Leo Boxell raised to 180,000 from the button and Ernst Hermans called from the big blind. These two have been very active with each other the past few hands.
An flop fell in the middle of the table and both players checked. The turn card was the and Hermans fired 240,000. Boxell raised to 640,000 and Hermans folded. Boxell showed and moved up to 2.2 million.
Leo Boxell opened to 185,000 and then action folded over to Ernst Hermans in the small blind. He took some time and then reraised to 465,000. Boxell put in another raise, making it 965,000 to go.
"I'm all in." announced Hermans.
"How much more is it?" asked Boxell. It was verified that Hermans was all in for 900,000 more than Boxell's raise. He then tanked for some time, but eventually made the call.
Hermans tabled against Boxell's .
The flop came down to keep Hermans ahead. The turn card was the and now Boxell was drawing dead. The completed the board on the river.
Hermans doubled to over 3.5 million while Boxell was crushed down to 790,000. After the hand, Aaron Benton began egging on Hermans some more about the chop.
"You wanna chop? You're not going to chop now right with all those chips?" said Benton.
Wayne Carlson just took down a three-way pot in a hand against Aaron Benton and Ernst Hermans to move to 1.8 million in chips.
Carlson limped into the pot from the cutoff, Benton completed from the small blind and Hermans checked his option in the big.
"We love getting flops," said Benton before the dealer spread the flop.
Hermans led out with a 100,000 bet on the flop that was called by both opponents.
The then fell on the turn and Benton passed the first option to Hermans, saying, "Let's go... hang yourself, baby."
After a slight pause, Hermans too checked, as did Carlson, sending the action to the river.
The last card off the deck was the and both Benton and Hermans checked to Carlson who bet 100,000. Benton made the call and Hermans folded. Carlson then turned over the for a full house and Benton mucked.
"Very nice hand, very nice hand," said Benton to Carlson. "I could only call you there. Nice hand. Very well played."
Aaron Benton just scooped a few hundred thousand chips off Ernst Hermans. Immediately after Hermans folded, Benton said, "Oh yeah baby! Schooled! You want to play now? You don't wanna chop it do ya? Why don't we just get heads up so I can school ya. I heard you were bagging me on the break, huh Ernst. That's fine, when my back's against the wall I play like a demon."