Sebastian Ruthenberg Ruthless With Bubble Yet To Burst
During our last hand of hand-for-hand play, we witnessed a hand which displayed the high-level poker being played every day here at the WSOP.
With the flop reading 
, Sebastian Ruthenberg fired a bet of 6,500 at an opponent sitting in the cutoff. Ruthernberg's opponent made the call and the dealer revealed the 
on the river. With the arrival of the scare card, Ruthenberg slowed down and checked to the cutoff, who calmly slid a bet of 10,500 forward.
With the play at nearly every other table halted during hand-for-hand play, Ruthenberg was faced with an extremely tough decision. Making the call would cost him nearly a third of his stack at a time when surrendering chips was highly imprudent. Ruthenberg went deep into the tank while the cutoff simply stared straight ahead.
Eventually, Ruthenberg decided to look his opponent up and called with just the 
. The player in the cutoff said "I missed, you got it" while dejectedly mucking his hand, and Ruthenberg padded his stack.