High Roller: Dietrich Fast Eliminated by Olivier Busquet

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Entries: 75

Anthony Zinno opened the cutoff to 2,500, and Olivier Busquet three-bet to 7,500 on the button. From the big blind, Dietrich Fast moved all in for just about 50,000 total on a four-bet shove. Zinno quickly folded, Busquet quickly called, and Fast was at risk and in trouble.

Busquet: AsAd
Fast: 8c8h

The AhTh6h flop was actually decent news for Fast. Despite Busquet flopping top set, Fast traded two outs for nine, picking up a flush draw two cards to come. The 6d on the turn ended the sweat one card early, though, as Busquet made unbeatable aces full. The river was the meaningless Td, eliminating Fast and giving Busquet’s stack a significant boost.

Fast has until the start of Level 13 to re-enter, should he so choose.

Busquet, on the other hand, has been trading the top spot with Nghi Tran for most of the early levels, and this pot puts the two back into a near tie for the overall lead.

Olivier Busquet – 272,000 (272 bb)
Dietrich Fast – Eliminated