Hougaard Can't Beat Two Pair
Ronnie Bardah raised from early position to 31,000. Action moved around to Jesper Hougaard on the button and he placed a chip on his cards before thinking about things for a minute. He then opted to three-bet to 82,000. The blinds folded and play fell back on Bardah. He squeezed his cards once more and then tossed in the call.
The flop came down 
and Bardah tapped the table to move action over to Hougaard. He checked behind to see the 
come on the turn. Both players checked again.
The river completed the board with the 
, putting a pair of threes out there. Bardah and Hougaard both checked.
Bardah tabled the 
for eights and threes. Hougaard mucked and dropped to 688,000 in chips. Bardah won the pot and increased to 1.66 million.