Jonas Danielsson opened with a raise to 1,600 from the cutoff, and Lex Veldhuis three-bet it up to 4,600 from the next seat over. Danielsson was the lone caller, and the two men saw the flop come down . Danielsson checked, and Veldhuis continued out with a bet of 6,800. After a good while in the tank, Danielsson asked for a count. "It's 17,400 more," said Veldhuis, and his opponent quickly moved all in. Veldhuis made the call for his tournament life, open-ended with . His would-be knocker-out tabled for top-top, looking to eliminate the dangerous pro. He would do just that as the turn and river blanked off with the and respectively.
After running over the featured table on Day 1a, Veldhuis has run out of chips today, and he is headed for the exit.