Higgs on a Heater
Sam Higgs bet throughout a board of 
and forced folds from Mike Wattel and John Racener to get his stack up to around 445,000. That was the start of a rush for the Aussie, as he continued with plenty of aggression.
In the next hand he defended out of the small blind against a raise by Philip Sternheimer and check-called on the 
flop. Higgs check-raised the 
turn and Sternheimer called before Higgs bet the river as well. Sternheimer called all in and was shown the 
for a flush and a low. Sternheimer only had 
and was eliminated.
Higgs took on Wattel and Racener once more and this time it was just Racener that called a river bet on 
. Higgs rolled over 
for a full house and scored the next pot.
One hand later, Chris Bjorin was all in after four-way action to the 
turn as Andrey Zaichenko had led. Higgs called in the cutoff and also called another bet by Zaichenko on the 
river.
Zaichenko 
) and Bjorin 
chopped the low and Higgs took the high portion with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
||
|
105,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
|
||
|
50,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
|
24,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |