Alexandre Reard Puts Pierre Frederic Claes to the Test

Pierre Frederic Claes opens to 110,000 on the hijack and Alexandre Reard flats behind on the cutoff. The flop falls and Claes doesn’t continue, instead opting to check-raise Reard’s 150,000 bet to 400,000. Reard calls.

On the turn, Claes check-calls a 400,000 bet with a one-card straight possibility out. On to the river and it’s the . After Claes checks again, Reard bets enough to cover him and he goes into the tank for a few minutes until Omar Lakhdari calls clock. Before the countdown begins though, Claes folds.

Alexandre Reard – 4,375,000
Pierre Frederic Claes – 1,150,000