Chris Backhouse Takes Down Orpen Kisacikoglu in Massive Setup

Chris Backhouse made it 6,500 to go from early position, Orpen Kisacikoglu reraised to 23,000 out of the blinds and Backhouse came back over the top for 46,500 total. Kisacikoglu made the call.

The flop came down , and Kisacikoglu opted for a check-minraise from 23,000 to 46.000. Backhouse called. Kisacikoglu bet 30,000 on the turn, leaving himself just shy of 80,000, and once again Backhouse called.

The rest went in on the river, and Kisacikoglu confidently turned over for the full house. The only problem was, Backhouse had made the bigger boat with , and the Turk was sent to the rail.

"The thing is, Chris has made quite a few four-bets today. Earlier he made quad aces, now he made aces over queens against queens over aces. Poker is hard", tablemate Alex Goulder joked while Backhouse stacked up his newly won chips. Backhouse is closing in on Joao Simao in the top of the standings.