Big Stacks Do Battle; Karakousis Takes the Chip Lead

Georgios Karakousis opened to 60,000 from under the gun, Ludovic Geilich called on the button, and Martin Kozlov defended his big blind. The flop fell , Kozlov checked, Karakousis checked, and Geilich took the opportunity to bet 98,000. Only Karakousis called.

The turn was the , Karakousis check-called another 236,000 from Geilich, and a fourth diamond - the - completed the board. Karakousis checked, Geilich immediately fired 498,000, and Karakousis check-raised all in.