Metaal Suffers Huge Beat in Biggest Pot of the Tournament
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Govert Metaal limped under the gun and his neighbor Jean-Philippe Schoonbrood under the gun plus over limped.
The player next to them raised and Zhong Chen 3-bet to 10,000. When the action got back to Metaal, he 4-bet to 38,500. Schoonbrood wasn't backing down and shoved for 178,300. The action folded to Metaal who called all in for just less than that.
Jean-Philippe Schoonbrood: 
Govert Metaal: 
The biggest pot of the tournament was going to be a bad beat for Metaal: 
on the flop. The 
hit the turn and gave Metaal some hope but the 
on the river was the wrong kind of black card for him.
Metaal eliminated, Schoonbrood the owner of a monster stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
338,300
287,400
|
287,400 |
|
Busted |