Van Elsacker Busts Buchanan
Blinds: 200/400:
GGPoker streamer Michiel Van Elsacker raised to 1,000 from the button and Shawn Buchanan made the call.
The flop came 
, Buchanan check-raised the 660 bet of Van Elsacker to 2,669. Van Elsacker took a few seconds and then reraised to 7,913. Buchanan then considered his options before raising it up again, this time to 19,880 and Van Elsacker made the call.
The turn was the 
and Buchanan shoved with the bigger stack for Van Elsacker to make the call for the 34,252 he had behind with 
while Buchanan held 
. The river completed the board with the 
for Van Elsacker to double up with the higher turned two pair.
Blinds: 250/500
Van Elsacker raised to 1,000 from the button and Buchanan defended.
The flop came 
, Buchanan check-shoved for 11,812 when Van Elsacker continued with a bet of 700 and was called.
Shawn Buchanan: 
Michiel Van Elsacker: 
Buchanan had flopped a pair of sixes and picked up the open-ended straight draw while Van Elsacker was sitting on the overpair.
The rest of the board was completed with the 
on the turn and the 
on the river to send Van Elsacker to the second round.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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Busted | |
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, where he called another 8,340. On the 
, Yan checked.
for ace-high. Zhang had the goods the whole way with 
.
, Wolff bet 3,300 and Tang called.
, Wolff shoved for his last 13,084 and Tang called with the bigger stack and 
for the flopped two pair to see himself advancing to the next round as Wolff held 
for the pair of fives.
on the river for Ha to bust Anita to go through to the next round.
on the turn. Holz bet 1,500 which Daher called.
and Holz fired a bet in big enough to put Daher all-in who called for the 19,700 he had behind. Daher tabled 
for the same two pair but higher kicker.
