Siljander Catches Kaufmann

Frank Visser

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

David Kaufmann raised to 100,000 from the hijack and Mathias Siljander defended his big blind. Siljander then checked on the 2?9?Q? flop and called the 80,000-chip bet Kaufmann put out.

Both players checked on the 7? turn before the 6? river completed the board. Kaufmann checked once more, but Siljander picked up the aggression with a bet of 275,000.

Kaufman then slid forward a bet of 1,000,000, enough to put Siljander all in. Siljander spent all of his time banks and nearly timed out, but he stuck in a call at the last second for his stack of 880,000 chips.

Kaufmann showed 10?9? for a pair of nines, which was outclassed by the 6?6? of Siljander, who had rivered a set and raked in his third double-up in a short period.