Fast Start for Simao
Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
The action was joined with roughly 45,000 already in the pot and a 8♥4♦9♣ flop face up on the felt.
Johannes Straver bet 20,000 from the small blind, which Joao Simao called in the big blind, who had only recently joined the tournament.
The 5♣ turn checked through, and the 5♥ completed the board.
Straver bet 72,000, just a few chips shy of his entire stack, and then called off when Simao moved all in.
Straver tabled 9♠8♠ for a flopped two pair, but it had been run down by Simao's A♥A♣.