Blaschke Recovers Some

In the last hand before the break, Manuel Blaschke opened the action with a raise to 1,800 and was called by both players in the blinds. The Austrian, who had been on a slippery slope as of lately and dropped quite a few chips, made a continuation bet worth 3,400 on the flop.

Only the player in the big blind check-called and did so again after the turn for 5,500 before the fell on the river. Again the action was checked to the Austrian and he fired 28,000, an overbet to the pot. This did the trick, as his opponent looked very confused and ended up mucking his cards.