Meet Marc Naalden. He Has a Lot of Chips.
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Just before the break, he called an under-the-gun raise from Steven Cowley to see an
flop, which Naalden check-raised. No fewer than five bets on the 
turn made for an enormous pot, and when Cowley called a last bet from Naalden on the 
river, he was most disappointed to see that his 
for a set was losing to Naalden's 
straight. Naalden moved on up to 1.3 million.Not only that, he won one more pot as everybody else was heading off for the break. He made a full house with
on an 
board. Tommy Hang mucked, leaving himself on 97,000. Naalden meanwhile was up to 1.5 million.While he's not a household name in the US, we've been taking notice of Mr Naalden over in Europe in recent months. He made the final table of the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo just recently, and of course Mr Naalden took down the inaugural PokerNews Cup Alpine earlier in the year -- you can read about that victory here.
Obviously all sorts of things can happen, but we have to say right now Naalden is looking pretty good to bring home a bracelet for the Netherlands.