Hands #95-99: Paur Closing in on Lybaert
Hand #95: Taylor Paur raised to 175,000 on the button and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #96: Action folded to the blinds and Mark Sleet put out 875,000 to put Ying Chan to a decision for his stack. Chan folded and Sleet took it down.
Hand #97: Martin Jacobson limped under the gun, Bart Lybaert limped in the cutoff and Anton Morgenstern raised to 425,000 from the big blind. Jacobson folded Lybaert called.
The flop was 
and Morgenstern checked. Lybaert bet 350,000 and Morgenstern let it go.
Hand #98: Sleet raised to 200,000 in the cutoff and Michael Addamo defended his big blind. On the 
flop, Addamo led 170,000 and Sleet called.
Both players checked the 
turn and the river was the 
. Addamo led 90,000 and Sleet sent his cards to the muck.
Hand #99: Paur opened to 175,000 under the gun and Lybaert three-bet to 550,000 in the next position. It folded back to Paur and he called.
On the 
flop, Paur checked, Lybaert continued for 450,000 and Paur called.
Paur also check-called 1 million on the turn and the river was the 
.
Both players checked, and Paur's aces were good.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,200,000
-1,630,000
|
-1,630,000 |
|
10,300,000
2,160,000
|
2,160,000 |
|
||
|
8,500,000
-265,000
|
-265,000 |
|
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