Ypma Sliding
Level 24
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
John Ypma got caught in back-to-back raise-fold situations, and lost half his stack speculating.
In the first hand, Joey Weissman raised to 80,000 under the gun. Ypma, to his immediate left, raised to 200,000. Weissman was the only caller.
The flop hit 5♣3♠5♥. Weissman checked and Ypma bet 150,000 chips.
Weissman check-raised all in with a covering stack. Ypma folded.
The very next hand, Ypma raised to 80,000 under the gun. Christos Argyriadis made it 180,000 chips to go.
The action folded around to Ypma, who bowed to pressure on consecutive hands.