Fast Forces a Fold; Hot in the Field

The flop on the board read and the pot already contained 60,000 in it. Steffen Sontheimer, sitting in the big blind, had checked. Dietrich Fast, in the cutoff, bet 20,000. Sontheimer took a few seconds and decided to raise to 60,000. Fast glanced at Sontheimer and reraised to 135,000. Sontheimer had a think about it and then called.

They both quickly checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Sontheimer looked at the board and bet 140,000. This sent Fast into the tank but after about 2 or 3 minutes he raised to 480,000. Sontheimer stared at the board, then at Fast. After a while he decided to fold.

In the meanwhile, Besim Hot had taken his seat in between Sontheimer and Fast. Hot, from Switzerland, is already familiar with the scene here in Rozvadov as he has won three high rollers which all earned him cashes around the $200,000 mark.