Portrait of a bluffer
We just caught the tail end of this sneakily-large pot. On the river, the board showed , and there was about 600,000 in the pot. When the last card was out, Alain Medesan fired 425,000 at the pot. Bække cut out the calling chips and fingered them for a minute or so before sliding them into the middle.
Medesan promptly mucked his hand, and Bække took down the pot with his mysteriously superior holdings. He's retaken the chip lead with about 5.5 million.
No he didn't, he raised to his standard minimum-plus-5,000 125,000. Russell Carson called from the button, Johannes Strassmann in the big blind called too, and they saw a flop.
Flop:
Strassmann checked to Bække who bet. Carson passed but Strassmann made the call and they proceeded heads up to the turn.
Turn:
Strassmann checked again and Bække bet again to the tune of 350,000. Suddenly Strassmann was no longer interested, and once he'd tossed his cards back to the dealer the pot went to Bække.
It folded around to Allan Bække who made it 155,000 from the small blind. Serial three-bettor Russell Carson made it 440,000 from the big blind and the action moved back to Bække.
Bække, who has repeatedly folded to reraises from Carson today, thought about it for a while before four-betting what looked like a couple stacks of orange 25,000-denomination chips, a look of resolve on his face. Before the dealer had even counted the chips out, Carson folded.
Allan Bække and Russell Carson in the blinds limp/checked their way to a flop. Bække bet out 100,000 and Carson made the call.
Both players checked the on the turn and come the river Carson announced call to another 240,000 from Bække. Bække turned over for two pair, and Carson duly paid up.
, and there was about 600,000 in the pot. When the last card was out, Alain Medesan fired 425,000 at the pot. Bække cut out the calling chips and fingered them for a minute or so before sliding them into the middle.
and both players checked. Strassmann bet 275,000 when the 
flop. Bække bet out 100,000 and Carson made the call.
river Carson announced call to another 240,000 from Bække. Bække turned over 
for two pair, and Carson duly paid up.
