Metaal Wins a Big One
Govert Metaal is sitting at the same table as Patrick Clarke who has already managed to collect over 5,000,000 in chips. Seated on his direct left is Russell Thomas who has a bit of a smaller stack than he started with.
Metaal said he had won a hand earlier with eight-ten offsuit in the small blind in which he had limped in.
The flop came 
, Metaal bet 30,000 and his opponent called.
They both checked through the 
on the turn which completed the flush-draw. The river completed the board with a blank. Metaal checked once more, his opponent bet 75,000. Metaal raised to 225,000 and his opponent responded with a shove of 725,000 in total. Metaal didn't believe his opponent and called. Metaal's trip tens was more than enough to beat the 
of his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,500,000
5,500,000
|
5,500,000 |
|
||
|
3,500,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
510,000
-590,000
|
-590,000 |