Flush < Straight Flush: Tough Break for Chaz Chattha
A possibly tournament-life-threatening pot just sent most of Chaz Chattha's stack over to Tobias Reinkemeier in harsh circumstances. Three players made it to the flop, where Reinkemeier's bet of 4,500 was check-called only by Chattha.
The turn was the . Now Chattha led out for 10,500. This prompted a pause before Reinkemeier threw in the call (he was one of the leading stacks and it represented just about 10% of his stack).
The river: . Chattha now checked and an even longer dwell preceded Reinkemeier's eventual bet of 18,000.
Chattha darted him a look which could have cut through steel, before shaking his head and throwing in a bitter-looking call.
Sure enough, Reinkemeier showed and Chattha shook his head flashing the . Down to under 12,000, while Reinkemeier comfortably tops 100,000.