Schulze's Meteroic Rise in Back-to-Back Hands

Two hands after dinner break sent Sebastian Schulze shooting up the chip counts, as he dueled against Michael Hawker in back-to-back hands that neither player is likely to forget any time soon.

The first hand was picked up on the river on a board that read 4♥4♠A♠9♠5♠ with over one million in chips already in the pot.

Schulze fired a bet before Hawker announced all-in over the top. Schulze quickly called to be at risk for 1,785,000.

"You don't have aces, do you?" Hawker asked as he rolled over a full house with 9♥9♣.

"Yes," Schulze replied and showed A♣A♦ to take down a massive pot.

Hawker stood up in disbelief as he paced away from the table in shock, but was still left with a stack of over 3,500,000 in chips to play with.

The second hand took place immediately after the events of the first.

Schulze opened the action with a raise to 85,000 from the cutoff and was called by Hawker in the small blind.

Hawker checked the 7♣8♣5♣ flop before Schulze fired 90,000. Hawker called to see a turn.

The 9♦ turn led to a bet of 210,000 from Hawker before Schulze raised it to 700,000. The chips had hardly been pushed toward the middle when Hawker announced all-in. Schulze quickly called to put Hawker at risk.

"You didn't flop a flush, did you?" Hawker asked.

Hawker showed a straight with K♥6♠ before Schulze showed him the bad news when he revealed J♣9♣.

The meaningless J♠ hit the river as Hawker grappled with the sequence of two hands that derailed his main event.

"Oh my god, I can't believe it," he said as he got up from the table.

As Schulze scooped the pot, Guy Leathley, a player sitting to his right, asked him jokingly, "What did you have for dinner, buddy?" said Leathley.

"Chicken teriyaki," Schulze replied.