Sijrbrand Maal Advances

It was all in preflop for Brian Aleksa with versus Sijbrand Maal's
. Aleksa was the player at risk.
The flop came down . Aleksa was still ahead with his pair and now a straight draw, but Maal was also looking at a straight draw. The
hit the turn, however, pairing Maal's queen and the
that fell on the river was no help to Aleksa who saw his hopes for a gold bracelet dashed.