Hands #65-67: A Couple Chops and One for Lybaert
Hand #65: Mark Sleet raised to 150,000 in early position and got calls from Michael Addamo on the button and Taylor Paur in the big blind. The flop checked around and the turn brought the .
Paur check-called 150,000 on the turn and the river was the . Two checks on the river and both players tabled ace-jack for the chop.
Hand #66: Martin Jacobson raised to 150,000 on the button and Bart Lybaert defended his big blind. The flop came and Lybaert checked. Jacobson continued for 225,000 and Lybaert called. The turn was the and this time, Lybaert led for 400,000. Jacobson let it go and Lybaert took the pot.
Hand #67: Action folded to the blinds and Lybaert raised to 260,000. Sleet made it 750,000, Lybaert four-bet to 1.9 million and Sleet called.
They checked to the river on and Lybaert led 2.3 million. Sleet quickly called and they showed down.
Bart Lybaert:
Mark Sleet:
Both players had the two pair on the board and an ace kicker to chop the monster pot.
Exact chip counts are being tallied as the next break begins.