Mulder Off to a Hot Start, Eliminates Dvoress

Teun Mulder already had a healthy stack of 200,000 chips in front of him after laying a beating on Sirzat Hissou moments earlier. When Daniel Dvoress opened to 2,500 under the gun, Mulder reraised to 8,000 on his left. Dvoress called and the dealer fanned a flop of .

Dvoress led out with a bet of 6,000 and Mulder just called to see the on the turn. Dvoress checked this time and Mulder splashed in a bet of 15,000. Dvoress called and the completed the board.

Dvoress checked again and Mulder dumped in a bet of 75,000 this time. Dvoress was sitting with 65,500 and went into the tank for over a minute before calling it off. Mulder showed for a pair of nines while Dvoress could only muster for a pair of eights.