Touil Rockets Up His Stack
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Samuel Touil three-bet an open raise to 75,000 in a battle cutoff versus button and his opponent called to see a flop of 
. Action checked to Touil, who continued for 75,000 and was called. On the 
turn, the opponent of Touil check-called a shove for what seemed to be more than 500,000 and tabled pocket fours for a set.
Touil only had 
, but the 
river gave the Frenchman the winning flush.
In the next hand, fellow Frenchman Martial Blangenwitsch sent a short-stack to the rail with ace-jack versus king-queen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,400,000
740,000
|
740,000 |
|
||
|
1,550,000
250,000
|
250,000 |