Near Triple Up for Cates; Big Double for Schillhabel
On the three-way flop of 
, Patrik Antonius bet 25,000 into Dan Cates and Stephen Chidwick and the former moved all in for just 46,100, whilc Chidwick moved all in over the top. Antonius folded and said in table chat he had pocket queens.
Dan Cates: 
Stephen Chidwick: 
The 
turn and 
river further improved Cates to a full house and he nearly tripled up. Paul Phua double checked with Antonius whether or not he really folded queens and the Finn replied "I am a tight player."
One table over, a massive double for Stefan Schillhabel took place while Jason Koon's cards were already in the muck. Schillhabel had doubled for massive 269,900 with the 
on a board of 
and it was confirmed by Steffen Sontheimer as to what happened.
According to Sontheimer, Mikhail Smirnov had raised, Schillhabel three-bet and Koon cold four-bet with pocket queens out of the big blind. Smirnov folded and Schillhabel five-bet jammed to win a big flip on his second bullet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000 | 290,000 |
|
295,000 | 45,000 |
|
230,000 | -2,000 |
|
190,000 | 55,000 |
|
50,000 | -210,000 |