Higgs on a Heater
Sam Higgs bet throughout a board of and forced folds from Mike Wattel and John Racener to get his stack up to around 445,000. That was the start of a rush for the Aussie, as he continued with plenty of aggression.
In the next hand he defended out of the small blind against a raise by Philip Sternheimer and check-called on the flop. Higgs check-raised the turn and Sternheimer called before Higgs bet the river as well. Sternheimer called all in and was shown the for a flush and a low. Sternheimer only had and was eliminated.
Higgs took on Wattel and Racener once more and this time it was just Racener that called a river bet on . Higgs rolled over for a full house and scored the next pot.
One hand later, Chris Bjorin was all in after four-way action to the turn as Andrey Zaichenko had led. Higgs called in the cutoff and also called another bet by Zaichenko on the river.
Zaichenko ) and Bjorin chopped the low and Higgs took the high portion with .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Wattel
|
160,000 | -15,000 |
John Racener
|
105,000 | -140,000 |
Andrey Zaichenko
|
50,000 | -40,000 |
Chris Bjorin
|
24,000 | -26,000 |
Philip Sternheimer | Busted |