Nitsche Keeps Foot on the Gas
On the very next hand after eliminating Frankie Johnson, Dominik Nitsche raised to 100,000 from the cutoff and got two callers in Randolph Lanosga (small blind) and Sebastien Comel (big blind). The flop came 
. It checked to Nitsche who bet 160,000, Lanosga folded, and Comel called.
The turn brought the 
. Comel checked again, and Nitsche kept up the pressure, setting out a stack of green (25,000) chips for a bet of 400,000. Comel thought for about a minute before pushing his cards dealerward, and Nitsche gave him a little more to think about by showing one card — the 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,610,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
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1,450,000
-260,000
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-260,000 |