11-21-2009 16:47 UTC

The Life and Times of Ruben Visser

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Ruben Visser was all in for 140,000 before the flop with {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

, and he was in good shape to survive against Tome Moreira and his {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{7-Clubs}

. He would pair his eight on the turn as the board rolled out {3-Clubs}

{3-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{5-Spades}

{8-Hearts}

{4-Hearts}

. Eights are good, and Visser doubles up to just about 300,000.

A few hands later, Visser open-shoved for 278,000 from late position. In the blinds, Ryan Franklin had just 132,000 left, and they all went into the pot. Visser held {4-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

{4-Diamonds}

, and Franklin was all in but ahead with {6-Hearts}

{6-Hearts}

{6-Spades}

.

The flop brought a backdoor flush draw for Visser, coming {10-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

{3-Spades}

{9-Clubs}

. The

{6-Diamonds}

that hit the turn was not one of those backdoor cards, though. It left Visser drawing dead, and he mucked his cards before the river fell the {J-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

. That moved Franklin back into contention with close to 280,000.

For Visser, it's down and up and back down again. He's back to 156,000 as the break approaches.

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