Sontheimer Goes for the Big Check-Raise

Level 13
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Adrian Mateos raised to 18,000 on the button and Steffen Sontheimer called from the big blind. The flop came and Sontheimer checked his option. Mateos continued for 14,000 and Sontheimer made the call.
The turn was the and both players checked to the
on the river. Sontheimer checked for the third time and Mateos fired 18,000. Sontheimer made a huge check-raise to 125,000, forcing Mateos to muck his cards.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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432,000
-53,000
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-53,000 |
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403,000
50,000
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50,000 |