Howard Gets Call to Go Higher
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
The board read 
on the river. The pot was a large one of about 290,000. From the big blind, Nick Howard bet 215,000 over to his opponent who went into the tank. The bet was for about 2/3rds of his stack.
Howard waited for the decision which eventually was a call Howard tabled trips with the 
and his opponent mucked to move Howard higher up among the chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,670,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
285,000
-16,500
|
-16,500 |
|
185,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
|
135,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
flop, it checked to Fahredin Mustafov and he then bet 17,000. Roman Pumpernick in the small blind was the only caller and the 
fell on the turn. Pumpernick now bet 15,000 only for Mustafov to raise it up to 75,000, which the Austrian snap-called.
on the river and Pumpernick now checked. Mustafov bet 131,000 for nearly half of his remaining stack and Pumpernick eventually called to win the pot with 
, as Mustafov had bluffed all the way with 
.
runout was clean for pocket aces and Entine tripled, while Syliva was sent out. 
. Aldemir checked and called a bet of 12,000 from his opponent. 
turn, both players checked to head to the fifth community card. 
hit the board and Aldemir led for 19,000. His opponent thought for about 15 second before tossing in the call. 
for turned trips and the winner, smiling as he raked the pot.
was an unlucky one for D'Ambrosio as Meyer made trip sixes and left him drawing thin. 
river was not what he needed and he was gracious in defeat as he said some kind words to the table. 
and Munroe was nice enough to show him 
. Sturm revealed 
ace-five of Oliver Entine was being sent into the muck as Baldwin doubled his stack of about 200,000. 
