Van Staalduinen Chips Up With Aces
Level 30
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Lars Kamphues opened to 320,000 with the 
from under the gun. Dorian Melchers three-bet to 1,400,000 with the 
and that won the pot right there.
Denis Gergoc then raised to 320,000 with 
in the next hand. Frans Van Staalduinen glanced at the 
in the cutoff and he flat-called after some deliberation. They headed to the 
flop on which Gergoc continued for 200,000.
That sent Van Staalduinen into a tank before he raised it up to 600,000, forcing an instant fold from Gergoc.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,095,000 | -515,000 |
|
7,945,000 | -645,000 |
|
4,065,000 | 720,000 |
|
2,635,000 | 795,000 |
and it folded to Natale Allegra in the big blind, who just called with the 
and had some 1,125,000 behind. The 
flop was a big one for Kamphues with the middle pair and nut flush draw.
flop was checked to the initial raiser, who bet 215,000.
to appear on the turn. Ruzicka fired a bet worth 885,000 for about one thirds of the pot and Keyvar reluctantly called.
on the river brought a fourth diamond on the board and Ruzicka bet another 800,000 and Keyvar carefully checked his stack before raising to 1,700,000 with few chips behind. Ruzicka sighed and sent the cards into the muck.
and Natale Allegra defended the big blind holding the 
. After a flop of 
, Allegra checked and then called a bet worth 150,000.
river and checked once more. Ruzicka now bet 1,000,000 and Allegra instantly folded.
on the button and was called by Denis Gergoc in the big blind with the 
. Both players had a piece of the 
flop and opted to check instead.
river. Gergoc now bet 530,000 into a pot of 1,020,000 and Kamphues tossed in a single chip for the call to get shown the bad news.
on which Alireza Keyvar with the 
improved Pagliuso to the best pair and Ruzicka checked to the Italian, who also opted to check as Gergoc checked behind.
turn and Ruzicka checked once more. Pagliuso now bet 300,000 and Gergoc raised it up to 800,000 for Ruzicka to fold instantly.The Italian then pushed for 2,000,000 and Gergoc snap-called.