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Verbruggen Crashes Out Against Steven

by Christian Zetzsche • August 24, 2026 - 1:45 PM

Tom Verbruggen

Steven limped the small blind and then folded when Tom Verbruggen jammed just under 20 big blinds, exposing the A ♣️ 2 ♥️ .

"You were definitely behind," Verbruggen said and flashed the A ♦️ only.

One hand later, Steven raised to 32,000 and instantly called the shove by Verbruggen in the small blind.

"You have a better hand that just now?" the Dutch player asked before the cards were shown.

Tom Verbruggen: A ♦️ 10 ♦️

Steven: Q ♠️ Q ♣️

"I feel like an ace is coming," Verbruggen said. It did not, and he was drawing dead on the Q ♦️ J ♠️ 7 ♥️ 7 ♠️ turn to make the 9 ♠️ river a formality.

They will now redraw for the nine-handed table and need to lose another two players before bagging.

Player Chip Count
Steven 1,030,000
Tom Verbruggen 0