Van De Linde Scores First Elimination of the Day
The player under the gun limped and a player in middle position raised to 400. Ronald Van De Linde called in the cutoff before Yaron Kuznik four-bet to 1,725 from the button. The other three players all called.
The flop came 
. It checked to Kuznik who continued for 2,725 and Van De Linde was the only caller.
The turn was the 
. Van De Linde checked and Kuznik bet 7,200. Van De Linde took his time carefully stacking each denomination of chip on top of eachother in turn, before pausing and sliding his chips into the middle. Kuznik threw a chip in the middle, instantly calling.
Van De Linde: 
Kuznik: 
Kuznik had flopped trips but Van De Linde had turned a full house. The river was the 
and Kuznik was eliminated. As he got to his feet, Van De Linde gestured to the flop: "You could have had something like Ace-King," he said.
After picking up an early pot, Van De Linde now adds an elimination to his name and now sits on more than double starting stack towards the end of the second level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
Busted |