Cescut Crippled
Guillaume Cescut raised to 125,000 from the button, the Sebastian Homann raised to 350,000 from the big blind. Cescut considered a moment, then called.
The flop came . Homann led out with a bet of 140,000, and Cescut didn't waste much time calling. The turn was the . This time Homann bet 440,000, and Cescut waited a little longer before calling again.
The river brought the and a rapid declaration from Homann that he was all in for his remaining 2.375 million. Cescut sat up in his chair at that bold move, then began to shake his head slightly as if going over the sequence of action leading to that point. He raised his eyebrows and then with a slight shrug said he called.
Homann showed for queens and fours, and Cescut nodded as he mucked. The Frenchman is now down under 200,000, while Homann sits with more than 6.4 million.