The Ol' Quintuple Up

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Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Sven Krieger of Germany has been sitting with less than two blinds for the entire bubble. He started near the button, so he was able to enjoy a full round of blind-less poker, but he just found himself under the gun, one spot away from having to involuntarily move all in from the big blind.

After anteing 12.5% of his stack, Krieger moved all in for 3,500. Four players called, including Martin Hruby (cutoff), Theodoros Aidonopoulos (button), Tamer Kamel (small blind), and Sotirios Koutoupas (big bind). Action was suspended until all other hands were finished, and while the five players waited, a sea of media members swarmed around the table.

Krieger took the opportunity to have a bit of fun, pulling out his mobile and take pictures of the crowd. He then handed his phone to Kamel, who took a picture of him.

Finally, the dealer was given the green light, and the flop fell . All four players checked. The turn was the , the quartet checked again, and the completed the board.

You guessed it, all four players knuckled.

One at a time, the five players exposed the following:

Krieger:
Hruby:
Aidonopoulos:
Kamel:
Koutoupas:

Although there's "no cheering in the press box," the crowd roared at the sight of Krieger's hand. The German happily raked in the pot, and now has more than five big blinds.