Not So de Goede for Pim

We walked up a bit late to see the preflop action, but it looks like the gentleman in Seat 7 had three-bet before the flop. We're (educatedly) guessing that Pim de Goede opened the pot from the hijack seat. Marcel van Klinken (pronounced van Klinken) called in the middle before the seven seat made it 2,800 to play. Both de Goede and van Klinken (fellow Dutchmen, you know) called, and it was three-handed to the flop.

It came {8-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} , and the action checked to Seat 7. He continued out with a bet of 5,800, and de Goede called. Van Klinken was thinking sinister thoughts, though, and he squeezed in a sneaky raise to 15,000. That folded Seat 7 out of the way, putting action back on de Goede. After taking his pause for about two minutes, he announced that he was all in, and van Klinken double-checked his cards and called with a big sigh, putting himself at risk for 57,550 chips.

Showdown
De Goede: {J-Clubs} {J-Spades}
Van Klinken: {5-Spades} {5-Diamonds}

Van Klinken had flopped his set, and de Goede was two cards away from losing a big chunk of his stack. The turn {4-Hearts} and river {6-Spades} were not the jacks that de Goede was looking for, and he sends a big double up to his neighbor.

We understand that de Goede had lost a big chunk on the hand before this one (and if you read Dutch, you can find out the details here), and this second loss in a row sets him all the way back around 40,000 after being up close to 160,000 at the start of the level.

Van Klinken, on the other hand, appears to have kept the Dutch atop the leaderboard with his new stack of 125,000.

Tags: Marcel van Klinken Pim de Goede