Ludovic Geilich Storming Ahead
Hunting for large chipstacks around the tournament room here in Rozvadov is made easier by one man - Ludovic Geilich. Instead of collating his chips into smaller stacks of 20, he prefers the style where all his 5,000 chips are in one great big monolith. This style is repeated for his smaller denominations.
It makes it easier for him to reach down to one stack (or up, such is the height of these towers) to raise to 7,000 from the hijack. Yehuda Eran called from the small blind, as did Ondrej Drozd from the big blind.
The flop came 
and it checked to Geilich who continued for 13,000. Eran was the only caller. The turn was the 
and both players checked.
Eran checked the river, which was the 
and Geilich inquired as to how much Eran had behind. Geilich then reached for his tower of orange 5,000 value chips and firmly moved the stack of what must have been around 50 forward. It didn't fall, nor did any chips other than these move. Eran eventually folded, and Geilich carefully manoeuvred his big stack back into position
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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450,000
226,000
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226,000 |
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100,000
107,900
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107,900 |