Bjorin raises to 75,000 on the cutoff, and small blind Steicke reraises to 225,000. Big blind Jeffreys now unexpectedly moves all in for 646,000. Bjorin folds, but Steicke calls.
Jeffreys:
Steicke:
Board: a decisive
Steicke takes down a 1.391 million pot, and knocks out the overnight chip leader Jeffreys in eighth place.
Bjorin raises to 75,000 UTG and it folds around to big-blind Brockington, who calls.
Flop:
Brockington checks to Bjorin, who bets 100,000. Brockington thinks about it for a while before pushing all his chips in the middle -- a total of 321,000, to cover Bjorin, who has just 174,000 behind. Bjorin folds, and Brockington takes the pot.
Steicke dips into his pyramid of orange chips and makes it a total of 50,000. Hinkle makes the call. Kulicki passes in the big.
Hinkle leads out for 65,000. Steicke calls.
Turn =
Hinkle, staring intently at the board, glances back down at his chips before leading out again, this time for 130,000. Green chips involved this time - a sure sign of action.
Steicke, however, pulls out three columns of orange chips (worth 5,000 apiece) and raises it up to 430,000.
Hinkle gives it up. Steicke shows for the bullets. Pow pow.
It folds around to Bjorin, who open-shoves for 108,000. Dirksen calls to his left. Small blind Jeffreys considers it for a while, before passing, looking like he's in pain while he does so. Big blind Hinkle also considers the call for some time -- and then goes all in for 1.4 million. Dirksen folds.
Bjorin:
Hinkle:
Board: an incredibly exciting but ultimately fruitless
Bjorin doubles up, and his face displays some emotion for the first time today -- he smiles broadly as he rakes in the chips.