Spielmann Gets a Second Chance

With very similar-looking stacks, Leo Spielmann and Jose Besalduch got it all in before the flop on a coinflip. Besalduch was a slight favorite with his {8-Diamonds}

, and Spielmann was working with {A-Diamonds}

on the other side.

The dealer ran out a board of {2-Clubs}

, good enough to make Besalduch the winning full house. Spielmann headed to the payout desk, but his exit was a bit premature. The table had to call him back over when the dealer gave him a rather unimpressive 2,000 in change.

Spielmann was shocked at the good news, and he returned to commit his final 1,500 chips to the next pot. It was three-way action, and the flop brought {5-Spades}

. Konstantinos Alexiou called a bet of 16,000 from Lex Veldhuis, but he would surrender to a second bet when the {8-Spades}

hit fourth street. That was the end of the betting, and it was time to see if Spielmann could earn his first little double back.

Veldhuis turned up {A-Spades}