Hallaert Heads Home

Matthew Pitt

Kenny Hallaert's tournament is over and done, he's is out.

We heard him speaking to one of the dealers explaining how he had eights in against sevens and a third seven flopped, this left him with just 700 chips after paying the ante, not even enough to pay the big blind. The action folded around to Roberto Romanello in the small blind and he completed before showing {Q-Spades} {3-Hearts} . Hallaert had not even checked his cards but was pleased when he did because they were {K-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} . The board ran out {9-Hearts} {J-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} and it was a split pot!

The very next hand Andrea Benelli opened to 2,000 from middle position and everyone folded to Hallaert who called off his stack. The big blind folded and Hallaert showed {10-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} , which were up against Benelli's {J-Hearts} {8-Hearts} . The {2-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {9-Hearts} flop put Hallaert into an early lead and the {10-Hearts} improved him to two pair. However, the river was the {7-Clubs} and Benelli improved to a hand-winning straight, eliminating Hallaert in the process.