Kicker Helps Veldhuis Bust One
Nivel 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
On a 
board, the lone opponent of Lex Veldhuis checked-called the 675 bet of Veldhuis leaving himself just 1,000 left.
The turn was the 
and the player checked again. Veldhuis now pondered his decision and told the player, "You're confusing me now." Regardless, Veldhuis threw in enough chips to force the player all in and got a call. Each player had a pair of nine's, but it was the seven kicker for Veldhuis that had him in the lead against the four kicker of his opponent. The river bricked with the 
and the opponent was sent packing.
Veldhuis now has 23,500 chips.