Big Hit For the Defending Champ
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A player opened in early position with a raise to 3,200. One player called in middle position and Tim Mitchell called in the cutoff. Daniel Laidlaw also called from the big blind so it was four-ways to a flop.
The flop was and action checked to Mitchell who put out a bet of 7,200. Laidlaw then check-raised, making it 18,000 from the big blind. The original raiser and middle position player both folded and it was back on Mitchell who immediately put forward a stack of chips, raising to 122,200. It was enough to put Laidlaw all in and he dropped into the tank. After about 2 minutes, Laidlaw called, putting himself at risk for 96,700 total.
Daniel Laidlaw:
Tim Mitchell:
Mitchell had about half the deck as outs against Laidlaw's hand but the turn was the and the river was the
, meaning that he would not catch up. Mitchell sent over most of his chips to Laidlaw who doubled to over 200,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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215,000 | |
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35,000
-97,000
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-97,000 |