Team Netherlands Eliminated in 3rd Place by Team China

Sep 21, 2018

Team Netherlands

Team Netherlands is all in from the big blind for about 535,000 with Diamond KDiamond J, and they need to improve to stay alive against the Heart AClub A of Team China in the small blind.

The board comes Spade 10Heart 10Club 3Club 9Diamond A — Team Netherlands turns a gutshot straight draw, but Team China rivers a full house, aces full of tens, to win the pot and eliminate Team Netherlands in third place.

Team China  –  1,602,000  (80 bb)
Team Hong Kong SAR  –  310,000  (16 bb)

1st:  KRW 27,475,000  (~US $24,625)
2nd:  KRW 16,485,000  (~US $14,775)
3rd:  Netherlands  –  KRW 10,990,000  (~US $9,850)
4th Place: Taiwan SAR  –  $0
5th Place:  Malaysia  –  $0
6th Place:  Korea  –  $0
7th Place:  Singapore  –  $0
8th Place:  New Zealand  –  $0
9th Place:  Japan  –  $0

Now that there are two teams remaining, the entire four-player teams will be seated at the table, with four on each side playing one hand per team in a joint effort. (Keep in mind that the 30-second Action Clock by Protection Poker is still in use, so decisions need to be made somewhat quickly.)

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