Ktorza Makes Some Hands
Philippe Ktorza had fallen below the starting stack during the first couple of levels, but things have turned around for him here in Level 3. A short while ago a humble pocket pair of deuces turned into flopped quads for Ktorza, netting him a decent-sized pot.
He was soon involved in another hand when he and three other players called an opening raise to 450 from a player sitting under the gun. The flop came 

and when it checked to the preflop raiser he continued for 1,600. Ktorza, sitting to his opponent's left, called quickly, and the other three players folded.
The turn brought the
. This time the preflop raiser checked, and Ktorza, acting without haste, bet 2,700. His opponent called.
The river brought the
. Both checked, and Ktorza turned up 
for top pair, top kicker. His opponent mucked, and Ktorza is now back up to 33,000.