Finding His Nitsche
Dominik Nitsche opened with a raise to 1,350 and the table folded around to the player on the button who called. Both blinds released.
The flop came 
, and Nitsche rapidly fired out 2,200. His opponent thought just a moment, then called. The turn was the 
, and again Nitsche acted quickly, this time betting 4,600. When his opponent slid his cards back and forth in front of him, Nitsche started to reach forward as though perhaps thinking that he had drawn a fold. He hadn't, however, and after a full minute of contemplation, his opponent made the call.
The river brought the 
. This time Nitsche set out two pink (5,000) chips, announcing a bet of 9,700 while leaving himself just over 20,000 behind. His opponent again tanked, then finally let it go.
With that hand, Nitsche pushes over 47,000.