Brinkmann Doubles Through Yanayt
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Alex Gomes raise to 205,000 from UTG+1 before Freitez made it 410,000 in the big blind to win the pot.
Eugene Yanayt raised to 200,000 from UTG+1, and Juan Maceiras called from the cutoff but then Torsten Brinkmann moved all in for exactly 1.5 million. Yanayt then thought for a while before calling and Maceiras said, "I was going to call..." folding face up.
Brinkmann:
Yanayt:
Brinkmann was much happier with Yanayt's call than the idea of flipping against Maceiras, as he should've been because the board came . If Yanayt had folded, Brinkmann would've been called by the Spaniard and would now be out.
Instead Yanayt has lost a 3.5 million chip pot to the German while Maceiras is left lamenting what might have been...