06-18-2009 17:55 UTC-12

River Club Sends Klausen Into Chip Lead

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Shamus

Jonas Klausen's fans erupt into song

It was another blind-vs.-blind battle between Eric Baldwin (small) and Jonas Klausen (big). The pot was 365,000 when the flop came {3-Diamonds}

{3-Diamonds}

{5-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

. Baldwin bet 185,000, and Klausen made the call.

The turn was the {9-Clubs}

{9-Clubs}

. This time Baldwin bet 540,000. Klausen took a couple of minutes, then announced he was all in. Baldwin instantly called.

Baldwin {7-Clubs}

{7-Clubs}

{3-Clubs}

Klausen

{K-Clubs}

{K-Hearts}

Baldwin had the flush, but Klausen had outs to survive. And the river brought the {J-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

, sending Klausen's colorfully-dressed Danish cheering section into song.

Klausen doubles up into the chip lead with more than 5 million, while Baldwin tumbles back close to 2 million.

Tags: Eric Baldwin Jonas Klausen