Rankin Heroes Heldens
The action folded around to Sjors Heldens on the button, who limped in for the minimum 30,000. Small blind Rory Curtis folded before Daniel Rankin chose to see a free flop in the big blind.
The Broadway board of was dealt and Rankin checked to Heldens. Heldens bet 75,000 into the pot and Rankin called.
The turn was checked around before the action got back to Helden on the river. He decided to bet 200,000 on the board with four diamonds. Rankin thought for a while and eventually put in a single chip to signify a call.
Neither player had diamonds as Heldens showed for a pair of tens. Upon seeing Heldens' hand, Rankin turned his holding over in an elated manner, showing the hero call with a pair of queens: .
Rankin chipped up to over one million, while Heldens was left with less than 20 big blinds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Rankin |
1,250,000
976,000
|
976,000 |
Sjors Heldens |
550,000
104,000
|
104,000 |