Secondary Table Hands #112-115: Vogelsang Doubles, Cripples Steven
Hand #112: Rick Salomon received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #113: Christoph Vogelsang made it 600,000 from the button and Cary Katz called from the big blind. The flop came down ![]()
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and both players checked to see the
fall on the turn. Two more checks allowed the board to complete with the
and Katz checked for a third time. Vogelsang fired 400,000 and Katz let it go.
Hand #114: Brandon Steven received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #115: Vogelsang was under the gun and raised to 625,000. Action folded to Steven in the small blind and he three-bet shipped all in. Action came back to Vogelsang and he called for his own tournament life of 7.155 million.
Vogelsang: ![]()
Steven: ![]()
The flop came down ![]()
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, keeping Vogelsang's pocket nines in the lead. Steven cried for an ace or a king on the turn, but it was instead the
.
"We have one more pull at it," said Steven. "Come on! Ace or king!"
The
ultimately hit the river, allowing Vogelsang to score a huge double up to around 14.9 million. Steven, on the other hand, has been crippled to just 490,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,900,000
9,300,000
|
9,300,000 |
|
|
470,000
3,530,000
|
3,530,000 |