There was a raise to 2,000 and Maria Lampropulos called from the cutoff. Ronni Borg re-raised to 8,000 on the button and the initial raiser folded while Lampropulos called. The flop fell and Lampropulos check-called a bet of 7,200 from Borg.

The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Lampropulos checked for the third time and Borg dropped in a bet of 32,000. Lampropulos went into the tank for what seemed like five minutes before finally folding.

"Look at how long these levels are," one player at the table said. "We play one hand and the level goes up."