Helppi a Millionaire
Martin Jacobson opened to 35,000 from the hijack and his neighbor Juha Helppi in the cutoff made the call. Stephen Chidwick thought about it for a little bit, and all of the sudden Jean-Noel Thorel announced "Reraise!" before pushing 191,000 forward. Chidwick knew enough, laughed a bit, and folded. Thorel's three-bet stood and Jacobson moved out of the way.
Helppi wasn't so quick to give up though and thought for a bit. He eventually pushed all in for 588,000 and Thorel snap called.
"Ahh merde!" said Thorel with a quiet voice as he discovered his 
was in bad shape against Helppi's 
.
The flop came about as good as they could come for Thorel though: 
. Helppi was literally holding his breath as the dealer burned and turned the 
. The 
river followed not much later and Helppi now breathe a sigh of relief.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,235,000
474,000
|
474,000 |
|
231,000
-364,000
|
-364,000 |