Much Ado

Vojtech Ruzicka opened with a standard raise from middle position, Marc-Andre Ladouceur reraised to 2,400 from across the table, then Ruzicka reraised back to 5,300. Ladouceur asked how much Ruzicka had left — about 25,000 — and after about a half-minute the Canadian declared he was all in, and Ruzicka instacalled.

Ladouceur tabled , and Ruzicka quickly turned over his hand — . Both remained at full attention after the flop, but the turn removed the suspense and made the river inconsequential. They chopped up the pot, and as we approach the dinner break both players find themselves just a bit north of the 30,000-chip starting stack.