Testing the waters

There have been two players who have left already but otherwise players are very much testing one another out and trying to find the rhythm of the table.

A hand just occurred between Normand and Thanh which is representative of a lot of the action so far.

Normand (UTG +1) min-raises to 100K, it folds around to Thanh on the small blind who calls. The big blind gets out of the way and the flop is dealt. The flop is 4 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds 5 of Diamonds. Thanh checks and Normand checks behind. The turn comes Ace of Spades, and both players check. The river is the Jack of Diamonds. Thanh checks once again and Normand shoves – getting a snap fold from Thanh.