The Life and Times of Ruben Visser
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, and he was in good shape to survive against Tome Moreira and his 
. He would pair his eight on the turn as the board rolled out 
. Eights are good, and Visser doubles up to just about 300,000.A few hands later, Visser open-shoved for 278,000 from late position. In the blinds, Ryan Franklin had just 132,000 left, and they all went into the pot. Visser held
, and Franklin was all in but ahead with 
.The flop brought a backdoor flush draw for Visser, coming
. The 
that hit the turn was not one of those backdoor cards, though. It left Visser drawing dead, and he mucked his cards before the river fell the 
. That moved Franklin back into contention with close to 280,000.For Visser, it's down and up and back down again. He's back to 156,000 as the break approaches.