All Hail King Van den Bijgaart
We almost didn't see Joep van den Bijgaart as he was hiding behind two tall towers of 5,000 chips, the highest denomination in play. With that looked like well over 300,000, we asked Van den Bijgaart what had helped him to reach that stack. Van den Bijgaart told us about three hands.
1) Erik van den Berg opened and Van den Bijgaart made the call. The player on the button and the player in the big blind both called as well and the flop came 
. Both the big blind and initial raiser Van den Berg checked, and Van den Bijgaart checked as well. The player on the button bet 6,800 and just Van den Bijgaart called. Van den Bijgaart check called another 16,800 on the turn and 39,000 on the 
river. His opponent mucked and Van den Bijgaart won a big pot without having to show his hand.
2) Van den Bijgaart opened with 
and won a small pot against one opponent with the board running out 
against .
3) Van den Bijgaart opened under the gun with 
and his neighbor on his left made the call. The cutoff over called and the three of them saw a flop of 
rainbow. Both Van den Bijgaart and his neighbor checked, the cutoff bet 9,000. Van den Bijgaart called, his neighbor folded. Both players checked the on the turn and the 
completed the board. Van den Bijgaart bet out 18,000 and he got called. Van den Bijgaart showed his and his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
344,000
129,000
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129,000 |