We Have a Showdown!
When the came off on fifth street, Ruthenberg tapped the felt yet again. Nielsen confidently bet 75,000 and Ruthenberg made a routine call. The players showed:
Nielsen:
Ruthenberg:
Both had kings up, but the German had the winner. Ruthenberg took over the chip lead on the hand and climbed to just shy of 1,280,000 chips. Nielsen sits in second place in the chip counts, still with over one million.