Balleur Bluffs Into Boat
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Antoine Vranken was on the button in a heads-up pot against Gaetan Balleur in the big blind.
Balleur checked on the flop of 
and called a bet of 16,000 from Vranken. The turn brought the 
and Balleur led out for 35,000. Vranken called.
The river was the 
and Balleur bet 58,000 for most of his stack. Vranken snap-called. Balleur showed a bluff with 
and Vranken tabled 
for eights full of kings to leave his opponent with crumbs.
Balleur had just 1,000 behind after posting the small blind and managed to spin it up when he got it in with pocket queens and held against ace-jack of an opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
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|
6,000
-174,000
|
-174,000 |