Heitmann Dancing With Destiny
After an opening raise from early position to 5,400, Jan Heitmann flat-called in late position before the small blind reraised all-in for 53,200. The original raiser tanked for several minutes, finally making the call. Heitmann, having had his own time to decide what to do, instantly moved all-in for a couple of thousand more resulting in a small 4,200 side pot.
Original raiser:
Heitmann:
Small blind:
"Triple up!" said an enthusiastic Heitmann, "well...maybe."
The flop came down helping no-one and another player on the table shouted "Six of clubs!" which elicited a laugh from the German PokerStars Team Pro.
The turn was the and Heitmann suddenly took the lead which he held on the river for a 170,000 pot.
"I've been down to less than 6,000 five times in this tournament...It must be destiny...or it's something very cruel..."