Raphael Blouet Wins Without Showdown Before Break
Dec 19, 2023
On the last hand of Level 29, John Richards opens on the button and receives calls from Raphael Blouet in the small blind and Paulius Vaitiekunas in the big blind.
The flop comes 
and action checks to Richards, who continuation-bets 1 million. Blouet check-raises to 2.4 million, Vaitiekunas calls and Richards folds.
Action goes heads up to the 
turn and both players check, bringing the 
on the river. Blouet thinks for close to a minute, using a time chip before firing out a bet of 7 million. Vaitiekunas quickly folds.
Raphael Blouet – 20,375,000 (50 bb)
John Richards – 44,500,000 (111 bb)
Paulius Vaitiekunas – 16,600,000 (41 bb)
@WPT