Castaignon Delivers Another Hit to Rudelitz

Remi Castaignon raised to 300,000 from the small blind, and [Removed:4] — now in third position behind Castaignon — called from the big blind.

The flop came . Castaignon quickly counted out a bet of 450,000 and slid the chips forward, and after about 15 seconds Rudelitz called. The turn then brought the . This time Castaignon slid out two columns of chips for a bet of 1 million, and Rudelitz took about a half-minute before calling.

The river was the , putting a second pair on board. Castaignon sat for a moment holding his jacket over his mouth, then rapped the table with a fist to check. Rudelitz didn't wait too long before checking behind, and Castaignon tabled . He'd flopped a set, turned a boat, but that jack on the river appeared to have stifled further potential action.