Good Start for Higgins
Simon Higgins, runner up to Jason Lavallee in a £10,000 High Roller in London last year, has the start he wished for this World Poker Tour. He's up to 65,000, with not more than one level of play so far today. If he can keep it up like this, well, the tournament would be over after level 8 or so.
Higgins called a raise with 
from the button, and ended up in a four- or five-way pot.
The flop came 
with one diamond, giving Higgins a well disguised straight draw. The big blind lead out, Sofia Lövgren folded, one more player called, and so did Higgins in position.
The 
on the turn filled up Higgins' straight, and the big blind bet out again. The 2,500 bet was called by the third active player, and Higgins raised it up to 8,000. The big blind called, the third player folded.
The river 
completed the back door flush, but Higgins wasn't perse afraid of that. His opponent checked, and the Brit made a 18,000 bet. The call followed, and so did the muck after Higgins showed his straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
board.
. His opponent bet out 2,500, Abou Khalil raised it up to 7,500, and the three bet followed to 14,000. Abou Khalil just called with his 
, and 1,300 on the 
-turn.
and the big blind checked again. Lövgren paused for a second, and then grabbed a bunch of chips. You could tell she changed her mind a mili second after, and was in doubt if she wanted to bet the picked out amount. Before she knew it, it looked like she thought her neighbor had seen her dubiety, and she knew it wasn't as strong anymore as it would have looked without the hesitance. Or was she an Oscar winning actor, trying to lure in her opponent with a fake sign of weakness?
, and Lövgren mucked.
