Hands #1-5: Watson Doubles Through Steicke
Hand #1: Nick Petrangelo raised from under the gun and was called by Fedor Holz on the button.
The flop came down and Petrangelo checked. Holz fired out a bet and Petrangelo called.
The turn came the and Petrangelo checked once again. Holz paused for a moment then bet once more. Petrangelo folded and Holz took down the first hand.
Hand #2: Steffen Sontheimer raised from the button before before Mike Watson raised and additional 20,000 from the small blind. The action folded back to Sontheimer who opted to fold.
Hand #3: David Steicke moved all in for 77,000 with and Steffen Sontheimer called in the cut off with .
The board ran out to see Steicke spike two pair and double up.
Hand #4: Steffen Sontheimer raised to 11,000 from the hijack and was called by David Peters in the big blind.
The flop came and Peters check-folded after Sontheimer threw out a continuation bet totalling 8,000.
Hand #5: Fedor Holz raised to 11,000 from under the gun before Mike Watson three-bet to 31,000 from the hijack. David Steicke then moved all in for 164,000 from the big blind. Holz quickly folded. Watson deliberated over his decision for a moment before reluctantly calling with 159,000 behind.
Watson:
Steicke:
The board ran out to see Watson improve to trip aces as he doubled up. Steicke was left with 5,000 following the hand.