Cottin Gets Double Up and More
Level 34
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Merijn Van Rooij raised in early position to 600,000 and got calls from Alexandre Reard in the hijack and Bartolomeo Tato in the cutoff. Nicolas Cottin responded by moving all-in in the small blind for 4.1 million. Van Rooij called for about 40% of his stack and the others folded.
Nicolas Cottin: 
Merijn Van Rooij: 
Van Rooij was poised to thin the field to eight until the dealer spread a flop of 
, giving Cottin a set of nines.
The turn brought chop outs for Van Rooij with the 
, but the 
on the river clinched the win for Cottin, boosting his stack close to the ten million chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
11,050,000
-3,975,000
|
-3,975,000 |
|
9,400,000
5,025,000
|
5,025,000 |
|
6,230,000
-8,170,000
|
-8,170,000 |