Mamaliadis Making Moves
Level 30
: 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
Gregory Kaplan opened with a bet of 250,000 from the button, and both Pius Heinz (small blind) and Konstantinos Mamaliadis (big blind) called. The flop came 
and all three checked. The turn brought the 
. Heinz checked, Mamaliadis bet 375,000, Kaplan called, and Heinz got out.
The river was the 
. Mamaliadis checked this time, and Kaplan decided to bet 380,000. Mamaliadis check-raised to 900,000, and after some thought Kaplan made the call.
Mamaliadis showed 
for the nut flush, having perhaps earned a few extra chips with it via that river check-raise, and Kaplan mucked. Mamaliadis now has 8.2 million while Kaplan falls to 4.34 million.