Altar Wins a Coin Flip Against Buhler
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
A player in early position raised to 16,000 and got a call from Eyyal Altar in the small blind. Action was on Henri Buhler in the big blind who went all in for 197,000. The original raiser folded and Altar made the call. The players flipped their cards and were off to the races.
Buhler: 
Altar: 
The board came all bricks for Buhler 
who was left crippled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000 | 114,400 |
|
48,000 | -152,000 |
. The shorter-stacked player went all in for the last of his chips, and Qin called. 
of Qin, good for the jack-high straight.
and Wellnitz got the double.
and when action checked to Laplante he continued for 20,000. The small blind called and the big blind folded. 
. The small blind checked and Laplante fired 45,000 which got called.
, the hijack bet 18,000, and Rocco raised to 90,000. Mueller called, bringing the 
and the cutoff continued for 15,000, both Dentale and Stojanovic called.
river he bet 17,000. The cutoff folded and Dentale quickly fired in 100,000. After some thought Stojanovic folded his hand and Dentale added the chips to his now 640,000 stack.
