Tucker soared to the lead on table eight while former big stack Keenan Pienaar was in trouble below the starting stack. It limped two ways to Stefan Van Huyssteen on the button and he raised to 5,000. Pienaar in the big blind tossed in a single chip for the call and one of the limpers also called in Dirk Steenkamp, who said "be nice to me" towards the dealer.
The 10♦3♦3♠ flop was checked to Van Huyssteen, who bet 7,500. Only Pienaar called and they checked the K♦ on the turn. Pienaar jammed the Q♣ river for 27,300 and Van Huyssteen instantly called to show his A♥Q♠. That was, however, no good, as Pienaar had flopped trips and rivered a full house with the Q♥3♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
|
145,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
87,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
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|
78,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
75,000
59,000
|
59,000 |