Eskeland Doubles, Criples Wice
No-Limit Hold'em
Nikolai Yakovenko had called from the cutoff only to have Sigurd Eskeland raise to 56,000 from the button and Alexander Wice re-raise to 170,000 from the blinds. Yakovenko got out of the way, but Eskeland four-bet to 946,000, putting himself all in.
Wice tanked for a while and asked to look at the payout or structure sheet before finally making the call.
Eskeland:
Wice:
Eskeland was way ahead with Wice needing to improve if he was to make the elimination. The flop of kept Eskeland out ahead. The turn was the and didn't change anything. The river brought the and Eskeland's kings held up.
Eskeland has now taken a huge chip lead and is sitting with 1,959,000 while Wice has been crippled to 53,000.