Fortunate Double-Up for Loeser
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Ben Diebold opened to 2,400 from an early position to get called by Eric Smidinger from one seat over and Terry Giles in the cutoff. Manig Loeser then pushed for 18,600 in the big blind with Diebold jamming over the top for another 6,000 or so. Smidinger folded and Giles did the same as Loeser's dominated pocket pair was revealed.
Manig Loeser: 
Ben Diebold: 
The 
flop gave Diebold a set but Loeser had outs with a gutshot. Sure enough, the 
fell on the turn and the 
river ensured a fortunate double-up for Loeser while Diebold was left with fumes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | -3,000 |
|
62,000 | -8,000 |
|
42,000 | 20,000 |
|
5,500 | -27,500 |
, a short stack piled his chips into the middle and was about to head out of the tournament area. Speranza asked for the cards to be revealed and the 
for a dominated pair came to light before the pot was pushed to the Italian.
to get it in against an opponent with the 
. Both made the eight-high straight on the 
for nines full and the all-in player was drawing dead with the 
to make the 
. Budde moved all in for about 45,000 with around the same amount in the middle and Jozoff went contemplated a call.
for two pair.
flop, Ali Eslami in the cutoff called a bet worth 8,000 by the hijack and the other two players in the hand sent their cards into the muck. The 
on the turn was checked through and the 
for flopped two pair that had indeed improved to a flush and that was good enough to win the pot.
and hit the rail.
were up against 
