Thijs Menco Doubles Through Pim van Wassenberg

Pim van Wassenberg has enjoyed a very strong start to heads-up, nearly flipping the tables on Thijs Menco on his way to 2:1 chip lead in his favour.

In this hand Menco limped and Van Wassenberg checked. The flop came . Van Wassenberg checked and Menco bet 100,000.

Van Wassenberg then check-raised his opponent to 275,000. Menco then three-bet to 700,000. Van Wassenberg moved all in and Menco announced: “Call.”

Menco:
Van Wassenberg:

Menco was at risk but held both a double-gutter straight draw a flush draw, and a straight flush draw. Van Wassenberg’s two pair was good for now, and the turn was the , but the river was the completing Menco’s flush and doubling him up.

Van Wassenberg is now the short stack with 1,700,000 compared to Menco’s 5,600,000.