Caraba Still Climbing

First in from the cutoff seat, Teodor Caraba came in raising to 54,000. Hugo Lemaire was on the button, and he came along to a heads-up flop.

The dealer spread out {2-Clubs}

, and Caraba continued out with 70,000 more chips. Lemaire didn't waste too much time making a casual call, and fourth street brought the {Q-Clubs}

. Not slowing down now, Caraba gathered 200,000 worth of redbirds and stacked them into the pot. Lemaire wanted to play for more, though. He cut the call out of his stack, then did some fiddling with a tower of red chips. Eventually, he slid 360,000 chips across the line, either leveling or miscalculating. That's not a legal raise, and the dealer made him add another 40,000 to his bet. Caraba called.

The {4-Diamonds}