Karamalikis Getting Some Back
From under the gun, Eric Guth raised to 3,600. Jonathan Karamalikis, next to act, made it 8,700. It folded back around to Guth who asked Karamalikis for a count of his chips. He got his answer, about 35,000 more, and decided to make the call.
The flop came . Both players thought for about a minute before checking. The turn was the and again both players checked, this time a little bit faster. When the river came the both players had checked within a few seconds and both hands were turned up.
Karamalikis:
Guth:
Guth never bet his flush draw, missed, and Karamalikis' King plays. This got him up to 55,000, still less than half of what he started with. Guth still has a strong stack with 68,000.