Bizarre River Action

We joined the action on table 24, on a board reading with around 6,000 in the middle.

Julia Tsyrkin checked from the small blind, with Joachim Huth betting 3,500, and Lubomir Balaz making the call. Tsyrkin then applied the pressure with a check-raise to 10,000, forcing Huth to make what looked like an agonising decision. After a sip of his drink and a look to the heavens, Huth eventually folded his hand, before Balaz instantly cranked it up to 35,000.

A look of confusion spread across Tsyrkin's face before she eventually folded as well, with Balaz dragging in an almost 30,000-chip pot right before the break.