Higgins Continues Chip Ascent
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
It's the sort of hand that makes a person think, "Well maybe, just maybe this is my day..."
Simon Higgins had raised Markus Ristola's 40,000 bet on a flop of to 110,000 forcing a third player out of the way. The Finn moved in for 450,000 in total and Higgins made the call with - up against but the made the British player a straight and with a non-board-pairing river it was Ristola walking to the rail.
Higgins is up to 1.85 million - a clear chip leader at the moment.