The small blind, Mike Watson, and the big blind, Florian Langmann, went at it in this hand.
Watson made it 12,000 to go and was called by Langmann. The flop came down and Watson checked prompting Langmann to make a bet of 10,300 which Watson called.
The turn, was checked by both players.
On the river, Watson made a bet of 22,500 and Langmann folded. Watson is sitting on 260,000 and Langmann has 76,000.
Preflop from under the gun, Florian Langmann made a bet of 8,500. James Obst answered that with an all-in shove. Not to be outdone, Mike Watson put his massive stack in the middle too. Langmann quickly got out of the way.
When the cards were on their backs Obst showed and Watson tabled .
The board ran out and Obst walked quietly to the rail.
The rail is still full of spectators here and more folks keep coming up to check out the action. The railbirds have event spilled over onto the tournament floor and checking things out from inside the rail.
Florian Langmann made it 14,000 to go preflop. Mike Watson raised the stakes a little by putting his stack in the middle. Langmann made the call, putting his tournament life at risk.
Langmann:
Watson:
The board ran out to give Watson a pair of fours and send Langmann to the rail for his $64,960 consolation prize.