Raj Kattamuri was facing one limper when he raised to 800 from the cutoff. The blinds folded and the limper called. The flop came , the limper checked and Kattamuri bet 1,100. The limper called to see the turn and both players checked.
The river came , the limper bet 2,600 and Kattamuri called. The limper mucked his hand when Kattamuri tabled .
Allen Kessler came by and told us about a big hand he just won. "TJ (Cloutier) had been playing crazy, almost trying to give his chips away," he said.
Cloutier opened, another player called and Kessler re-raised. Cloutier made it 10,000 to go, the unknown player folded and Kessler moved all in. Cloutier called holding pocket kings and was ahead of Kessler's pocket queens.
The board ran and Kessler knocked the Texas veteran out of the tournament.