45,000 x 3, Almost

I was walking between tables and did a triple-take, because it looked as though a player had two stacks of four 5000 chips - with once 5000 chip atop them - pushed out in front of him as a bet.

I looked again, and see there's a flop of    out, a bet of 6,000 from one player, a raise to 45,000 from DJ Schwartz (above), and there's even a call of the 45,000. Now there's a call-off of the original raiser's stack of about 40,000, so it is time for the players to turn over their hands.

Schwartz -   for a made flush, and an open-ended straight flush draw.
First caller -   for an overpair and a King-high flush draw
Original raiser - doesn't show his hand, only laments what he's up against, but he's holding his cards semi-upright and I can see . He takes close to a minute then puts that down along with  for the Ace-high flush draw,

The board runs out   and Schwartz rakes in a 145,000-chip-pot./

THere was a Level UP, so action is now at
Level - 12
Blinds - 800/1600
Antes - 200
Players Left - 61

-- Dan Ross - HoldemRadio.com