Velduis' Sixes Go Down
A player raised to 2,200 from middle position before a string of callers entered after him. The cutoff, button and Lex Veldhuis in the small blind all called. The player in the big blind reraised all in for 17,100. The original raiser, cutoff and button all folded before Veldhuis tossed in the call.
Veldhuis held the 
. His opponent had two overcards with the 
and was racing for his tournament life.
The flop came down 
and the all-in player hit an ace to take the lead. The turn was the 
and the river the 
. The dealer mucked Veldhuis' losing sixes and he dropped to 42,000 in chips.