Haraldstad Plays Back-to-Back Pots

Matt Hansen

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Arunas Sapitavicius raised to 70,000 on the button and Joachim Haraldstad called from the small blind. The flop came A?7?2? and Haraldstad check-called a bet of 50,000 from Sapitavicius.

The turn was the 2? and both players checked to the 7? on the river. Haraldstad led out with a bet of 45,000 and Sapitavicius raised to 525,000 which got Haraldstad to fold.

On the next hand, Haraldstad made it 65,000 on the button and Mike Watson and Vicente Delgado called from the blinds. The flop fell A?9?8? and the blinds checked to Haraldstad who bet 110,000. Watson called and Delgado got out of the way.

The turn was the K? and Watson check-called another bet of 350,000 from Haraldstad. The 7? completed the board and Watson checked for the third time. Haraldstad reached back for a bet of 825,000 which forced Watson to use a time bank before dispatching his cards.