Nothing Draws a Crowd Like a River Check-raise
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There's something about the finality of betting on the river - no more help for hands, only showdown or mucking to look forward to - which draws an audience, especially when a large pot has been created and has just grown even larger with a cheeky check-raise...
Three players made it thus far - Jaafer Sanini (whom I believe was responsible for the in-position 3,500 bet on the turn with the board standing 
called by the others), Eric Sadoun and Gilbert Diaz. The river card brought a third club, and now Sadoun, first to act, checked. Diaz bet 5k at this point, called after a lengthy think by Sanini. Diaz almost flipped his hand right over then, but was Whoa-d by Sadoun whom everyone had forgotten about. He proceeded to shakily raise to 15k. Back to Diaz, who now had his own decision-dwell, but finally paid the extra 10k (Sanini did not).
Diaz showed the 
for a straight which was no good against Sadoun's 
.