Bye Bye, Belgians
As we walked into the tournament room, we ran into Pieter Aerts following the floor to the pay out desk. While on his way he told us the details of his bust out hand. The button opened and the small blind made a three-bet. Aerts was in the big blind and shoved all in for his last 13 big blinds with 
. The small blind ended up calling with 
. The board stayed free of aces and kings, and Aerts hit the rail.
Another Belgian, Arne Coulier, also busted. Coulier told us Rodney Ramalho had opened for 12,000 from late position and he three-bet to 34,000 with 
off suit from the small blind. Ramalho called and then called Coulier's continuation bet on 
with two spades.
The turn came an off suit 
, and Coulier bet 51,000 with 105,000 behind. Ramalho pushed all in, and Cournier tank-called. Ramalho had 
, and Coulier didn't hit on the river.
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