Andreas Hoivold doubles up Katja Thater
Katja raised it to 5,500, one from the button. Hoivold pondered for a moment before removing his Mickey Mouse card protector and re-raising to 12,500. Katja instantly moved all-in for around 22,000 in total. Andreas looked pained but called anyway.
Katja showed
Andreas showed
The flop of was no help for Andreas.
The turn of killed any hopes for Hoivod and returned Katja to her seat with a very playable stack of around 44,000. I missed the river but Katja was not for catching in this hand!
Hoivold is not exactly on the felt after that hand but it could be a turning point, in the wrong direction, for the Dortmund champ'.
Players are dropping rapidly. We're now down to 78 players today.