Haskell Wins Five-Way Frenzy; Hallaert Gone
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Evan Haskell moved all in for 4,000 under the gun, before, as he put it, "a feeding frenzy ensued." Multiple calls and raises had Kenny Hallaert and Brian Phillis all-in preflop, with Bradley Butcher and Sander Verhulst contesting a big sidepot. Butcher folded out Verhulst with a flop shove.
Evan Haskell: A♥9♣9♦3♦
Brian Phillis: Q♥J♥J♦4♣
Kenny Hallaert: A♣K♠J♣9♥
Bradley Butcher: 10♣5♥5♠4♠
The board completed 5♦A♦8♣7♦6♠, leaving Haskell with a flush. Inexplicably, he increased his stack twelvefold to 48,000. Butcher's set of fives won the rest of the pot, and he took two bounties for busting Phillis and Hallaert.