Veldhuis Building a Massive Stack
Lex Veldhuis opened the action with a raise to 700. The opponent to his immediate left counted out a three-bet and made it 1,650 to go. The rest of the table tossed their hands into the center and it was back on Veldhuis.
He flicked up the corner of both of his cards to get another look before reaching into his stack and four-betting to 3,200. His opponent replied by five-betting all in and Veldhuis quickly called.
Veldhuis: 

Opponent: 

The flop kept Veldhuis in the lead by giving him top set with 

. The turn was the
and his opponent was drawing dead tot he
river. Veldhuis is not sitting on a grand stack of 35,500 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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35,500
18,000
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18,000 |
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