Brummelhuis dropped back down to 475,000 the very next hand, though -- he got all the way down to the bottom of the board, but mucked to Greg Mueller's .
Michiel Brummelhuis is in much better shape now after getting involved with chip leader Chad Brown and coming out firmly on top, to the drunken delight of the Dutch element at the rail.
Brummelhuis in the big blind called a raise from Chad Brown and then check-raised him on the flop. Brown called, and he called when Brummelhuis bet out on the turn as well. The bet from Brummelhuis on the river proved too much for Brown, though -- he passed and Brummlehuis took down the pot, to not inconsiderable cheering and waving around of Dutch beer glasses.
Brummelhuis: 600,000
Brown: still chip leader on 1,400,000
Play has tightened up a little, with all our players resolutely refusing to gamble. With the and the big money approaching, nobody, not even Soheil Shamseddin, wants to try their luck any more than is strictly necessary.
Nevertheless, those blinds are going relentlessly up...