Schafer Flop Can Hardly Be Imagined

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Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

A second three-way all-in pot just busted Bjorn Verbakel, despite an optimistic small blind giving him the chance (until the river) of a small side pot win to stay alive.

Verbakel had moved all-in over the top of an under the gun raise from Thorsten Schafer, for something like 28k. It folded round to small blind Jes Bondo, who made the call (both covered Schafer) and Schafer himself, expressing surprise but resignedly saying, "Side event!" put the rest of his stack in.

Verbakel: {J-Spades} {J-Clubs}
Schafer: {Q-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}
Bondo: {9-Spades} {9-Hearts}

The flop was safe for the shortest stack: {2-Hearts} {Q-Spades} {10-Clubs} . The {3-Diamonds} changed nothing on the turn but the {9-Diamonds} river brought the side pot into Bondo's stack and Verbakel to the rail.