Hand #98: Miracle River Saves Strelitz
Hand #98: Everyone folded to Scott Wellenbach in the small blind, who raised to 400,000 with . Strelitz three-bet shoved all in for 2,010,000 with .
"Ooh, you might do that and I was wondering what I was gonna do," Wellenbach said, quickly followed by a call.
"Chino, should I have called there?" Wellenbach wondered.
"I would've called," Rheem responded. "Win or lose, you did nothing wrong in the hand. Neither did he."
"Understood," Wellenbach nodded.
The flop kept Strelitz' pair ahead but added counterfeit outs for Wellenbach. The turn was one of the original cards Wellenbach needed, the , giving him a commanding lead in the hand. Strelitz was reduced to just the red threes to survive and caught the on the river to send his rail into a frenzy.
"Ooh, let's go!" the rail including Niall Farrell yelled. "Give me some of that," Strelitz said, pointing at Farrell's beverage, and he quickly took a sip.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Strelitz |
4,120,000
1,760,000
|
1,760,000 |
|
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Scott Wellenbach |
2,830,000
-2,210,000
|
-2,210,000 |