Kuether Is The Table Captain

Alex Masek has been on a roll as of late, upping his stack to over 250,000, but he just got a brutal table draw when his table broke. He took the seat to the direct right of the chip leader Joe Kuether. We didn't expect it to be long before they butted heads, and sure enough, it only took about 10 minutes.

Action folded to Masek on the button who raised it to 6,500. Kuether was next in the small blind, and he three bet to 17,500. The big blind folded, and it was back to Masek. As he is know to do, Masek carefully assembled some chips together, and stuck in a four bet to 45,000. It was back to Kuether, who tanked for about a minute, before taking a couple chips off the top of one of his pink T5,000 stacks, and sliding it into the middle! This was a five bet to 112,500, which is nearly the average in the whole room. Now it was Masek's turn to go into the tank, and he thought for a good three minutes, before reluctantly letting his hand go. Kuether scooped the pot, and showed Masek that he is not to be messed with, as he strengthens his chip lead.