There was an announcement that one of the players in the poker room had a secret admirer but no further information was provided. A few seconds later, a waiter came over with a bottle of champagne and a message to Luuk Gieles who read it and immediately knew it came from Tom Vogelsang. He decided to share the contents of the bottle with his table neighbor, Jonathan Abdellatif.
In the meantime, the board read with 9,000 in the middle.
Gieles bet 4,600 from the big blind and Gerry van Aalst made the call in the cutoff.
The river completed the board with the , Gieles fired a bet of 9,500 into the pot and Van Aalst called.
"Then you've probably have the best hand but I still want to see it," Gieles said before turning over .
Van Aalst tabled for trip aces indeed.
The dealer picked up Gieles' cards, looked at them with a bit of a disgusted face, and then put them into the muck.
The board read and Tobias Peters had checked in the middle position. Tom Vogelsang bet big to put Peters all-in for his last 27,000 or so. Peters was sitting in the tank, trying to figure out what to do.
"Tell me Tom, what should I do?!" Peters said.
Vogelsang just shrugged.
The clock was called on Peters after a while and the floor gave Peters 30 seconds to make a decision. While time was ticking down, Peters made the call, in the end, to see it was the wrong one as Vogelsang held for the flopped top pair and turned trips. Peters had for just two pair.
Gazmend Bekteshi limped in from under the gun and Gary Hasson raised to 4,700 in the hijack. Terry Jordon called in the cutoff and action folded back to Bekteshi who three-bet to 40,000. Hasson shoved for around 150,000 and Jordon called with his fresh stack of 50,000. Bekteshi gave up on the hand.
Terry Jordon:
Gary Hasson:
The flop came for Hasson to pick up the flush draw.
The turn was the to pair the board up but not change the situation.
The river completed the board with the and Jordon cheered as he paired up but then realized that Hasson had hit his flush draw to send Jordon back to the rail again.
At the end of the previous level, Bram Uittenbogaard shoved for 10,600 from the cutoff and was called by Alexandre Reard on the button. Govert Metaal did the same in the small blind but Tobias Peters decided to shove too in the big blind for 26,400. Reard called and Metaal folded after considering his options for a while.