A player in middle position opened the pot with a small raise to 7,000, and Rolf Slotboom made the call from the cutoff seat. When action came around to the big blind, Jan Heitmann announced a re-raise to 25,000 straight. That was enough to fold the initial raiser, but Slotboom wasn't going anywhere. In his methodical fashion, "Robocop" counted out a re-raise and made it 69,000 total. Heitmann asked how much Slotboom had behind (66,200), and he moved all in over the top.
Slotboom was hating life. He seemed to know that he was beaten, but he had more than half of his chips in the pot already. He reluctantly called as he asked the dealer to give him another jack.
Showdown
Slotboom:
Heitmann:
The dealer would fail to oblige Slotboom as he ran out a board of . Unable to catch up to the pocket aces, Slotboom shook hands with his table and headed out. Heitmann, on the other hand, is up dangerously close to 300,000.