Chouit As
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
William Thorson limped UTG preflop before Henri Kasper, Daniel Colman and last year's Grand Final winner Nicolas Chouity all also limped. Kenny Hallaert then raised to 6,700 from the small blind and Thorson decided to make the call. Kasper and Colman folded but Chouity recounted his stack before also making the call.
The flop was and Hallaert led out for 12,400, Thorson flat-called but Chouity moved all in for 41,600, Hallaert also moved in and the Swede tank-folded.
Chouity:
Hallaert:
The turn was the and Hallaert could now catch an ace, king or deuce to eliminate last year's winner but the meant Chouity now has about 100,000.