Busquet Crippled in Last Hand of the Level
Hand #64: Action folded to Igor Kurganov in the small blind and he raised to 150,000, which Ole Schemion called from the big. The flop missed both players, and it went check-check. The turn saw the action repeat itself, and then the completed the board on the river. Both players checked for a third time and Kurganov won another pot.
Hand #65: Richard Yong opened for 105,000 from early position holding the , and Rono Lo, who woke up with the in the hijack, popped it to 330,000. Action folded back to Yong and he released his hand.
Hand #66: Ole Schemion raised to 125,000 from the button only to have Paul Phua shoved all in from the small blind with . The big folded and Schemion did the same.
Hand #67: Dan Cates limped from the small blind with the and Richard Yong checked his option with the . Both players then checked it down as the board ran out and Yong won the pot.
Hand #68: In the last hand of the level, Ole Schemion raised to 110,000 from the hijack with the . Paul Phua was next to act in the cutoff, and he three-bet to 210,000 with the . Olivier Busquet then moved all in for 930,000 with the in the big blind, Schemion folded, and Phua called off for 810,00 total.
The flop was no help to Busquet, and neither was the turn. He needed a ten on the river, but it wasn't in the cards as the blanked. Phua got a double, while Busquet was crippled and will be coming back to a two big blind stack.