Busquet Busts Vlad In Huge Hand
We saw the action on the river, but Jeffrey Hakim later filled us in on what had happened before that.
Darie Vlad opened under the gun and Olivier Busquet was one of three callers. The initial raiser continued on 
with a 10,500 bet. Busquet was the only caller and they went heads up to the turn: 
. Vlad checked to Busquet who made a bet of 26,000. Vlad now check raised to 58,000 and Busquet called.
The river came the 
and Vlad announced all in. This clearly wasn't what Busquet liked to see and he started pondering. "I have a very good hand" he said with a big grin on his face. "How much is it?" The dealer started counting and announced it was 126,100. "126? That's a lot" Busquet continued his monologue. "How can I fold?"
Busquet moved his hand forward, still heavily thinking about his decision. You could just feel he wanted to fold, but in the end he didn't; "Call" he said without moving any chips forward.
Vlad looked disappointed, got up from the table and showed his failed bluf with 
. Busquet tabled 
and the dealer started pushing a big pile of chips his way.
"It's a very strong play, I fold almost every hand" Busquet said to his Romanian former opponent. Hakim, Frankland and Busquet continued to discuss the hand. Vlad in the meantime was already out the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
600,000
207,100
|
207,100 |
|
Busted |