Big Pot for Nordkvist; Double for Greenwood; Ruijs Busts

Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist took a chunk out of the big stack of Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez right before the blinds went up.
The Swede had opened to 19,080 from under the gun and called a hefty three-bet to 63,000 by Benitez in the cutoff. Nordkvist then check-raised the flop to 166,063 and was called. They checked the
on the turn and Nordkvist's bet of 230,160 on the
river was called to reveal
for a straight.
One hand later on the same table, Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov raised the cutoff and called the button shove of Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood with . Greenwood was ahead with
and the kicker played on a
board.
Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs was not as fortunate as Greenwood. "biszibosz" limp-called a raise to 32,500 out of the small blind and check-raised the flop from 18,000 to 47,800. Ruijs called and also called all-in after the
turn for his last 113,165.
Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs:
"biszibosz":
The river was a blank and Ruijs was eliminated.

Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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1,099,757
-304,948
|
-304,948 |
|
1,007,591
757,591
|
757,591 |
|
692,919
692,919
|
692,919 |
|
398,172
398,172
|
398,172 |
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299,671
-298,845
|
-298,845 |
|
||
|
Busted |